In The Flats, described by Carol B. Stack, the conditions of poverty forced people into nuclear families rather than kinship and friendship networks
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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Which of the following must be balanced in the ethnomedicine of many Latin American and Caribbean cultures?
A) hot and cold B) good and evil C) male and female D) light and dark
Some anthropologists are opposed to narrative ethnography because _______
a. it is not a subjective, scientific account of fieldwork b. it does not produce large quantities of data c. it does not utilize the same types of methods used in traditional ethnography d. this type of fieldwork does not involve community members e. they are not able to document the fieldwork process as accurately as through other approaches
The cultivation of crops using hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes is a type of farming called:
a. agriculture. b. slash-and-burn. c. horticulture. d. low-tech farming. e. pastoralism.
Individuals benefit psychologically from religion because it
a. helps explain the unexplainable. b. gives them answers based upon scientific authority. c. provides a rational and logical framework for giving meaning to events and experiences. d. makes them feel as if their increased stress levels have a function in society. e. answers all questions regarding their daily lives.