An example of tribal leadership is the concept of the “Big Man.”

a. True
b. False


ANSWER: True

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The position or rank that one carries in a society is __________

a. role b. status c. job d. enculturation

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The sororate is a marriage custom in which

a. a widow is expected to marry the brother or another close relative of her dead husband. b. a widower is expected to marry the sister or another close relative of his dead wife. c. a man marries his stepsister. d. a man takes his brother’s widow as a wife. e. a woman takes her dead husband’s cousin.

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Working through a behavioral feedback loop, natural selection within early hominids favored gradual __________ expansion

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following describes a way in which cultural anthropology and sociology differ?

A. Anthropology is more personal and less formal than sociology. B. Sociologists are less likely than anthropologists to use sampling and statistics. C. Sociologists only study Western societies and anthropologists only study non-Western societies. D. Anthropologists study human social behavior, social relations, and social organization whereas sociologists focus solely on data about complex nations. E. Anthropologists focus only on small-scale communities while sociologists only focus on issues of globalization.

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