Ethnology overlaps with more specific disciplines, such as literature, economics, or religious studies. What, then, is the distinctive feature of ethnology?
A) It is interested in how these various aspects of life fit together.
B) It focuses on non-Western variation in these areas.
C) It compares these topics cross-culturally.
D) Only ethnology studies these issues among people with no written language.
A
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Working class women in Istanbul who do piecework in their homes
A) are practicing generalized reciprocity. B) only do so because there are not enough factory jobs. C) see themselves as the main support of the family. D) reconcile, earning additional money with traditional role constraints. E) are ashamed to sell what they produce to friends and neighbors.
According to the "splitters' perspective," _________
a. Neandertals represent one of many distinct Middle Paleolithic hominin species b. archaic Homo sapiens are actually members of the species Homo heidelbergensis c. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens regularly interbred with one another d. Neandertals and archaic Homo sapiens were one species
What is the name of the organization that maintains a statement of ethical guidelines for anthropologists?
a. Association for American Anthropologists. b. American Anthropological Institute. c. American Anthropological Association. d. Anthropological Ethics Institute. e. American Association of Anthropologists.
All of the following had strong impacts on racial and ethnic categories in the U.S. after the 1970s except:
a. ?rise of the Black and Red Power movements. b. ?the end of the Vietnam War. c. new information technologies. d. ?changing economic priorities.