How do cultural anthropologists use the word culture?
a. To refer to unchanging, traditional ways of doing things.
b. To designate which practices are more worthy of study than others.
c. To refer to the beliefs and customs of people that distinguish them from others.
d. To describe a situation of high sophistication and education.
ANSWER:
c
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The work of Kathleen A. Deagan did not
a. investigate daily life in the initial colonial period. b. actively involve bringing archeology to the public. c. pioneer the archaeological investigation of disenfranchised groups. d. help fulfill Binford's call for a better archaeology. e. mean she was not concerned with people and culture behind the artifact.
Which of the following traits is NOT an important precondition for the development of urban state societies?
A. Trade and exchange networks B. Writing systems C. Agricultural diversity D. Technological capabilities
People have to eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how
A. culture takes the natural biological urges we share with other animals and teaches us how to express them in particular ways. B. biology dominates culture. C. we are all just uncultured animals. D. individuals are powerless to alter the strong relationship between nature and culture. E. "human nature" is a cultural construction, an idea we have in our minds that has nothing to do with true nature.
Pluralistic societies tend to be more stable over time
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false