Setting the Voting Age at 18 and the Drinking Age

question 34

Multiple Choice

Setting the voting age at 18 and the drinking age at 21 are examples of

• A) adolescent initiation ceremonies.
• B) legal adult status in non-Western societies.
• C) rites of passage.
• D) partial adult status in Western society.

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