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Significant changes in culture may result from:
accidents.B. innovations.C. forced or selective contact with other cultures.
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Left to itself, a society's cultural pattern will usually:
change gradually, consistent with its basic pattern
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A new practice, tool, or principle that becomes widely accepted within a group is called:
an innovatio
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Pottery manufacturing with fired clay is considered a primary innovation because it:
involved the chance discovery of new principles
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Diffusion can be described as basically
voluntary and selective
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In the process of diffusion an innovation is usually:
modified to fit into the borrowing culture.
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Adoption of a different practice or technology may lead to a culture loss because:
the former practice may be forgotten through disuse
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Acculturation is characterized by:
threat of force and massive change.
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Systematic efforts that result in extermination of one people by another is termed:
genocide
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Applied anthropology most frequently involves:
assistance for a group that wants to impose changes on another group
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A situation that may lead to rebellion and revolution is:
loss of prestige by an established authority.
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All of the following groups are examples of revitalization movements EXCEPT:
the "religious right".B. Mormons. C. Branch Davidians.D. Black Muslims.
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Syncretism is best defined as:
blending of indigenous and foreign traits.
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he term modernization reflects the belief that:
Western industrial societies are superior to traditional societies.
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A tendence toward a global culture is seen in the present-day:
widespread adoption of the practices of Western societies.
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he union of smaller units into larger political and social units on a worldwide basis:
now seems to be balanced by a tendency of large units to fragment.
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Anthropologists generally hold a strong belief in the:
value of every human society.
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