An Anthropologist Comparing Kinship Terms Between the Turkana and the Maasai-Both

question 48

Multiple Choice

An anthropologist comparing kinship terms between the Turkana and the Maasai-both pastoral peoples from East Africa-is doing __________.

• A) regional controlled comparison
• B) within-culture comparison
• C) cross-cultural research
• D) historical research

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