The massive cultural change that occurs in a society when it experiences intensive firsthand contact with a more powerful society is called:
a. ethnocide
b. acculturation
c. enculturation
d. genocide
b
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Describe what sorts of questions an anthropologist following this theoretical perspective would be interested in if he or she were to study the social life of American university students.
A network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations is called:
a. kinship. b. descent. c. relative network. d. social network. e. affinal relationships.
Why did human ancestors settle in Asia long before settling in Europe?
A. One has to go through Asia to get to Europe. B. There is less daylight on average in Europe. C. Europe may have been too cold to live in at the time. D. Large carnivores were present in Europe. E. Traveling east is much easier than traveling north.
If a friend were to say, "He's the president of the college," the term "president" would refer to a
a. status. b. role. c. social situation. d. social relationship.