An anthropologist encounters a culture and finds that some of the population follows indigenous beliefs related to forces in nature
A second part of the culture is made up of Christians, who work to convert those adhering to local beliefs. Which term best describes this situation?
A) religious pluralism
B) religious syncretism
C) world religion
D) revitalization movement
Answer: A
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Chan monastics discussed in this chapter’s Biocultural Connection are in the country of:
a. Cambodia. b. India. c. Taiwan. d. Thailand. e. Nepal.
In industrializing nations young women often benefit from their jobs because __________
a. they may escape intense family control by living outside their households b. they may save enough money to establish their own households c. the skills they acquire help them find more desirable husbands d. young women do not benefit from jobs in industrializing nations
All of the following are social levels commonly created in state societies except:
a. Bureaucracy. b. Peasant farmers. c. Craftspeople. d. Aristocracy. e. Moot.
According to the textbook, kinship is based on which three factors?
A) genetics, language, and learning B) descent, divorce, and feeling C) descent, sharing, and marriage D) sharing, adoption, and marriage