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What factor seems to predict whether or not a culture believes that actions in life will determine one’s fate after death?
A) a complex stratified society in which leadership is caste-based B) child-rearing practices that focus on obedience and punishment C) a period of delay between labor input and return of food D) a low rate of political involvement by members of the society
Religious cosmologies provide all of the following EXCEPT:
All of the following are reasons for the widespread acceptance of Dawson's Dawn Man (or Piltdown Man) as the missing link between apes and humans except: a. desire to uncover the unknown missing link. b. understanding based in Darwin's theory that the missing link would be half-ape and half-human in anatomicaltraits
c. desire to include England in the story of early human evolution. d. expectation that the defining characteristic of humans was the large brain. e. knowledge that early fossilization was common in certain parts of England.
What is the term used by anthropologists to describe the existence of diverse cultural traditions within a nation?
A. Diffusion B. Subcultures C. Relativism D. Globalization