Which of the following statements most accurately describes the current anthropological understanding of gender relations?
a. All known societies are strongly patriarchal.
b. Some societies are matriarchal.
c. Although in some societies gender equality generally prevails, most societies are male dominated.
d. Although males dominate to a degree in some societies, most societies are basically egalitarian.
c
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Which of the statements below is true of signed language communities?
A Community members have language ideologies about how signed languages should be used. B Signed languages have phonological variation that reflects social groups. C Signed languages change over time. D All of the above. E The standard is the variety used by the dominant group.
Sampling error in the fossil record involves the fact that:
A. some species are fossilized more frequently than others B. some parts of the world have been more extensively excavated than others C. some fossils may not represent average individuals in an ancient population D. all of these
Which feature of Ubaid society likely influenced the development of community organization and cooperation?
a. the construction of massive irrigation systems
b. the development of extensive trade contacts
c. the development of an institutional bureaucracy
d. the rise of a full-time military
e. the development of a writing system
The anthropologist has to consider obligations to three sets of people:
a. the anthropologist’s family, government, and people studied. b. the people who funded the study, the anthropologist’s government, and the people who were studied. c. the profession of anthropology, other anthropologists who have studied the community, and the community studied. d. the anthropologist’s students, parents, and the people studied. e. the profession of anthropology, the people who funded the study, and the people studied.