What features do religion and magic share?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Both are systems of supernatural belief; are not susceptible to scientific verification; and are practiced as a way of coping with the anxieties, ambiguities, and frustrations of everyday life.

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Research has shown that the screams of rhesus macaques are general screams for help but carry no specific information about why help is needed

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In 2007, after many years of campaigning in the international media, political lobbying, and diplomatic pressure, the

United Nations General Assembly passed the: a. Declaration of the Independence of Indigenous Nations. b. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. c. Constitution for the Relief of Structural Violence. d. Bill of Rights of Indigenous Peoples. e. Independence Treaty of Indigenous Nations and Their Ancestors.

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When two parties have somewhat equal negotiating status, you would expect to find use of authoritative power

a. True b. False

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A policy of ethnic expulsion or ethnic persecution may create

A. ethnic harmony. B. multiculturalism. C. refugee populations. D. a plural society. E. social races.

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