It is possible for complex societies to be organized without a hierarchical structure
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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A) A state may include more than one society, and a society may contain more than one state. B) A state may contain more than one society, but not vice versa. C) A society may contain more than one state, but not vice versa. D) States and societies are unrelated terms.
A difference between the male and female human skeletons is that:
A. stereotypical males have smaller jaws than stereotypical females B. the stereotypical female has a relatively wider pelvis than a stereotypical male that is adapted for childbearing C. the stereotypical males orbits tend to be rounded when compared to a stereotypical female D. all of these
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a. They were bathing in Coca Cola, allowing the seltzer to bubble around their bodies. b. They were laying on train tracks to sense small electric charges. c. They were eating various types of local insects believed to be therapeutic. d. They were covering themselves in manure and then sun-bathing. e. They were bathing in aspirin dissolved in gasoline.
Anthropologists are interested in kinship calculation, which is
A. the position from which one views an egocentric genealogy. B. the rules people use to determine their ethnic affiliation to a group. C. the process by which people choose their postmarital residence. D. the system by which people in a society reckon their kin relationships. E. people's emic perspective on family values.