In order to understand why the Balinese have a complex religious and social system focused on water temples, Steve first looked at how the Balinese developed their livelihood strategy of terraced agriculture as an adaptation to the mountainous environment. He theorizes that the Balinese religion and most other aspects of Balinese culture developed as a response to that environment. This is an example of which anthropological theory?

What are all anthropological theories meant to explain?Group of answer choicesHuman behavior and cultural diversityEvolutionary lineagesReligious beliefsPersonality types

Cultural landscapes are unique and complex, and are associated with a person, community or events. Question 4Answera.Trueb.False

Anthropologists are primarily interested in which aspect of religion?a.what is required to validate or invalidate a given religionb.the everyday religious practice of people in their local communitiesc.whether a religion is true or falsed.the universal principles that all religions have in common

Henry wants to understand why the Hadzabe continue to live a nomadic lifestyle and hunt wild game with a bow and arrow. He theorizes that they have not yet developed the technology or ecological knowledge needed to transition into agriculture. He decides to set up an organization to educate and civilize the Hadzabe so that they do not need to rely on such primitive methods to survive. This is an example of which anthropological theory?

Janet wants to understand why Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is often ignored in coastal fisheries management in Brazil. She examines how the scientific knowledge about the coastal environment is constructed and how TEK is usually ignored in the creation of environmental policy because it is not considered scientific. She argues that because all knowledge is subjective and culturally constructed, TEK is just as important to consider as scientific knowledge when doing coastal fisheries management. This is an example of which anthropological theory?