Biomedicine is the predominant medical system found in:
a. Hindu cultures.
b. Islamic cultures.
c. Christian cultures.
d. Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
e. Europe and the United States.
ANSWER: a
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Which of the following statements about Yanomamö Indians who chose to reside in Christian mission stations is accurate?
A. They have enjoyed unprecedented economic success. B. They are unusually 100 percent literate in their native language. C. They were taught to value and preserve their native culture. D. They have become completely dependent on the missionaries.
Which of the following is true of the Hudson-Meng site in northwest Nebraska?
a. Taphonomic research suggests that humans played little, if any, role in the deaths of the 500 bison at the site. b. The presence of hundreds of projectile points among the bison bone strongly suggests the bison were dispatched by human hunters. c. The presence of unequivocal cutmarks on many of the bison bone provides strong evidence of butchery by humans. d. The fact that most of the bison bones were highly disarticulated and scattered provides evidence of butchering by humans. e. Based on studies elsewhere the bison were determined to have been shot, or they froze to death or died of old age.
What does it mean to take a “holistic perspective”?
a. To seek comparisons between cultures in order to understand what is universal in human thought and behavior b. To examine culture as a whole and how various parts are related, without examining behavior as if it were a biological instinct c. To seek interconnections and relatedness between various parts of human culture and biology d. To approach culture as a uniquely human practice that is the same everywhere and is thus studied as if it were a whole e. To view culture as changing and whole, but not subject to analysis and experiment
In what kind of kinship calculation are kin ties traced equally through males and females?
A. bifurcate collateral B. bilineal C. bilateral D. biluminous E. bifurcate merging