What term do anthropologists use instead of "primitive" culture? Why do they not prefer to use this term as part of their descriptions and analyses?

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They use small­scale culture, instead of "primitive," because the term implies an
inferior state or a lower stage on an evolutionary continuum.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Upper Paleolithic artisans made stone tools in distinctive styles that vary from region to region

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Forced assimilation is each of the following EXCEPT

a. the absorption of one ethnic group into a dominant group. b. an attempt to destroy the ethnic identity of a particular group. c. an attempt to destroy ethnic boundary markers. d. the organized murder of anyone who doesn't fall in line with the majority ethnic group.

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Anthropology aimed very purposefully at practical results is referred to as ______ anthropology

a. modernization b. applied c. theoretical d. new age e. globalization

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