Besides Interest in Descriptions of Particular Cultures,the Ethnologist Is Interested

question 106

Multiple Choice

Besides interest in descriptions of particular cultures,the ethnologist is interested also in _______________.

• A)destroying particular cultures to improve them
• B)cross-cultural comparisons
• C)descriptions of nonhuman societies
• D)promoting Western ways
• E)teaching food foragers how to use time-saving gadgets

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Definitions:

Ethical Egoism

A moral philosophy suggesting that actions are morally right if they benefit the self of the individual performing them.

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th President of the United States, known for leading the country during the Civil War and abolishing slavery.

Choices

The act of selecting between two or more possibilities and the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options.

Patriarchal Assumptions

Beliefs or ideas that stem from a societal system where men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property control.