Identities are
A. fixed by both genotype and phenotype.
B. never dependent on context.
C. not fixed; they are fluid and multiple.
D. fictions.
E. creative constructs and therefore of little real consequence.
Answer: C
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a. marriage systems are dynamic, just like culture, and will continually change. b. marriage systems demonstrate that culture is static. c. same-sex relationships have always been acceptable throughout the majority of American opinion. d. older people are generally more accepting of same-sex relationships than younger generations.
The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that keeps the earth's surface warm. Without greenhouse gases-water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons, and ozone-life as we know it wouldn't exist. The current problem is that
A. global warming actually benefits 90 percent of the world's population, so it is difficult to mobilize the will to address the anthropogenic causes of climate change. B. the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases has reached its highest level in 400,000 years and will continue to rise, as will global temperatures, without actions to slow it down. C. it is difficult to distinguish between climate change and global warming. D. scientists cannot agree on a general model of how the greenhouse effect went from being a positive to a negative and a life-threatening force. E. most scientists dispute the anthropogenic reasoning for high concentrations of greenhouse gases.
The angle made by a line pointing to true north and a line pointing to magnetic north is called a:
A. declination angle B. differential angle C. magnetic angle D. northerly angle
In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?
A. Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of white students. B. The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement. C. The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program. D. Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education. E. The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions.