What is the world’s longest surviving social hierarchy that encompasses a complex ranking of social groups on the basis of ritual purity?
a. American social system
b. Japanese caste system
c. English system of royalty
d. Hindu caste system
e. Buddhist caste system
ANSWER: d
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A. the upper Oligocene through the late Miocene. B. the upper Eocene through the earliest Miocene. C. the lower Oligocene through the earliest Pliocene. D. the upper Eocene through the earliest Pliocene.
Rules of endogamy in Hawaiian chiefdoms actually resulted in sibling marriages
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The ________ has worked within the United Nations to support indigenous rights
A. Working Group on Indigenous Populations B. International Union for Indigenous Rights C. Supporters of Indigenous Peoples of Postsoviet Countries D. Intergovernmental Panel on Indigenous Rights E. United States Corps of Engineers
The cargo cults of Melanesia predated the arrival of Europeans in the region
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.