The social standing of women and men in hunting and gathering societies is ________
a. unequal, with men controlling farming.
b. fairly equal, with men and women each making a vital contribution to survival.
c. unequal, with women raising the young while men secure food.
d. equal, because both men and women perform the same tasks.
Answer: b
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A concrete indicator of globalization's control and surveillance of the poor, as reported in the textbook, is:
a. restricting poor people's access to resources through official and government approved channels b. ensuring that that the poor can only benefit from social service programs c. limiting the poor to income generating activities d. ensuring the poor have access to capital through micro-credit enterprises leading to poverty.
During Reconstruction, the South was characterized by ______.
A. African Americans becoming the dominant class B. a rigid caste system under the policy known as "Jim Crow" C. an end to the plantation system and urbanization D. an end to the white class system
In 1972, AIM helped organize a march on Washington, D.C., called the ______.
A. Trail of Broken Treaties B. Trail of Tears C. Trail of Tribal Treaties D. Trail of Native Tears