An anthropologist comparing kinship terms between the Turkana and the Maasai—both pastoral peoples from East Africa—is doing __________
A) regional controlled comparison
B) within-culture comparison
C) cross-cultural research
D) historical research
A
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Most Maya people live in __________
A) Mexico and Guatemala B) Guatemala and El Salvador C) Guatemala and Honduras D) Honduras and El Salvador
The members of a society who work most closely with the anthropologist to provide an understanding of cultural phenomena are called:
a. primary consultants. b. key consultants. c. cultural brokers. d. cultural liaisons. e. key leaders.
The eugenics movement
a. formed the basis for notions of racial purity in Nazi Germany. b. was popular throughout the 1990s. c. is now a credited view of racial purity. d. was promoted by Eugene O'Neill. e. is a popular dance style.
Which of the following statements about optimal foraging theory is true?
a. Foragers store food for a season only. b. Foragers take only the plants and animals they need to subsidize their caloric intake. c. Foragers decide to seek out one food source over another based on whether the search will be worth the effort. d. Foragers no longer exist in the world; all peoples today use food production techniques. e. Foragers very frequently exceed the carrying capacity of their environments.