Exam 15: Processes of Change

Accidental discoveries are one of the causes of cultural change.

The development of a bureaucracy,expansion of educational opportunities,reduction in the spheres of social behavior in which religion and kinship play a role,achievement replacing ascription as the basis for defining roles-all of these are associated with _______________.

Brazil's indigenous peoples have shown that they are unable to resist and adapt to demands imposed upon them from outside.

Happily,ethnocide no longer occurs due to innovative technology.

_______________ occurs when two societies with different cultures come into prolonged,firsthand contact,and one or both of these societies experience major processes of change.

Corn originated in _____________________.

The extermination of one group of people by another,often deliberately and in the name of progress,is called _______________.

Adapting to different environments,shifting circumstances,and NEW conditions is a key requirement for long-term survival.

In societies organized as tribes and bands,without central authority,there could be no rebellion or political revolution.

The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another is called _______________.

To achieve self-determination,the Shuar abandoned their cooperative life style and acquired individual titles to land.

The use of camels in the Middle East indicates that these societies were at a more primitive stage in cultural development than societies that used the wheel.

Carol Jenkins received a MacArthur Foundation grant in order to study the emergence of new diseases in _______________.

An excellent example of diffusion is the adoption of the _____________________,across multiple language barriers and cultural barriers.

A revitalization movement that attempts to overthrow an existing social structure with its accompanying ideology is called revolutionary.

The violent eradication of an ethnic group's collective cultural identity is called _______________.

In China,____________________ labor has become critical to economic expansion.

Which of the following are considered to be important precipitators of rebellion and revolution?

_________________________ is the deliberate application or modification of an existing idea,method or device.

The ___________________ system was adopted widely as a result of the French military expansion under Napoleon.