What is a social control system? Why do you think this is a cultural universal?

What will be an ideal response?


It is a set of mechanisms that coerce people to obey the social norms of a society so
that people can live and work together.

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a land claim suit in 1997 that __________ have validity as legal testimony and as records of the past

a. rock art symbology b. Native American narratives c. Native American oral traditions d. treaties unsigned by Native Americans

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As a result of _____ work, in 1981, the Apaches were able to move into houses that had been designed with their participation, for their specific needs

a. Walter Goldschmidt's b. George Esber's c. David Maybury-Lewis's d. Bronislaw Malinowski's e. Margaret Mead's

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How is culture adaptive and maladaptive?

What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. If pageant wagons were used to stage cycles in a city, they faced problems of timing and ease of movement. 2. Cycles or “cosmic dramas” were based mostly on the Bible. 3. Morality plays could be secular as well as religious.

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