The study of music in its cultural setting is called:
a. ethnohistory.
b. ethnomusicology.
c. ethnography.
d. folklore.
e. verbal arts.
ANSWER: b
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A. in reaction to colonial governments. B. because most members of a nationality will never meet. C. because they do not exist in real terms. D. because they are comprised of many different ethnic groups and subcultures, and therefore they may disintegrate at any moment. E. because the members of a nationality constantly compare their society to an idealized, quasi-historical past.
Culture is not itself biological but rests on certain features of human biology.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Despite many differences in details, all cultures share a number of common cultural features including:
a. marriage systems. b. a system of distribution. c. a system of communication. d. a system of education. e. each of the systems listed here.
Paleoanthropologists disagree about our ancestors, but they do agree that __________.
A) there were at least two separate hominin lines between 3 million and 1 million years ago. B) there were no extinctions of any early species. C) evolution could not have played a role in speciation. D) there is enough evidence to be certain of any conclusions they now draw.