The spread of a cultural element from one society to another is called
a. innovation.
b. tabula rasa.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. cultural diffusion.
e. invention.
ANS: D
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a. True b. False
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A. find solutions, acknowledging that ecosystems management involves multiple levels. B. prescribe top-down solutions to ecological problems. C. contribute to development projects that sometimes, out of necessity, replace indigenous institutions with culturally alien concepts. D. work closely with state agencies, among whom they do most of their ethnography, to promote institutional change. E. promote the concepts of environmental rights, even at the expense of cultural rights.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)