The key difference between a village head and a big man is that the big man has supporters in many villages, whereas the supporters of the village head are restricted to his respective village
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Assimilation does not occur between ethnic groups with similar physical or cultural characteristics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The influx of Irish and German immigrants in the nineteenth century caused __________
A. a rise in xenophobia and nativistic movements among the WASP population B. a realization that racist beliefs were wrong C. a decline in forced assimilation D. promotion of the idea that America is a "melting pot"
Government medical research fund granting agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), require research subjects to be classified by racial categories determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This requirement:
A. reinforces what most biologists now consider to be the false concept of race being genetically based B. reinforces the false idea that races fall into neat categories C. is seen by most physical anthropologists as being illogical and not conforming to empirical data D. all of these E. none of these
In the Biocultural Connection box Maori Origins, what was the focus of the research on the Maori people?
a. Studying migration patterns of the first peoples to inhabit North America b. Creating lineage divisions based on DNA samples c. Connecting mitochondrial DNA with the Australian aborigines d. Connecting DNA types with the people's origin myths e. Sequencing DNA in order to type for potential diseases in this ethnic group