Dowry deaths in India have been on the decline since the 1990s
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to materialists a. each culture is a unique product of its own historical and environmental circumstances. b. human behavior, including cultural practices, is motivated by the principle of survival of the fittest. c. all parts of a culture are integrated in a way so that to understand any part we must understand the otherparts as well
d. how people make a living is the most important influence on all other aspects of culture.
When Professor Lani Guenier identified herself in a newspaper article as "black," and was described as "half-black," in a photo caption for the same article, this demonstrated
A) confusion between social and ethnic stratification. B) racism on the part of the newspaper. C) confusion between presumed biological ancestry and cultural identity. D) confusion between economic class and ethnic identity. E) none of the above.
In which society were brother–sister marriages frequent among farming classes?
a. ancient Egypt b. colonial America c. 19th-century Hawaii d. tribal New Guinea