The spread of certain ideas, customs, or practices from one culture to another is called:

a. juxtaposition.
b. syncretism.
c. diffusion.
d. primary innovation.
e. secondary innovation.


c

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A. an imagined community. B. status ascription. C. forced assimilation. D. multiculturalism. E. cultural relativism.

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The Bedouin were notorious for refusing to engage in the cash economy in the 1980s

a. True b. False

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Ruth Benedict's work showed that _____

a. the contemporary accounts with archival materials provided historical depth of the German society b. religions change with changing conditions c. the Japanese rejected democratic institutions d. the conquering military powers were successful in bringing meaningful social change by force e. ecruiting anthropologists by the CSI was not necessary

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A trait in its heterozygote condition affords protection against a disease such as a malaria is called a

A) genetic load B) balanced polymorphism C) immunity D) hybridization E) point mutation

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