Over the past 5,000 years, political units have:
a. grown steadily smaller in size.
b. grown steadily larger in size and fewer in number.
c. eliminated multinational corporations.
d. promoted individual freedoms.
e. eliminated slavery.
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The deliberate use of basic ideas in some practical application, such as making use of the knowledge of how electricity works to develop the telephone, is called a(n):
a. diffusion principle.
b. primary innovation.
c. modernization.
d. integrative mechanism.
e. secondary innovation.
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Whether beneficial or unbeneficial, all art is an expression of:
a. the innate need to be playful and engage in manual arts.
b. a fundamental human capacity for symbolic and religious expression.
c. state-level societies that can afford specialists.
d. political domination of minorities by elites.
e. the symbolic representation of form and the expression of creative imagination.
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Anthropology examines spirituality and religion in terms of the society's:
a. traditions.
b. expectations.
c. worldview.
d. belief systems.
e. sacred places.
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The ability of individuals or groups to impose their will upon others and make them do things even against their will is _______________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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The designation of various life stages for an individual is the basis for:
a. formation of social groups.
b. instruction of life skills.
c. economic assistance.
d. challenging religious ideology.
e. creation of social identity.
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When kinship membership is traced either through males or through females but not both, it is called:
a. bilateral.
b. unilineal.
c. patrilineal.
d. ambilineal.
e. matrilineal.
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Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England, adultery was considered:
a. prescribed for many different kinds of illness.
b. a source of community gossip.
c. a serious crime.
d. a personal offense to the woman's family.
e. culturally acceptable.
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The process organisms undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to a particular environment, which not only leads to biological changes in the organisms but also impacts their environment, is called:
a. accommodation.
b. acculturation.
c. adaptation.
d. assimilation.
e. incorporation.
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John Locke's theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not:
a. focus on the individual, only the group.
b. take genetic contributions into account.
c. address any society except Europe.
d. consider that culture and environment are important.
e. explain why language is so important to development.
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