What are common characteristics of caste societies?
What will be an ideal response?
Caste membership is directly related to occupation, workloads, and control of
resources; members of the same caste share the same social status; each caste has its
own set of secret rituals; and higher castes are most interested in maintaining the
system because they benefit from it the most.
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Some primatologists suggest that
A) female primates act strategically to produce few offspring B) among primates only human females are sexually assertive C) primate females are more interested in producing offspring than the identities of their infants' fathers D) female-female competition for access to males may result in the sexual dimorphism in body size seen in some primate species E) female primates are very choosy about their choice of a male mating partner
With a more reliable food source, the early food producers were considerably healthier than the hunter-gatherers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following terms is not usually associated with the concept of locality?
a. Place of origin b. Race c. ?Ethnicity d. Gender
In Ali Kosh in southwestern Iran after about 5500 B.C.E., __________ were two important innovations.
A) the steel plow and crop rotation B) intercrop cultivation and fertilizer C) growth of legumes and artificial fertilizer D) irrigation and the use of domesticated cattle