Why do social scientists use wealth as the primary indicator of class status in the United States?
a. Wealth is relatively easy to measure.
b. Wealth can be used to gain access to political power.
c. Wealth generally correlates with the ownership of productive resources.
d. All of these are reasons for relying on wealth as an indicator of class.
d
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Phylogenetic reconstructions based on genetic markers suggest that modern humans __________
a. did not evolve much beyond archaic Homo b. evolved in a single location c. evolved in the same region of the Old World d. evolved in multiple locations
Over time, humans have become increasingly dependent on which of the following in order to cope with the range of environments they have occupied in time and space?
A. social institutions, such as the state, that coordinate collective action B. biological means of adaptation, mostly thanks to advanced medical research C. technological means of adaptation, such as the creation of virtual worlds that allow us to escape from day-to-day reality D. a holistic and comparative approach to problem solving E. cultural means of adaptation
The actual genetic constitution of an organism is referred to as the __________, while the outward appearance of the organism is called the __________
A. homozygote; heterozygote B. allele; gene C. genotype; phenotype D. recessive; dominant
Among the traditional Igbo of Midwestern Nigeria, women were not allowed positions in the administrative hierarchy
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false