With training, any human can utter any of the sounds found in any language
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
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a. how anthropologists should go about challenging each other’s work. b. whether anthropology has a Western or Eurocentric bias. c. whether Christians are capable of understanding the importance of different gods and goddesses. d. the property rights to the diaries of Captain Cook.
When he is at school, a Hispanic teenager will likely use English as his primary language, while at home, his family may encourage him to speak Spanish. This linguistic process is known as:
a. linguistic borrowing. b. language doublespeak. c. cultural emphasis. d. diglossia. e. code switching.
Which of the following are most closely related to chimpanzees?
A. humans B. gibbons C. lemurs D. siamangs E. orangutans
Which of the following terms refers to the system of social, political, and economic institutions that make possible a way of life?
a. Collectivist society b. ?Anomie c. ?Society d. ?Culture