What term do social scientists use to refer to the socially approved use of power?

A. Authority
B. Influence
C. Prestige
D. Stratification
E. Endogamy


A. Authority

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Cognatic descent is especially common among which people groups?

a. Contemporary Western European countries b. The indigenous peoples of the American Southwest c. Polynesians and the Maori of New Zealand d. None of these; it is not especially common among any particular groups.

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Among kinship-based peoples, most groups are

a. voluntary. b. multifunctional. c. non-overlapping. d. biologically determined.

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An example of a nonvertebrate chordate is:

A. a shark B. an Amphioxus C. a starfish D. a lamprey

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It is estimated that __________ percent of the world's languages are endangered

A) 50 to 90 B) 30 to 50 C) 90 to 95 D) 15 to 25

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