Why do human rights activists usually reject moral and cultural relativism?
A) ?They have little interest in other societies and cultures.
B) ?Their main focus is on international law.
C) ?Relativism assumes that there is a universally accepted value system.
D) ?Relativism requires observers to accept all values and practices.
D
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________ did NOT facilitate the spread of H. erectus from tropical into subtropical and temperate environments.
A. Increasingly efficient hunting methods B. Living in rock shelters and caves C. The use of fire D. Upper Paleolithic toolmaking traditions E. A larger brain and essentially modern skeleton
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. All culture is learned. b. All learned behavior is cultural. c. Culture is humankind’s “social heredity.” d. Culture is not biologically inherited. e. Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through enculturation.
________ is the identification with, and feeling part of, a cultural group, and exclusion from other cultural groups because of this affiliation.
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural relativism C. Culture shock D. Assimilation E. Ethnicity
The fossil record indicates that Homo erectus
A) originated about 1.8 million years ago in Asia B) migrated from Africa to Asia about 1 million years ago C) cannot be linked to a place of origin at present D) originated about 1.8 million years ago in Africa E) migrated from Asia to Africa about 1 million years ago