The adaptation process by which a people resists assimilation by modifying its traditional cultural in response to pressures by a dominant society to preserve its distinctive ethnic identity is known as:

a. acculturation
b. cultural evolution
c. accommodation
d. ethnocide


c

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Which innovation is considered the beginning of the industrial revolution?

a. Rifle b. Hoe c. Airplane d. Steam engine e. Wheel

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African sites evidencing Neandertal fossils include

a. Olduvai Gorge b. Broken Hill c. Laetoli d. Tabun e. Shanidar Cave

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Originally residing in __________, the Lakota were a loose alliance of nations at the time of their first contact with French traders

a. South Dakota b. Quebec c. Minnesota d. Michigan

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