In order to make cross-cultural comparisons anthropologists
a. use diachronic data from the culture they know best.
b. test hypotheses by testing for correlations between particular cultural variables.
c. develop theories based on the qualitative examination of ethnographies.
d. All of these are involved in making cross-cultural comparisons.
b
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. are the multitude of ways in which people perceive and interpret their world. b. apply to only the natural world. c. are never taken for granted. d. are the same in all human groups.
Which of the following is not usually associated with domestication?
a. Control and intervention with an animal species b. Free-range breeding c. Change over generations d. Preferred physical or behavioral traits
Since all societies must maintain social order; they all have
a. legislatures. b. elected officials. c. mechanisms of social control. d. permanent armies. e. standing military.