Many of the best early accounts of non-Western societies written during the early period of colonialism were written by __________

a. soldiers
b. governors
c. naturalists
d. Jesuit missionaries


Answer: d

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Which of the following statements about the relationship between sex and gender is incorrect?

a. Sex is the same as gender. b. Sex refers to physical differences between males and females, whereas gender refers to the cultural meaningsassigned to sex c. Sexual differences are biological? gender differences depend on cultural definition. d. Gender differences began with human culture, several million years ago. e. The biological differences between males and females have decreased since the time of the earliest humans.

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In Melanesia, mana is an essential sacred life force that resides in people, animals, plants, and objects

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Written words are, by nature, permanent; spoken words (and oral histories) are, by nature, impermanent

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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