Sati is the practice of a widow burning herself on her husband’s funeral pyre in India
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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Do people in all societies maximize material benefits? If not, what other things could be maximized to help explain their motives in everyday life? Do anthropologists believe that the profit maximization motive is a universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
People perform religious rituals as _____
a. a way of invoking supernatural beings to control those forces over which they feel they have no control b. a practice with as little emotion as possible, because they seldom really believe rituals are effective c. a way of demonstrating the strong control they have over their own lives d. a way to demonstrate social importance and validation for their lives e. a way to obtain political, social, and economic power
Early anthropological researchers favored what they considered to be __________
a. rapidly changing indigenous societies b. small, isolated indigenous societies c. rural European villages d. friendly and welcoming cultures
In Hua society, where sexual differences are explained by the life-giving substance nu, post-menopausal women are permitted to live in the men's house. Why is this?
a. Their position as mothers gives them this right, despite the dangers posed to men. b. They are cherished for the wisdom their age brings. c. A life of childbirth and menstruation are believed to have purged them of most feminine substances. d. They are believed to have special supernatural powers stemming from their concentrated nu.