Define focal vocabularies, and explain why they exist.
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A) ethnoscience. B) culture and personality theory. C) symbolic anthropology. D) interpretive anthropology. E) cognitive anthropology.
The slave trade strengthened principles of __________ descent
a. matrilineal b. patrilineal c. cognatic d. bilineal
Hypoxia
a. is the reduced availability of oxygen b. occurs at higher altitudes because the atmosphere contains less oxygen than at sea level c. exerts no stress on humans d. is a problem for people living at sea level e. is not a concern for humans
Language provides a model for describing and analyzing a culture’s classification of reality
a. True b. False