What role do the arts play as collective expressions of cultural identities? Is art conservative or liberal? Does art promote change or inhibit it?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary

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McCurdy (Using Anthropology) argues that is an important skill that people who study anthropology can take into daily life.

a. ethnography b. knowledge of particular cultures c. the ability to conduct survey research d. knowledge of cross-cultural economicsa

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Ethnographic data indicate that when pottery production moves from manufacture by hand to manufacture on a wheel, the task of pottery production probably shifts from women to men

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following procedures would allow you to make a spectrum of the Sun similar to the one shown, though with less detail?

A) Pass a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism.
B) Take a photograph of the Sun and then use image-processing software to change the Sun's shape into a long, thin strip.
C) Photograph the Sun through a powerful telescope.
D) Compare the relative amounts of light that the Sun emits as infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet light.

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Which racial term was dropped from the U.S. Census after 1920?

a. Black b. White c. Mulatto d. Mestizo e. Latino

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