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How are land and water resources allocated differently in a foraging versus an
agricultural society?
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Explain the function of religion in society from an anthropological perspective.
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Societies that promote a great deal of upward and downward mobility are called open
class societies.
Historical evidence supports the idea that a global culture will eliminate conflict.
In American society, age does not play a role in social organization.
Use examples from the Hindu sadhus to illustrate the cultural context of normality and
abnormality.
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How do group and modal personality relate to each other?
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A culture area is a geographic region in which a number of different societies follow a
similar (not necessarily identical) pattern of life.
How does the understanding of organ transplants vary between Japan and the United
States?
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Explain how new reproductive technologies challenge our understandings of kinship.
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Discuss the characteristics of participant-observation and what this method contributes
to ethnographic understanding.
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Hortense Powdermaker was an early pioneer in "national character" studies.
What is art?
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What is "transplant tourism"? Why is this a topic of applied anthropology?
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Annette Weiner worked in the Trobriand Islands in the 1960s.
How have ethnic minorities fought to defend themselves against global forces?
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How is authority delegated differently in different types of states?
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How did an anthropologist assist in house design for Apache Indians?
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What is paralanguage? Discuss and provide examples.
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