Describe the economic and noneconomic functions of the Kula ring.
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Explain the difference between a lineage and a clan, and how fission comes into play in
the development of the two kinship structures.
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Hopi men spend their lives laboring for their wives’ lineages, and in return, they are
given food and shelter.
In which kinds of societies is patrilineal descent likely to be found?
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Warfare is more prominent among foragers than horticulturalists.
Describe what is meant by an “ideology of aggression.”
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Distinguish between caste and class type systems of stratification, using India and the
U.S. as examples. In what ways does the social structure of the U.S. also resemble a
caste system?
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Someone once remarked that a Holocaust survivor was hardly likely to be a confirmed
cultural relativist. How is cultural relativism related to moral relativism? That is, can we
think about the Nazis, or similar movements, in relativistic terms? Is there a role in
anthropology for a universalistic conception of human rights?
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Compare and contrast the earliest definition of culture provided by E.B. Tylor and those
that we use today. How are they alike and different?
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Drumming can be used to attain a shamanic state of consciousness.
The significance of tales to anthropologists is partly in their distribution across cultures.
Describe the new form of expansive capitalism that has emerged since the mid-20th
century.
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Ethnographic fieldwork is never done in Western societies.
Every culture provides its members ways to think of the meaning of life and death.
How are modern definitions of culture different from the first definition of culture in
1871?
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How are the Dalits challenging the Indian caste structure today?
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What effects has globalization had on anthropological research?
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The cornerstone of natural selection is adaptation.