The existence of pluralistic societies postdate:

a. the rise of politically centralized states
b. the Industrial Revolution
c. the 20th-century ethnic diaspora
d. the rise of dictatorships


a

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What new technology was introduced to the Yir Yoront in the 1930s causing social disruption?

a. Motor vehicles b. Long-range rifles c. Steel axes d. ?Electric chainsaws

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In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?

A. Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education. B. Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of white students. C. The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program. D. The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement. E. The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions.

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A mutation of the ________ may account for why humans have the capability for speech but chimpanzees do not.

A. lungs B. hyoid C. microcephalin gene D. tongue E. FOXP2 gene

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