What is the term for the exchange of cultural features that result when groups have continuous firsthand contact?

A. Capitalism
B. Acculturation
C. Diffusion
D. Nationalism


Answer: B. Acculturation

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A) the society's relative isolation B) the vast, open underworld C) the social opportunities awarded to individuals D) the variation in social status within the group

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In a rank society, high-status positions:

a. are available only to the best qualified. b. often expand to include all qualified candidates. c. are often filled on the basis of kinship. d. are constantly expanding. e. do not exist. Only the chief has a high status position.

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Following the era of social evolutionary theory, which type of theoretical current emerged as primary in anthropology?

a. ?Structuralism b. ?Functionalism c. ?Interpretive anthropology d. ?Unilineal evolution

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Cultural anthropologists have shown that war is __________

A) inevitable B) necessary C) not a cultural universal D) part of evolution

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