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yoroshambo

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What is the perspective of materialism?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What did technological determinists such as Leslie White believe?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Materialism is a theory holding that the main influence on human ways of life is how people produce and distribute resources from their environment.

Answer to Question 2

They believed the technology available to a people has an enormous impact on the other aspects of a culture.



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