Anthropologists consider the term “primitive” _____
a. to refer to the art of the more backward non-Western societies
b. misleading, because it connotes inferiority and evolutionary sequencing
c. to only refer to non-permanent forms of art
d. to only refer to the non-material art forms of societies that are organized as bands, tribes, or chiefdoms
e. incorrect because all cultures are absolutely equal and cannot be compared to each other
ANSWER:
b
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