Berdache is a term used by the Cheyenne and Lakota to designate biological females who identify as males

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: F

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The most common form of negative reciprocity is

a. theft. b. sharing. c. barter. d. gifts.

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Which of the following statements about environmental hazards in American communities is NOT accurate?

A. Polluting facilities are often built in neighborhoods undergoing demographic and social transition. B. Environmental hazards are located disproportionately in minority and poor neighborhoods. C. Economic resources and political clout have little to do with where polluting facilities are constructed. D. Poorer communities are more likely to be victims of toxic waste exposure than are more affluent or even average (middle class) communities. E. Polluting industries are more likely to target communities with fewer resources to organize a resistance.

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Kinship terminology is a classification system, a taxonomy or typology. More generally, a taxonomic system

A. applies best to nonliving things. B. is based on how people perceive similarities and differences in the things being classified. C. usually changes with every generation. D. is based on categories given by nature. E. is accurate only when based on Western science.

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Mendelian traits

a. are governed by more than one genetic locus. b. occur only in some people. c. are always dominant. d. are discrete or discontinuous. e. are always recessive.

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