The contemporary evolutionist Leslie White:
a. thought that technological changes influence changes in many areas of culture.
b. believed the more aggressive cultures are more likely to survive than others.
c. was actually more accurately called a British Functionalist.
d. discredited any investigation into cultural evolution.
A
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A. becomes less useful and valuable to understanding culture. B. is increasingly multisited and multitimed, integrating analyses of external organizations and forces to understand local phenomena. C. is more traditional, negating anthropologists' concerns about defending their field's roots. D. challenges anthropologists concerned with salvaging isolated and untouched cultures around the world. E. requires researchers to stay at the same site for more than three years.
Racial categories used by the United States Census Bureau change with every census
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The globalization phenomenon itself is a dynamic process because:
a. the gross national income of all people worldwide is constantly improving. b. neither labor nor products stay the same for long periods of time. c. there is rapid growth of resource scarcity. d. there has been little new invention or innovation in the last 50 years. e. multinational corporations function like community states.
The simple definition of evolution is
A. mutations in a breeding population. B. the process of achieving a perfect fit to the environment. C. descent with modification. D. competition over strategic resources. E. natural selection.