Cultural evolution is best defined as:
a. cultural change over time
b. a process of cultural progress over time
c. a mode of production that becomes more complex over time
d. adaption to biological and cultural change
a
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Specialized or technical words are __________, spoken by people who share a particular occupation or interest
a. creoles b. pidgins c. jargons d. dialects
When compared to other kinds of societies, all the following are true about foragers EXCEPT that
A. the public and private spheres are least separate. B. hierarchy is least marked. C. when gathering is prominent, gender status tends to be more equal. D. sexual promiscuity is most common and routinely punished. E. the rights, activities, and spheres of influence of men and women overlap the most.
An approach in anthropology that stresses the importance of analyzing cultures in their own terms rather than in terms of the culture of the anthropologist is __________
a. holism b. cultural relativism c. ethnocentrism d. comparative perspective
Poverty results from social and economic __________
a. equalities b. development c. upheaval d. inequalities