What Did Stephen Carter and His Team from University of Madison-Wisconsin

question 40

Multiple Choice

What did Stephen Carter and his team from University of Madison-Wisconsin study?

• A) salt water intrusion into estuaries
• B) tipping points for endangered food webs
• C) acidification of ocean ecosystems
• D) effects of dams on river flow
• E) desertification of dune ecosystems

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Definitions:

Modernization

The process of adopting newer methods, ideas, and technologies in various aspects of society, aiming for progress in economic, social, and cultural domains.

Traditional Societies

Traditional societies are characterized by a predominantly agrarian and non-industrial culture with social structures and norms defined by customs, traditions, and often, religious beliefs.

Accommodation

In anthropology, refers to an adaptation process by which a people resists assimilation by modifying its traditional culture in response to pressures by a dominant society in order to preserve its distinctive ethnic identity.

Acculturation

The massive cultural change that occurs in a society when it experiences intensive firsthand contact with a more powerful society.