What are three major types of marriage based on the number of spouses permitted?

What will be an ideal response?


They are monogamy, polygyny, and polyandry.

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Studies of sign languages used by the deaf have shown that American Sign Language has the same grammatical structure as American English

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The interconnection of the world into a vast interrelated and all-encompassing system is known as __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In the history of humanity, the most important causes of extinction do not include:

a. migration. b. burgeoning human populations. c. ?habitat destruction. d. ?hunting. e. clearing land for cultivation.

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Why is making an operational definition so important in anthropological research?

A) It provides a way to measure variables and to compare results across studies. B) It is a required part of a research proposal. C) Anthropologists tend to study phenomena that have not yet been defined in Western cultures. D) Anthropologists must work collaboratively, and this allows others to take up the study in the future.

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