Show how culture can be adaptive and maladaptive. Identify why it is important to understand that culture can be both adaptive and maladaptive.
What will be an ideal response?
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Compare the Binford-Flannery model with the research of Mark Cohen concerning the origins of food production by around 10,000 years ago. What evidence is required to support each of these theories?
What will be an ideal response?
Although the global scope of anthropological studies has increased during the past century, most recently there has been increased attention on ______
a. rural societies in the United States b. cultural and subcultural groups in industrialized areas c. communities in underdeveloped areas d. large, European cities e. farming societies in developing industrialized nations
The process by which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next is called:
a. enculturation. b. pluralism. c. adaptation. d. cultural relativism. e. subcultural variation.
In 1986, an Acholi named Alice Auma believed she was visited by a spirit she called Lakwena. This spirit messenger revealed to her that she should work to liberate her homeland and found a Christian theocracy. Today, this movement continues through the resistance of Joseph Kony. In which country did this occur?
a. Congo b. Yugoslavia c. Uganda d. Paraguay e. Trinidad