Which of these statements about the Comanche of the Great Plains of the U.S. is FALSE?
a. Within the band, decisions were arrived at by consensus.
b. Disagreements could be resolved by changes in band affiliation.
c. Candidates for the position of "peace chief" were selected on the basis of descent.
d. Great warriors had little influence outside of the activities of raiding and warfare.
c
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a. warfare b. industrialization c. the ability of refugees to seek asylum d. faster maritime transportation
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a. dominant alleles suppress recessive alleles b. inheritance is governed by discrete particles c. segregating pairs of unit factors assort independently d. chromosomes randomly segregate into sex cells
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a. It exposed them to plants and animals they had never before seen. b. It proved the validity of biblical texts. c. It demonstrated fixity of species. d. It supported standing notions of the Great Chain of Beings. e. It had no impact on notions of biological diversity.
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