Describe how people in all societies maximize, and identify what they maximize. Determine if maximization is a cultural universal, and explain your answer.

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Discuss some of the major effects of the global spread of consumerism

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For a culture to survive, it must produce behavior that is generally _______________ to the natural environment

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Among the Maasai:

a. women have extremely high status as cattle herders. b. women and men have relatively equal status, as both participate equally in subsistence activities. c. there is a female-centered ideal and the society is markedly pro-female. d. women are marginalized because they are not cattle herders. e. both men and women work as farmers, but men's labor is more valued.

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Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order of

a. Primates. b. humans. c. Homo sapiens. d. primatologists.

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