The process of cultural change known as __________ describes a situation in which a subordinate society adopts cultural traits or technologies through contact with a more powerful society, either through force or due to perceived economic or social advantages.
A) unconscious invention
B) stimulus diffusion
C) acculturation
D) enculturation
C) acculturation
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How do the basic principles of inheritance, identified by Mendel in plants, differ from those in humans?
a. They are simpler. b. Plants don't have alleles. c. There are no differences since the basic principles are the same. d. There are no Mendelian traits in humans. e. The number of chromosomes is different; therefore the genetic principles are different.
Website technology has allowed all of the following advances in anthropological knowledge EXCEPT:
a. it can transform our understanding of language and language change. b. it has allowed us to generate profiles on diverse cultures. c. it allows us to understand which cultures are superior and why. d. it allows for more collaboration between researchers. e. it allows us access to a much larger database of information.
Today, only three species of mammals are:
A. placentals. B. monotremes. C. marsupials. D. multituberculates.
Albinism is common among the Hopi because:
A. Native Americans carry the albino allele at higher rates B. being albino conferred a selective advantage against smallpox C. of Hopi cultural practices that favored albinos D. none of these