Summarize the history of cargo cults and identify one way the cultures in which they emerged changed as a result of them
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Cargo cults are found in Melanesia and were most active in the first half of the nineteenth century.
2. They emerged as a response to Western and Japanese influence in the form of trade goods.
3. Cargo cult movements centered on prophets who gathered followings and status by predicting the arrival of the goods, first in ships, then, after World War II, in airplanes.
4. These Melanesian cultures changed because the value placed on manufactured goods replaced the value placed on indigenous valuables.
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