Among the Kipsigis, in negotiating the terms of the bridewealth payment, a woman's parents:
a. Will frequently forgo the payment if the man is nice.
b. Will ask more payment if their daughter is in love with the man.
c. Will be motivated solely by making the best financial arrangement they can.
d. Will ask less for a highly educated woman who can earn her own living.
e. Try to find a balance between seeking a high bridewealth payment and concern for their daughter's happiness.
E
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. world's greatest creation. b. world's weakest evolutionary force. c. world's greatest evolutionary force. d. world's greatest devolutionary force. e. world's greatest threat.
What have new dating techniques applied to plant remains revealed about the origins of domestication in the New World?
A. Food production in the New World was a result of knowledge brought by the first settlers to the Americas, who crossed Beringia approximately 18,000 years ago. B. Evidence of Peruvian squash seeds dating back 10,000 years that were found but were not domesticated in the highlands are proof of even earlier New World domestication, probably in South America's tropical lowlands. C. Evidence of Mexican peanut hulls dating back 15,000 years confirms that the origin of domestication in the New World preceded food production everywhere else in the world by more than 5,000 years. D. Evidence of Ecuadorian potatoes dating back 5,000 years suggests that food production originated in the New World as the result of growing population pressures, particularly in the South American Andes. E. Food production had originated independently in five different regions of the Americas by 12,000 B.P.
Native American ledger drawings became a form of tourist art when:
A) the Cheyenne made them to sell while they were imprisoned in Florida at Fort Marion. B) tourists began traveling out West and trading at the forts along the way. C) the Apache became involved with anthropologists collecting ethnographic data for museums. D) national parks began to operate on Native American lands in Montana. E) Native museums opened gift shops as a routine part of their exhibits.