Exam 2 example #73903

Many of Cahokia's most prominent features are aligned according to what?

Which of the following is generally considered to be the world's first city?

In the hydraulic approach, civilizations emerged following the development of farming in what geographic areas?

Possible Pre-Columbian cities in North America include all of the following except:

The world's first city developed in

The initial motive for the development of writing in Mesopotamia was for

Early cities and states developed on all of the following continents except

True or False? The leaders of states generally have the authority to levy taxes and use military force.

All of the following are characteristics of cities except: (A)large populations (B)public services and institutions (C)seasonal mobility (D)sociopolitical stratification

Racial categories are based upon perceptions of phenotypic features, and not on genotypes. Because of this, anthropologists argue that

True or False? Variation in human skin color is an example of clinal variation.

What term is used simply to refer to the state or sense of "otherness?"

What scientist did measurements on skulls to attempt to demonstrate biological superiority of specific groups?

True or False? Carl Linnaeus included humans in his taxonomy of animals in the order Primata.

The early 20th-century philosophy that advocated immigration restrictions, racial segregation, and forced sterilizations was called:

True or False? Variation in human blood types is an example of clinal variation.

The work of polygenists such as Samuel Morton and Paul Broca was severely flawed because

The post-marital residence pattern typical of societies in which women are predominant in household production is referred to as

When public and private (or domestic) spheres of life are widely separated, the status of women tends to be

Cross culturally, when there is a significant dichotomy between women's involvement in private and public spheres, the status of women is

Social prohibitions against marrying particular kinds of kin is referred to as the

Why does the number of monogamous marriages often exceed polygynous ones in cultures where polygyny is preferred?

True or False? The most common type of household in the United States is the one composed of a nuclear family.

What is the rationale for bridewealth in a patrilineal society?

True or false? Male and female are biological categories; man and woman are gender categories.

True or false? The descent system most common in Western societies is bilateral descent.

True or false? Social mobility is uncommon in all stratified societies.

In nonindustrial societies, the most common way of meeting needs such as resource allocation, law enforcement, and societal functions is through the:

Parallel cousins are

True or false? Clans typically consist of multiple lineages.

In a matrilineal society which practices exogamy, cross cousins of the opposite sex would likely be considered

Black Rock City is an example of a modern stateless city associated with what annual festival?

True or False? The rise of Cahokia was linked to larger cultural developments throughout much of Eastern North American known as "Mississippian."

Cuneiform, the earliest form of writing in Mesopotamia was primarily used to record what?

Bergman's rule suggests that there is a correlation between temperature and

Where do we find an adaptive advantage associated with dark skin?

Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a serious skeletal condition known as

What effect did contact with European colonists typically have on the gender relations in indigenous societies?

The primary focus of the documentary film Southern Comfort was a transgender man named Robert Eades who suffered from what medical affliction?

Patrilocal post-marital residence patterns rules dictate that after marriage a couple establishes residence with the

Cross cousins are

Lineal, bifurcate merging, and generational are three types of

Which of the following establishes descent group membership exclusively through the male or the female line?

True or false? Clans typically consist of multiple lineages.

A division of a society into two large descent groups is an organization by:

Collegiate sororities and fraternities are modern U.S. examples of

When descent derives from both mother's and father's lines equally, it is called:

True or false? Marriage in caste systems is endogamous.

The traditional Jewish ceremony of the bar mitzvah marks the transition between

Which of the following is considered a cross cousin to Ego?

True or False? The growth of villages into cities generally resulted in a reduced rate of infectious disease.

Tikal was a political center in what ancient civilization?

All of the following are significant challenges to early state societies except:

Traditional hallmarks of civilization include all of the following except:

True or False? Inheritance of the sickle cell allele from only one parent may result in anemia, circulatory problems, and often early death?

Why was Ota Benga brought to the United States?

Melanin has the primary function of

The Mismeasure of Man was a harsh refutation of biological determinism written by what American paleobiologist?

Most societies include in the incest taboo a prohibition against sexual relations between all of the following except:

In the documentary film Southern Comfort, Robert Eades makes his last appearance at a prominent transgender gathering in what city?

The residence pattern in which a married couple lives with the wife's mother's family is called

Causes for gender equality in the context of Western contact with small-scale, non-Western societies include:

True or False? All societies have some form of incest taboo

The United States custom of the bride's family paying for the wedding expenses is:

Which of the following would NOT be considered a Common Interest Association?

Ego is related to which kin

Affinal relationship=

Consanguineal=

Society... resources, political system

Caste=

True or False? Clans consist of multiple lineages.

Common descent from common ancestor=

Which individual, as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, did the most to combat racism in the United States?

True or false? Scientists generally agree that the incest taboo can be explained as an attempt to avoid the harmful genetic effects of inbreeding?