Before germ theory became dominant in Western medicine during the 1900s, medical systems in ancient Greece, Europe, and India believed that illness was caused by __________.

A) insect bites
B) angry ancestor spirits
C) humors being out of balance
D) witchcraft


C) humors being out of balance

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In _____ kinship terminology, the term “brother” is given to ego’s brother, father’s brother’s son, and mother’s sister’s song? a different term is used for the sons of father’s sister and mother’s brother. “Mother” refers to ego’s mother and mother’s sister? “father” refers to ego’s father and father’s brother. Separate terms are used for mother’s brother

and father’s sister. a. Eskimo b. Hawaiian c. Iroquois d. unilineal descent e. kindred

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Which of the following is the Panamanian partner of Cultural Survival, Inc.?

a. Agency for International Development b. Care for Children, International c. Alliance for Conservation and Development d. World Wildlife Fund e. Sierra Club

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In Western societies, mate selection is largely a decision made _____

a. by the bride and groom’s extended families b. by the grandparents of the prospective couple c. jointly by the prospective bride and groom d. by the family of the bride e. by the groom’s mother’s family

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The systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language is called:

a. grammar. b. morphology. c. linguistics. d. phonetics. e. phonemes.

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