The ethnographic study of adolescent drug dealers is best considered a part of which specialty of cultural anthropology?
a. Political anthropology
b. Medical anthropology
c. Urban anthropology
d. Environmental anthropology
e. Educational anthropology
c
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Neandertal remains have been recovered from sites dating between __________ years ago
a. 130,000 and 1.3 million b. 100,000 and 230,000 c. 27,000 and 150,000 d. 13,000 and 100,000
Which anthropologist is famous for saying, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"?
a. Paul Farmer b. Franz Boas c. Margaret Mead d. Edward Evans-Pritchard
Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S. anthropology. One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was
A. the field's earliest example of multitimed and multisited ethnography. B. providing evidence that both biology and culture are susceptible to evolutionary forces, thus providing a framework for the comparative method. C. stressing the relevance of independent invention in human cultural history. D. showing that human biology is plastic, and that biology (including race) does not determine culture. E. expanding the local ethnographic focus to include a regional perspective.
Comparative research on gender inequality has found that
a. in no society are the primary political roles restricted to women. b. women are commonly excluded from major leadership roles in religious life. c. prior to the 1970s, the ethnographic data used for comparison was gathered primarily by men. d. All of these are true in regard to studies of gender inequality.