Anthropology is said to be "holistic" because it __________
A. is concerned with primitive societies
B. makes use of both written and oral sources
C. uses a multidisciplinary approach
D. studies the mystical aspects of human experience
Answer: C
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Emily Joy Rothchild's work among children in Germany was concerned with __________
A) how White German children's views of immigrants were influenced by the immigrants' portrayal in television cartoons B) how effective media targeted at German children of immigrant parents were at encouraging "German" values C) the ability of art to allow German children of immigrants to address issues of ethnicity and religion D) a comparison of how White German children and German children of immigrants responded to American children's television programs
What have new dating techniques applied to plant remains revealed about the origins of domestication in the New World?
A. Evidence of Mexican peanut hulls dating back 15,000 years confirms that the origin of domestication in the New World preceded food production everywhere else in the world by more than 5,000 years. B. Evidence of Peruvian squash seeds dating back 10,000 years that were found but were not domesticated in the highlands are proof of even earlier New World domestication, probably in South America's tropical lowlands. C. Evidence of Ecuadorian potatoes dating back 5,000 years suggests that food production originated in the New World as the result of growing population pressures, particularly in the South American Andes. D. Food production in the New World was a result of knowledge brought by the first settlers to the Americas, who crossed Beringia approximately 18,000 years ago. E. Food production had originated independently in five different regions of the Americas by 12,000 B.P.
U.S. kinship calculation is bilateral, traced equally through males and females; for example, father and mother.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A cosmology is:
A) a perspective of the planetary universe and the location of heaven. B) a special symbol used for meditation. C) a form of divination that is practiced by Rastafarians. D) a type of religion found in foraging societies. E) a framework for interpreting events and experiences.