What is a rite of passage?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: It is a transformational ritual with three stages (separation, transformation, and reincorporation) that celebrates the transition of a person from one stage to another in his or her social life.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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We can get absolute dates from sedimentary rock

a. true b. false

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Between 1980 and 1990, the annual growth rate in China fell from __________ percent to 1.4 percent

A. 5.3 B. 4.4 C. 2.0 D. 2.4

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The characteristics of state systems of government include all of the following EXCEPT _____

a. specialized political roles b. large bureaucratic organizations c. organizations with a supra-kinship basis d. minimum surplus of resources e. a complex system of internal distribution and foreign trade

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