Body modifications based on cultural traditions include:

A. deformation of the head
B. scarification
C. body piercings
D. all of these


D. all of these

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a. Trade in which there is no fixed value associated with the goods being exchanged b. Trade in which the partners never know each other's identity c. Trade in which the items being exchanged are not known in advance (one accepts whatever is offered) d. Trade in which the partners have no face-to-face contact e. Trade in which no goods are exchanged — only services

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Ethnologist Leopold Pospisil has suggested that there are four criteria that must be present in order for a norm to be considered a law. Which of the following is one of these criteria?

A. internalization B. intention of universal application C. ethical reasonableness D. written form

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Which of the following kinds of religion involves full-time religious specialists?

A. communal religion B. shamanistic religion C. Olympian religion D. individualistic cult E. idiosyncratic belief system

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Human variation is:

A. static B. dynamic C. indescribable D. always clinal

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