What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?
A. religion
B. a rite of passage
C. pantheism
D. animism
E. magic
Answer: E
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Which of the following best describes the nature of Sumerian political organization?
a. large, loosely organized confederations of allied cities b. autonomous city-states with smaller satellite communities and associated cropland c. a single empire based in Uruk city d. two independent societies located along the Upper and Lower Euphrates e. large urban centers and autonomous rural farming communities
What do anthropologists explain as the primary importance of male initiation rites?
What will be an ideal response?
The category of big-man/big-woman leadership is most characteristic of which cultural region?
A) Central America B) Middle East C) mainland Southeast Asia D) Melanesia and the South Pacific
According to the text, perhaps the greatest advantage of pastoralism is:
a. transhumance, a practice that prevents people from over-using local resources. b. the ability of herd animals to convert inedible vegetation into edible meat and other products for human consumption. c. protecting the group against hunger through food surplus. d. the ritual importance of herd animals for agriculturalists.