In Latin America, the drive by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized their autochthony, with an implicit call for excluding strangers from their communities

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: False

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In Spanish-speaking Latin America, social scientists and politicians favor which term over indio (Indian), the colonial term that the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors used to refer to the native inhabitants of the Americas?

A. indígena (indigenous person) B. civilian C. citizen D. cultural patrimony E. autochthon

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With his emphasis on understanding culture as an integrated system that must be understood "in all of its aspects," Malinowski is associated with the concept of:

a. ethnocentrism. b. cultural evolutionism. c. holism. d. materialism.

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"Verbal dexterity" is especially important in which form of social control?

a. Ancestor worship b. Ghostly invocation c. Intermediaries d. Warfare e. Song duel

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The fossil finds near Beijing, China (including the Zhoukoudian cave) yielded the remains of more than 40 specimens of

A. H. habilis. B. H. erectus. C. H. naledi D. Neandertals. E. anatomically modern humans.

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