The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) are the world’s largest anthropological data retrieval system
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
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a. Tuberculosis b. Cholera c. AIDS d. Malaria e. HIV
In egalitarian societies, people may differ in prestige, but these differences are not related to __________
A) social group B) age C) personal abilities D) sex
An anthropological understanding of ethnicity and race requires exploring how people and institutions define, negotiate, and even challenge their identities in society. One way anthropologists—and social scientists in general—do this is by studying status, which refers to
A. a mutually exclusive social identity that is set by others and has little to do with an individual's actions. B. any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society. C. a biologically determined identity within a hierarchical society. D. a socially negotiated identity that always changes throughout a person's lifetime. E. an identity determined by the state through census practices.
Anthropologists strive to be as ethnocentric as possible
Indicate whether the statement is true or false