What Is an Ascribed Status

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is an ascribed status?

• A) It is about social promotion and rites of passage.
• B) It refers to personal factors that are chosen or earned.
• C) It is attained by virtue of how well a person performs.
• D) It is connected to people's race,gender,and age.

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Definitions:

Vicariant Events

Geological occurrences that physically separate organisms, leading to speciation by dividing ancestral populations into two or more reproductively isolated groups.

Plate Tectonics

The scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere.

Biogeographers

Scientists who study the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

Paleobiologist

A scientist who studies ancient life and ecosystems through the examination of fossilized remains and geological context, aiming to understand the evolution of life on Earth.