Author Question: Environmental determinism A) states that culture groups utilize the natural environment as they ... (Read 37 times)

burton19126 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Environmental determinism

A) states that culture groups utilize the natural environment as they see fit.
B) explains the economic and social conditions in Russia at this time.
C) is the simplistic belief that human cultures can be explained as a result of the physical environment.
D) is the guiding philosophy of this textbook.

Question 2

When considering that in the past human societies developed in greater isolation from one another than today, each of the following statements is true EXCEPT:

A) Each group evolved its own distinct culture.
B) The extraordinary diversity of cultures testifies to human ingenuity.
C) Different peoples living in very similar environments, but isolated from one another, developed astonishingly different lifestyles.
D) Some aspects of cultures that have developed in different physical environments are startlingly similar.
E) One can easily assume a direct cause-and-effect relationship between a physical environment and an aspect of culture.