Hip-hop music has spread through popular culture and the media from urban America to China and Japan. Which mechanism of cultural change does this phenomenon best represent?

A. Independent invention
B. Diffusion
C. Acculturation
D. Adaptation


Answer: B. Diffusion

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A. a virus. B. bacteria. C. an illness. D. a disease.

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According to the textbook, kinship is based on which three factors?

A) genetics, language, and learning B) descent, divorce, and feeling C) descent, sharing, and marriage D) sharing, adoption, and marriage

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Internal cultural changes occur most often in:

a. cities. b. monumental architecture. c. Asian societies. d. indigenous societies. e. highly industrialized societies.

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______________ acts to inhibit reproductive isolation.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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