In the United States, which group once held a caste-like status based on inherited characteristics?
A) Irish immigrants
B) Hispanics
C) Asian Americans
D) African Americans
D) African Americans
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As an example of how virtually no one is immune from larger political and economic forces, the Yanomami tribal society of Brazil has suffered recent changes as a result of
A. being overrun by the more expansion-minded Nilotic peoples. B. encroachment by gold miners and ranchers. C. modern-minded big men amassing so much wealth that people have begun to regard them as chiefs. D. village raiding among tribal groups. E. the involvement of NGOs in their internal political affairs.
If there is a surplus in the market, market forces will drive the quantity supplied to ________ and the quantity demanded to ________.
A) increase; decrease B) decrease; increase C) decrease; decrease D) increase; increase
Given the case studies presented in Chapter 12, global warming
a. will have a major effect on subsistence patterns. b. is cause for concern of anthropologists. c. will affect availability of fresh water on many communities. d. has several yet unknown effects on global communities. e. all of these.
Different frames applied to very similar actions can result in dramatically different interpretations of those actions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false