Give examples of variations in cultural attitudes concerning male and female attractiveness
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Some examples include Burmese women elongating their necks with brass rings, Chinese foot binding, scarification, tattooing, ear piercing.
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra are two history plays written by William Shakespeare. 2. The dramaturgy of Shakespeare owed more to the middle ages than to Greece and Rome. 3. Inigo Jones was one of the so-called University Wits.
An alternative cultural model within a society that expresses different views about the way that society should be organized is a/an __________
a. subculture b. resistance movement c. counterculture d. alternative lifestyle
To what did Kent Flannery (1969) refer with the term broad-spectrum revolution?
A. the period in which Asia became the only place in the world with communities leading a sedentary life and engaging in food and animal domestication B. the period in which the first large states began to grow, although there was nothing actually "revolutionary" about it because this process occurred very gradually C. the period in which a wider range of tools was being fabricated, for both utilitarian and ritualistic purposes D. the period beginning around 15,000 B.P. in the Middle East and 12,000 B.P. in Europe, during which a wider range of plant and animal life was hunted, gathered, collected, caught, and fished E. the period between 20,000 B.P. and 10,000 B.P. when anatomically modern humans colonized the entire world, made possible by a smarter utilization of a wider range of environments
Which of the following has NOT been suggested as a meaning for the cave paintings at Lascaux?
A. The cave was an elaborate residence where a series of extended families lived over many generations. B. The art depicts that there was a concern with fertility. C. The art depicts a concern with the hunting of animals. D. The paintings were done simply for the sake of creating art. E. The caves served as primitive temples.