According to Ralph Linton, what is the difference between discovery and invention?

A) Discovery is technological, and invention is ideological.
B) Discovery is an addition to knowledge, and invention is a new application of knowledge.
C) Discovery is ideological, and invention is technological.
D) Discovery is a new application of knowledge, and invention is an addition to knowledge.


B) Discovery is an addition to knowledge, and invention is a new application of knowledge.

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Among the Inuit of Canada, which of the following is practiced to settle disputes?

a. imprisonment b. song duels c. direct retribution d. negative sanctions in the form of fines e. ancestor retaliation

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In societies with a double descent system, members are:

a. part of both a matrilineage and a patrilineage. b. free to choose to which group they will belong. c. able to choose whether to belong to the matrilineage on their father's or on their mother's side of the family. d. able to choose whether to belong to the patrilineage on their father's or on their mother's side of the family. e. trace their ancestry from a public and private source.

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Characteristics of the Mycenaean state include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. a writing system. B. a powerful priestly caste. C. monumental architecture. D. stratified society.

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