By examining the "Happy Meal" advertised by one fast-food chain, anthropologists can, among other things:
A) ?draw broad conclusions about American tastes in food.
B) ?deduce how much our consumption patterns create waste and environmental damage.
C) ?provide insights into industrial and agricultural history and gender roles.
D) ?none of these
B
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Edward Tylor hypothesized that religion grew out of __________.
A) pure anxiety about death B) animistic beliefs and practices C) childhood anxieties and beliefs that were carried into adulthood D) people’s speculation about dreams, trances, and death
If the cost of capital is $1,000 per hour, the wage paid to employees is $50 per hour, the marginal product of capital is 800 units per hour, and the marginal product of labor is 40 units per hour, to minimize its costs, the firm should ________.
A) decrease the amount of labor used and increase the amount of capital used B) not change the amount of labor or capital C) increase the amount of labor and capital used D) increase the amount of labor used and decrease the amount of capital used
The fact that most women who work in theater today refer to themselves as actors
a. is a sign of too much political correctness. b. just sounds silly, as if they were claiming to be men. c. is a successful effort to remove one case of gender bias in English. d. cannot have any impact on the way these women are perceived.
Which of the following correctly compares energy consumption and environment in wealthy and poor countries?
a. Wealthy countries consume more energy but have less polluted environments than poor countries. b. Poor countries consume less energy and have less polluted environments than wealthy nations. c. Wealthy nations consume more energy and have more polluted environments than poor nations. d. Poor nations consume more energy than wealthy nations but have more polluted environments. e. Poor and wealthy nations consume vastly different amounts of energy but have environments that are approximately equally polluted.