Mesopotamian cuneiform has its roots in a system of clay tokens that dates back to:
A. the Upper Paleolithic.
B. the fourth millennium B.C.
C. the ninth millennium B.C.
D. 1500 B.C.
Answer: C
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New international conditions have created problems and opportunities for anthropologists working in the field. One thing that fieldworkers must always keep in mind is:
A) Anthropologists are often in danger working in the field and many have been killed. B) Anthropologists must be aware that cultural representations often have great political importance. C) Native informants are increasingly reluctant to tell outsiders anything at all about their cultures. D) Since there are so few primitive cultures left, anthropologists must be extremely careful about "contaminating" those that remain. E) Native informants increasingly resent anthropologists and lie about their culture.
____________ systems are based on achieved status and permit considerable social mobility
a. Class b. Chiefdom c. Egalitarian d. Rank e. Caste
A ________ is a testable explanation for observed facts.
A. paradigm B. hypothesis C. robust theory D. theory
The last 30 years have seen a dramatic shift in the conditions of indigenous peoples in Latin America, where the push by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized all of the following EXCEPT
A. their cultural distinctiveness. B. limited self-government. C. political reforms involving a restructuring of the state. D. an implicit call for excluding strangers. E. sustainable development and political representation.