A group that shares ancestry, origin, language, customs, and traditional beliefs is also called a(n):

a. ethnic group
b. society
c. subculture
d. culture


Answer: a. ethnic group

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a) The kinds of crops that are grown. b) The prices of the crops produced. c) The greater non-human energy inputs. d) The role of climate and weather.

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Fossils from the Hadar region include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. a group of individuals who apparently died at the same time. B. a boy buried next to an elephant. C. the remains of "Lucy." D. some of the earliest known human fossils.

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Provide a brief account of the history of theory in the discipline. Does this account support the view that much of the history of anthropology has been about the roles and relative prominence of culture?

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Which of the following was studied by Sapir and Whorf?

A. the interaction of thought and surface structure B. the influence of language on thought C. the influence of deep structure on surface structure D. the influence of deep structure on semantic domains E. the influence of culture on language

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