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Yolanda · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Cultural materialism is the theoretical position based on the concept that material conditions or modes of production determine________.

a. why people chose what culture they feel comfortable living within
b. the collection of quantitative data
c. the friendships with individuals in other cultures
d. human thoughts and behavior
e. a better understanding of the qualitative data

Question 2

In the Cross-Cultural Miscue in your textbook, the word parallel is presented from an ethnoscientific point of view. What does the word parallel mean to most Japanese people?

a. Things that run in tandem side by side
b. Things that are not in agreement
c. An approach that creates unity
d. A particular kind of geometric shape
e. A form of high bar used in gymnastics