Within a Few Blocks in Midtown Manhattan, You Can Purchase

question 79

Multiple Choice

Within a few blocks in midtown Manhattan, you can purchase a bagel with cream cheese, a hot dog, a steak, a polish sausage, or a pizza, as well as chow mein, lamb curry, sushi, lasagna, falafels, chicken couscous, enchiladas, and a host of ethnic specialties. This range of culinary possibilities illustrates the process of ________.

• A) cultural absolutism
• B) cultural discovery
• C) cultural diffusion
• D) cultural innovation

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Definitions:

Eukaryotic

Eukaryotic refers to organisms whose cells contain a nucleus enclosed within membranes, distinguishing them from prokaryotic organisms, which lack a membrane-bound nucleus.

Frame Shift Mutation

A genetic mutation caused by insertions or deletions of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three.

Transcription

The process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA template, a key step in gene expression.

DNA Synthesis

The process of constructing DNA molecules naturally or artificially through the enzyme-driven arrangement of nucleotides in a specific order.