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?
What will be an ideal response?
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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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. modernization b. applied c. theoretical d. new age e. globalization
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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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)