What secular goal have anthropologists suggested as a reason for the existence of human sacrifice?
A) a way to reduce overpopulation
B) to provide a deterrent for violent crime
C) to scare the citizens into obedience
D) an attempt to terrorize people from other polities
D) an attempt to terrorize people from other polities
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a. They did not believe they could acquire land in this region. b. They believed it was the opposite of European civilization and thus irrational. c. They did not know how to speak the language of the people in this region. d. They were unable to safely traverse its terrain. e. The Orient had more economic stability than the majority of European countries.
Wall Street is about finance, that is:
A) ?making money with money. B) ?making money through complex schemes. C) ?making money so long as government regulation is minimized. D) ?making money for general well-being.
What is type AB blood an example of?
a. ?Codominance b. ?Dominance c. Blending d. ?Recessiveness e. ?Polygenic inheritance
Which of these do you expect would occur less often in egalitarian societies than in stratified ones?
A) theft, but not violent crime B) war, but not violent crime C) property crime, but not theft D) violent crime, but not property crime