Class refers to
a. social hierarchies.
b. ethnocentric societies.
c. nonstratified societies.
d. stabilized societies.
e. immigrant societies.
Religion as part of a cultural holism
a. provides a way to categorize people who generally agree with each other on most significant issues facing today's societies.
b. allows an outsider to simplify an understanding of the moral views of over half the world's population because they are either Christians, Muslims, or Hindus.
c. enables an understanding of how people in all faiths have clashed because they inherently engage in missionizing nonbelievers.
d. reflects a worldview that explains the basic natural and supernatural order and morality of the universe.
e. creates distinctions separate from cultural categories, thereby making much more complex the task of understanding human motivation.
Which of the following statements best describes the geographical prevalence of female genital cutting? It occurs
a. in all major Middle Eastern societies.
b. only in remote areas of the world.
c. never in Europe and North America.
d. in some African and Asian societies.
e. widely in Latin America and islands in the Pacific.
When a person's actions earn someone position in society, the term that applies is
a. high status.
b. ascribed status.
c. class status.
d. ethnic status.
e. achieved status.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom provides an example of
a. ascribed status.
b. clan status.
c. ethnic status.
d. achieved status.
e. biological status.
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