Among the Semai, the community will attend meetings called __________ in order to air grievances and allow all parties to voice their concerns and opinions
a. qahr
b. ashti
c. becharaa’
d. mana
Answer: c
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A) Women in some societies do engage in very heavy labor. B) Pound-for-pound, men and women do not significantly differ in strength. C) Hunting and warfare require skilled use of tools and stealth, not physical strength. D) When the pressures of childbearing are considered, women are actually stronger than men.
One critical economic difference between a firm and a household is:
a. Firms look for profit in their cash transactions, households rarely do. b. Firms have no obligations to the communities in which they are found; households have many. c. Firms may grow with relative ease, but the structure of households limits their growth. d. Firms may expand their size through hiring new members but the membership of a household is fixed. e. Firms usually behave in a manner that is economically rational, households rarely do.
How does local knowledge differ from global knowledge?
a. Local knowledge is not written or widely disseminated. b. Local knowledge is based on superstition and magic. c. Local knowledge is less useful than global knowledge. d. Local knowledge is better protected than global knowledge.
The rise in female employment in the United States, especially in professional careers, when coupled with ________, has dramatically increased household incomes in the upper classes. This pattern has been one factor sharpening the contrast in household income between the richest and poorest populations of Americans.
A. serial monogamy B. exogamy C. homogamy D. sororal polygyny E. endogamy