Author Question: Lewis Henry Morgan is well known for his work League of the Iroquois, considered anthropology's ... (Read 78 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Lewis Henry Morgan is well known for his work League of the Iroquois, considered anthropology's earliest ethnography. This and others of his works illustrate his view of unilinear evolutionism, which is that

A. cultural diversity was actually a sign of the slowing down of cultural evolution.
B. only the better and more civilized societies could survive.
C. all societies are on some path toward civilization, but the exact paths vary.
D. natural selection acts simultaneously on the biological and cultural aspects of human life.
E. there is one line or path through which all societies have to evolve, and this path involves specific stages that cannot be skipped, ending at the final stage of civilization.

Question 2

Despite the variety of research techniques the ethnographer may utilize in the field, in the best studies the hallmark of ethnography remains

A. collaborating with the community to construct a cohesive image of local culture.
B. entering the community and getting to know its people.
C. gathering large quantities of data on a limited budget.
D. defining the local culture in such a way as to highlight what makes the particular culture so unlike any other.
E. providing detailed descriptions of the imponderabilia of native life and of typical behavior.