What is the most common restrictive characteristic for membership in a descent group?
a. gender
b. place of origin
c. occupation
d. religion
a
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Compared to their wild counterparts, domesticated animals tend to be
A. faster. B. more aggressive. C. larger. D. smaller. E. very similar, both morphologically and behaviorally.
Although the nuclear family has been the ideal in the U.S. for most of the 20th century, today:
a. only slightly more than half of American families are nuclear families. b. families look like the households portrayed in the 1950s sitcoms. c. families prefer to be extended and not nuclear. d. only about one household in four is nuclear. e. only about one household in three is nuclear.
How does gender identity affect language use?
a. Women are more interruptive speakers than men. b. Women are more direct speakers than men. c. Women are more deferential speakers than men. d. There is no difference in men’s and women’s speech.
What was remarkable about the Australopithecus afarensis specimen nicknamed “Lucy”?
A) The skeleton was 40 percent complete, which is incredibly high for hominin fossils. B) It is the only known specimen for this species. C) It is the only specimen of A. afarensis found in East Africa. D) This was the first hominin specimen described by science.