The Kaiapo People of Brazil's Rain Forest as Well as Members

question 90

Multiple Choice

The Kaiapo people of Brazil's rain forest as well as members of the Gullah community in Georgia show us that

• A) people usually understand the long-term consequences of their decisions.
• B) social change is rarely controversial.
• C) people do not have to change if they do not want to.
• D) gaining material well-being may come at the price of losing one's cultural foundation.

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Definitions:

Hearsay

Testimony that is given in court by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally, but what others have said, and that is therefore generally not admissible as evidence.

Irrelevant Evidence

Evidence in a legal proceeding that is not directly related to the case at hand, making it inappropriate for consideration during the decision-making process.

Circumstantial Evidence

Evidence that indirectly proves a fact through an inference, as opposed to direct observation or testimony.

Direct Evidence

Evidence that directly proves a fact without needing any inference or presumption, such as eyewitness testimony.