In Semai society which of the following is true of becharaa?
a. Conflicts are rarely resolved during these meetings.
b. They allow parties accused of wrongdoing to be tried and convicted.
c. They can last for several days and nights.
d. No one acts as a headman or leader during these meetings.
c
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Religion includes all of the following except:
a. an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere
b. associated ceremonial practices used to interpret things beyond control
c. concern with the sacred as distinguished from ordinary reality
d. practiced primarily on the level of a relationship between individual and deity
What factor seems to predict whether or not a culture believes that actions in life will determine one’s fate after death?
A) a complex stratified society in which leadership is caste-based B) child-rearing practices that focus on obedience and punishment C) a period of delay between labor input and return of food D) a low rate of political involvement by members of the society
What factors do medical anthropologists think we need to consider if we are to reduce the suffering in human life?
A) cultural and political B) biological and social C) cultural and social D) biological and political
Hunting and gathering has all but disappeared today because:
a. it was too difficult a way of life to maintain indefinitely. b. it could not provide adequate nutrition for the various small bands. c. farming civilizations grew in size and power and pushed it out of the best lands. d. most foragers have realized that industrial society has more to offer them.