According to Julian Steward, the Environment and the Availability of Resources

question 55

Multiple Choice

According to Julian Steward, the environment and the availability of resources has a definite influence on the form of social organization. This approach to studying cultural evolution, called , was exemplified nicely in his study of the social organization of the Shoshone during different seasons of the year.

• A) cultural materialism
• B) environmental determinism
• C) environmentally driven evolution
• D) diffusion-evolution
• E) cultural ecology

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