Define and explain what is meant by cultural controls in a society

What will be an ideal response?


These are the means of ensuring that individuals or groups conduct themselves in ways that support and maintain the established cultural order. They may be internal (such as self-control) or external (such as sanctions or laws).

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a. True b. False

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How do contemporary pastoralists primarily obtain access to land for grazing?

a. Through contracts with landowners as they pass through areas. b. Through legal documents that allow them permanent use rights. c. Through labor exchange with agriculturalists as they pass through the areas. d. Through warfare and acquisition of property as they migrate through areas. e. Through inheritance of private property.

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__________ is the science of classifying and naming living things

a. Monogenesis b. Evolution c. Taxonomy d. Natural selection

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