Identities are not fixed; they are fluid and multiple. People seize on particular, sometimes competing, self-labels and identities, depending on context
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Which of these is NOT a characteristic of most tribes?
a. Leadership depended on the persuasive abilities of an individual. b. Positions of authority within a tribe were hereditary. c. There is little economic specialization within tribes. d. Cohesiveness among villages based on shared identity and kinship.
Since “a picture is worth a thousand words,” ethnographers always need to document certain features of a culture by taking photographs
a. True b. False
Which of the following statements about polygynous marriages is true?
A. They are characterized by there being more than one husband in a single household. B. They tend to occur in societies that have more men than women. C. They are associated with male infanticide. D. They frequently involve a hierarchical arrangement among the wives. E. They are characteristic of high social instability, as with serial monogamy in southern California and Washington, D.C.
Which of the following best describes primate dentition?
A. It is well adapted to an omnivorous diet. B. It is simplified compared to that found in other animals. C. It is composed of only one kind of tooth. D. It is specialized for processing a carnivorous diet.