In Hua society, where sexual differences are explained by the life-giving substance nu, post-menopausal women are permitted to live in the men's house. Why is this?
a. Their position as mothers gives them this right, despite the dangers posed to men.
b. They are cherished for the wisdom their age brings.
c. A life of childbirth and menstruation are believed to have purged them of most feminine substances.
d. They are believed to have special supernatural powers stemming from their concentrated nu.
c
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Once two Inuit individuals are involved in a dispute and become peaceful by engaging in a singing contest, the affair is considered:
a. open to negotiation by both individual's families. b. open to negotiation by the individuals involved. c. closed and resolved. d. closed to legal repercussions. e. delayed until further notice.
According to Stephen Jay Gould, "Wheels, like wings, fins, and brains, are exquisite devices for certain purposes, not signs of intrinsic superiority.". Which of the following statements about the use of the wheel in the Middle East is correct? a. Wheels were never appropriate vehicles in the Middle East and were never used there? camels have been usedas beasts of burden since before Biblical
times. b. Wheels have always been used in the Middle East, as they are the most appropriate vehicle for traveling acrossdeserts and were first invented there. c. Wheels were once widespread in the Middle East, but by the 6th century A.D., had been replaced by camelsbecause the Roman roads had deteriorated and the camel was more suitable to the uneven terrain. d. Camels were once widespread throughout the Middle East during Biblical times, but as civilization advanced,were replaced by vehicles that made use of the wheel. e. Wheels were never introduced to the Middle East until the modern era. However, they were the first to usetrains and other forms of rapid transportation.
Catherine Lutz would advise researchers to do which of the following?
A. disregard emotion when conducting cultural research because it varies so much individually B. translate Western emotional concepts into other languages C. accept that all human emotions are universally equivalent D. consider the cultural context when trying to understand emotions
In the older taxonomic system, the catarrhines included Old World monkeys, humans, and apes
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false