A group ranked in a system of social stratification into which members are born for life is called a
a. caste.
b. class.
c. rank society.
d. stratified society.
Correct Answer: a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
At the 15,000-year-old site at Mezhirich in the Ukraine, archaeologists have excavated the remains of five shelters made from which of the following?
A. rough stone slabs B. blocks of marble C. tree trunks D. mammoth bones
Instead of using race as a characteristic in understanding human variation, anthropologists prefer to use:
a. grids. b. taxa. c. grades. d. clones. e. clines.
Caste-structured societies are examples of:
a. open-class societies b. immobile societies c. closed-class societies d. traditional societies