Within a Few Blocks in Midtown Manhattan, You Can Purchase

question 79

Multiple Choice

Within a few blocks in midtown Manhattan, you can purchase a bagel with cream cheese, a hot dog, a steak, a polish sausage, or a pizza, as well as chow mein, lamb curry, sushi, lasagna, falafels, chicken couscous, enchiladas, and a host of ethnic specialties. This range of culinary possibilities illustrates the process of ________.

• A) cultural absolutism
• B) cultural discovery
• C) cultural diffusion
• D) cultural innovation

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Definitions:

Grimké Sisters

Sarah and Angelina Grimké, 19th-century American advocates for abolitionism and women's rights.

Abolition Movement

A historical campaign, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, aimed at ending the practice of slavery and the slave trade.

Abolitionists

Individuals who advocated for the immediate end of slavery and the emancipation of slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th President of the United States, remembered for leading the country during the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which began the process of freedom for America's slaves.