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Anthropology 101 Exam 1 What is Cultural Anthropology? - correct answer the study of human society and culture. Describes, analyzes, interprets and explains social and cultural similarities and differences. . How is cultural anthropology studied? - correct answer ethnography (based on fieldwork) and ethnology (based on cross-cultural comparison) What do cultural anthropologists focus on? - correct answer whole, functioning communities and all aspects of local life (holistic). Ethnology...

Abeka 7th grade history Test 1 ch.1-3 already passed a payment from one nation to another tribute the way of life of a group of people culture a group of people living in its own land with its own government nation-state a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit nation an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern bureaucracy a wedge-shaped writing cuneiform the scattering of people over the earth dispersion the rule by one ...

Quiz 1 (chapters 1-3) All Answers Correct 2 important sources of life for Egyptians was: 3 types of religious structures: -the stupa -the rock chamber 4 important deities: 2. Enlil 3. Enki 4. ninhursaga 4 major social group 1. an -the pillar the nile river and pharaoh 1. elites-included royal and priestly officials and their families 2. dependent commoners-elite clients 3. free commoners-farmers, merchants, fishers, scribes, and crafts people 4. slaves a characterist...

LIN 200 All Answers Correct All languages are conscious knowledge. FALSE Writing systems developed as naturally as spoken or signed languages. FALSE Languages are --- because there is not natural connection between an object and the word that is used to name that object. Arbitrary Component of grammar that tells is that English is an SVO language. Syntax Linguistics is ---, because it seeks to understand the linguistic forms that people use ---. descriptivist; no matter if they are...

The view that only those who view India as both fatherland and holy land are true citizens of India is consistent with the ideas of which of the following? correct answers Hindutva __ is often depicted near doorways and thresholds and is known as the remover of obstacles. correct answers Ganesha ___ the warrior god and ___, the fire god, are two deities featured prominently in the Vedas. correct answers indra the warrior god and agni, the fire god, are two deities featured prominently in t...

Abeka 7th grade History Test 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit nation the way of life of a group of people culture the scattering of people over the earth dispersion a wedge-shaped writing cuneiform the rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples empire a group of people living in its own land with its own government nation-state an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him...

TEST BANK for Essentials of Physical Anthropology 10th Edition by Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan And Eric Bartelink. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chapter Outline I. Introduction A. Hominins are members of an evolutionary lineage which includes our own species, Homo sapiens, and all extinct bipedal relatives. 1. The 3.7 million year-old footprints at the ancient savanna site of Laetoli, as well as numerous fossil discoveries in Africa, are clear evidence ...

maize An early form of corn grown by Native Americans Aztecs Ancient civilization (AD) located in what is present-day Mexico City Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen Incas Ancient civilization (AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru pueblo a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States three sister farming The cultivation of beans, corn, and squash...

Medical Terminology Exam 1 (self tests 1,2,3,4, & 6) Q&A Which of the following sorts of words came into English in the Romano-Celtic period? -Place names, e.g., Norwich, Worcester French food vocabulary, e.g., beef, poultry Scientific vocab, e.g., cardiac Religious words, e.g., priest In which period of English did lots of parallel Latinate French vocabulary come up alongside native Germanic vocabulary, e.g., table vs. stable? Old English -Middle English Romano-Celtic Modern English...

Jewish leader who leads the Jews out of Egypt in the Book of Exodus - Answer-Moses Languages was commonly spoken in ancient Israel - Answer-Aramic Between c597 BCE and c539 BCE many Jews from the Kingdom of Judah were exiled to _______. - Answer-Babylon First account of creation in Genesis, what does God do on the first day? - Answer-Divides light from darkness Book details the story of Moses and explains the plight of the Hebrews under the Egyptian Pharaohs - Answer-Book of Exodus ...