Societies in which people or kinship groups are ordered in a continuum in relation to each other are called __________

a. ranked societies
b. egalitarian societies
c. hierarchies
d. complex societies


a

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In order to understand how diseases affect human populations, anthropologists __________

a. simply request an epidemiologist to conduct a study b. conduct a survey of a community and ask people how disease has affected them c. must have a basic understanding of the statistics used by epidemiologists d. must have extensive training in both anthropology and epidemiology

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The ability to build homes and make clothing to insulate us against cold environments is a(n):

a. physiological adaptation. b. evolutionary adaptation. c. physical adaptation. d. cultural adaptation. e. congenital adaptation.

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British policies such as __________ were designed to force African populations in their colonies to participate in plantation labor and building projects

a. land confiscation b. taxes payable only in cash c. keeping the families of tribal leaders as hostages d. the introduction of factories

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Food preferences and knowing where to go for food are learned behavior patterns and important parts of:

A. proximate stimulus. B. phylogeny. C. function. D. ontogeny.

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