What are the basic premises of the theory of cultural evolutionism?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
The basic premises are that all societies pass through a series of similar evolutionary stages, evolution is unidirectional, a deductive approach is best for understanding diversity, and European societies are superior to non-European ones.
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Pluralism:
a. is the process of the wider society accepting a new ethnic group. b. describes a racial or ethnic minority's absorption into the wider society. c. describes the political, economic, and social repression of racial and ethnic minorities. d. is a myth because it does not exist anywhere in the world today. e. describes two or more diverse ethnic groups living in harmony.
Match each discipline with its description:
1. archaeology 2. taphonomy 3. paleontology 4. paleopathology the study of the fossil record study of the processes that affect an organism after death the study of disease in prehistoric populations the study of the remains of human behavior
One feature of transnationalism that is quite distinct from older patterns of migration and immigration is __________
a. the ability to claim citizenship in new countries b. the ability to maintain close contacts with home countries c. the loss of strong ethnic identities over time d. true “melting pot” societies replacing older, multicultural societies
What is a karyotype?
a. It is an array of chromosomes from inside the nucleus of one cell. b. It is similar to DNA, but it transmits messages from one cell to another. c. It is an alternate form of a gene. d. It is a protein that initiates and directs chemical reactions in the cell. e. It is the complete structure sequence of DNA for the entire species.