How did Boas lay the foundation for scientific anthropology?

What will be an ideal response?


relying on the scientific method

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According to the Castles and Davidson reading (“Being a Citizen,” assigned for the Immigrant Rights and Citizenship class), cultural rights are the least important for immigrants, civil rights are the most important for immigrants, and social rights are not important at all

a. true b. false

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Which hominid species is believed to have first inhabited the Sahul region?

a. H. erectus b. H. habilis c. Archaic H. sapiens d. H. sapiens e. A. africanus

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Potlatch is a

A. rite of intensification to solidify group bonds. B. festive event where the sponsors give away gifts and gain prestige in return. C. lock for the outhouse shaped like a pot. D. fastening device for the first pottery, to keep animals out of the food. E. harvest festival in agricultural cultures.

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Over the course of American history women have entered the workforce in which pattern?

a. immigrant women, young single women, married women b. young single women, immigrant women, married women c. immigrant women, married women, young single women d. young single women, married women, immigrant women

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