Define focal vocabularies, and explain why they exist.

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The slave trade strengthened principles of __________ descent

a. matrilineal b. patrilineal c. cognatic d. bilineal

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Language provides a model for describing and analyzing a culture’s classification of reality

a. True b. False

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