How common is the neolocal residence pattern practiced by most North Americans?
A) It is practiced by over half of all known societies.
B) It is very rare, being seen in only about 5 percent of known societies.
C) It is fairly uncommon, being found in about one quarter of known societies.
D) It is nearly universal, being found in 99 percent of known societies.
B) It is very rare, being seen in only about 5 percent of known societies.
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Kottak prefers the term sociopolitical organization to Morton Fried's term political organization in discussing the regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives. This is because
A. Fried's definition is much less applicable to nonstates, in which it is often difficult to detect any public policy. B. sociopolitical is the term the founders of anthropology used to refer to the regulation or management of interrelations among groups and their representatives. C. the term sociopolitical is more politically correct. D. the term political refers only to contemporary Western states. E. anthropologists and political scientists have an interest in political systems and organization, but they cannot agree on the same terminology.
Identify which of the following is not a Old World monkey characteristic:
a. Downward facing nostrils. b. Dental formula of 2.1.3.3. c. Tube-like ear hole. d. Ischial callosities. e. Distribution: Africa, southern Asia & Japan.
What is the term for a social position that a person is born into?
a. power b. prestige c. ascribed status d. achieved status
In many Native American societies,berdaches are __________
a. perfect examples of maleness b. single women past marriageable age c. a third gender d. infertile women