Often Times, Leaders in Positions of Military, Political, or Religious

question 48

Multiple Choice

Often times, leaders in positions of military, political, or religious power use ethnicity as a lens through which to promote their worldview and propagandize in order to mobilize people against a group or groups they are told to believe are dangerous. What would an anthropologist call this process?

• A) identity entrepreneurship
• B) assimilation
• C) ethnic cleansing
• D) ethnic formation

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Definitions:

Federalists

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Institutional Incentive

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Virginia Plan

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