Picking up the "White Man's Burden" meant:
a. Bringing civilization to the colonized.
b. Shipping slaves from Africa to the Americas.
c. Building factories and railroads.
d. Finding ways to invest the profits derived from colonialism.
e. Using force to control native populations under colonial rule.
A
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The task of the cultural anthropologist is to
a. describe the various parts of the culture he or she studies. b. study aspects of a culture in isolation from the rest of the cultural system. c. show how parts of a culture are independent from one another. d. determine if one culture is more moral than another. e. work to help develop the most adaptive type of culture to improve human potential.
Which of these societies would fit the anthropological definition of a chiefdom?
A) a large population over many communities, all under the authority of a centralized government B) a society in which a political official has authority over several communities C) a medium-sized village led by a council of elders and respected leaders of the community D) a small village with relatively egalitarian divisions of labor and power
Analysis of the stone artifacts from Zhoukoudian indicate that the tools from
a. the later stages are large and crudely made. b. the earliest stages are made from flint and fine-grained quartz. c. all stages are identical to each other. d. the later stages are heavier and larger than the previous stage. e. the later stages are small and the tool materials are of better quality than the previous stages.
Urbanization is chiefly a phenomenon of about the last __________ years.
A. 5000 B. 550 C. 120 D. 20