Yanomam? men often vent anger and demonstrate their ferocity to others by beating their wives

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: T

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The economic production of Turkish women:

a. Is slight and has little impact on the overall economy. b. Is best understood in terms of their social obligations and relations of reciprocity. c. Is clearly demonstrated in women's basket weaving. d. Is best understood through the lens of market exchange. e. Is believed to have high monetary value in Turkish society.

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What is the purpose of using the ethnographic method as a research approach?

A) ?To try to see the world as others do in order to understand and describe these different views. B) ?To measure one's personal values against other values. C) ?To question the beliefs of the society being studied. D) ?To ask embarrassing questions about other cultures.

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Mountain gorilla social groups are usually composed of

a. one adult male and one adult female, plus their immature offspring. b. solitary individuals, except for females with dependent young. c. one or two adult males, a few adult females and their immature offspring, plus one or two adult non-breeding, males. d. several adults of both sexes and offspring of all ages. e. several adult males and only one female and her offspring.

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The technology-transfer solution may not be the best solution to the problem of hunger in less developed countries because a. many of the methods that work in industrialized countries with temperate climates do not work in thetropics

b. the capital for high-tech agricultural practices is not widely available in LDC. c. the poorest farmers, who need the most, do not have the resources to use high-tech agricultural practices. d. All of these are reasons that technology-transfer is not a viable solution for LDC.

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