If a perfectly competitive firm is producing at the output level where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost and at this output level, the market price is less than the firm's average total cost, the firm is ________.

A) not producing at the profit-maximizing output level
B) earning a competitive return
C) earning economic profits
D) incurring an economic loss


D) incurring an economic loss

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Which of the following is NOT true of tribal warfare?

a. It can occur due to territorial trespasses. b. Killings and counter-killings are major contributing factors. c. Territory expansion is not usually the ultimate goal. d. It generally has economic motives.

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Imagine how your life might be different if unilocal—rather than neolocal—were the rule in North American society. What social trends are generally associated with these residence patterns?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following establishes descent group membership exclusively through the male or the female line?

a. bilineal descent b. matrilineal descent c. kinship d. unilineal descent

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Culture appears to have evolved around ________ years ago

a. 2.5 million b. 2 million c. 3 million d. 3.5 million

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