The Mbuti have no social groups with greater or lesser access to economic resources, power, or prestige. What type of society do they represent?

A) ranked
B) egalitarian
C) a class society
D) a caste society


B) egalitarian

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back perhaps 3 million years. This date corresponds to

A. evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats. B. early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. C. the advent of anatomically modern primates. D. the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. E. a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity.

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The Natufians were the first culture to develop a state in the Indus Valley.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The study of general laws and principles that govern cultural phenomena is called:

A) ethnography. B) ethnology. C) ethnohistory. D) ethnic universals. E) ethnoscience.

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