Which of the following body ornamentations has been borrowed from other societies but is now commonplace in Western culture?
A) tattoos
B) elongated necks
C) tooth filing
D) body painting
Answer: A
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a. The plight of sharecroppers is based on balanced reciprocity. b. The plight of sharecroppers is dependent on profit. c. The plight of sharecroppers is dependent on surplus. d. The plight of sharecroppers is bound to and dependent on landlords who extract most of the profits from the farmers.
According to early anthropologists, the primary purpose of exogamy was to promote:
a. social alliance b. sexual control c. healthy children d. urbanization
The text describes the long history of conflict around Iraq, India and the former Yugoslavia to illustrate that
a. nationalist movements come and go, ending as quickly as they begin. b. nationalist movements are difficult to defuse or to end decisively. c. nationalist movements are easily and frequently suppressed by legitimately recognized governments. d. nationalist movements are in the past and have begun to decrease in number.
Most professional linguists regard BEV as what?
A. A protolanguage B. A distinct language C. A linguistic anomaly D. A dialect of American English E. An inferior version of English