Explain why art is not universally considered a product of artistic innovation

What will be an ideal response?


In some societies in Africa, improvisation is more highly valued than originality, and in others, such as the Navajo, art in song is expected to be as identical as possible to the original, right way.

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Different populations on the planet are under distinct pressures from disease because of:

A. geopolitical realities. B. sociocultural realities. C. specific biological factors. D. underlying genetic composition.

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Although the capacity for speech appears to be part of the human genetic makeup, most linguistic anthropologists now believe that children learn languages:

a. primarily in social and cultural settings. b. primarily from listening to folktales. c. primarily in school. d. only by playing with other children.

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Foragers tend to live in societies characterized by a ________ sociopolitical organization.

A. tribe B. state C. chiefdom D. complex chiefdom E. band

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Pregnant women in developing countries face all of the following EXCEPT _____

a. malnutrition b. a lack of trained medical personnel to deal with high-risk pregnancies c. 80 to 600 times the risk of dying of complications of pregnancy than women in the industrialized world d. increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS e. increased likelihood to seek contraceptive devices

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