What role did the calendar play for the ancient Maya?
What will be an ideal response?
It was used to recall significant political and mythological events, predict favorable agricultural times, and likely also as a means of compelling the deities to act.
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Which language—other than English—is spoken by the most people in the US?
A Chinese B French C Vietnamese D Tagalog E Spanish
__________ is the exchange of goods and services in which each party seeks to benefit at the expense of the other, thus making a profit
a. Trade b. Exchange c. Negative reciprocity d. Capitalism
Which of the following is not a common approach in ethnographic fieldwork?
a. study of complete, functioning societies b. face-to-face interviews c. use of personal first-hand information d. a holistic approach e. use of random sampling
Navajo healers use __________ as part of healing ceremonies
a. carved wooden bowls b. sand paintings c. body painting d. human sculptures carved from stone