Preserving Cultural Heritage

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What is the ethnosphere as defined by Wade Davis?

  • The societal benefits provided by the modern world
  • The erosion of cultural heritage
  • The loss of cultures and ancestral knowledge
  • The sum total of all thoughts and intuitions brought into being by human imagination (correct)

What is the estimated percentage of languages that may be lost by the end of this century?

  • Up to 60%
  • Up to 90% (correct)
  • Up to 50%
  • Up to 75%

Who coined the term 'ethnosphere'?

  • An indigenous elder
  • Wade Davis (correct)
  • An ethnobotanist
  • A great anthropologist

What is one of the potential impacts of a globalized world on indigenous cultures?

<p>Loss of cultural heritage and ancestral knowledge (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does anthropology teach us about the world?

<p>The world into which you were born is just one model of reality (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ethnosphere as defined by Wade Davis?

<p>The sum total of all thoughts and intuitions brought into being by the human imagination (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the potential impact of a globalized world on indigenous cultures?

<p>Loss of cultural heritage and ancestral knowledge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated percentage of languages that may be lost by the end of this century?

<p>Up to 90% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What lesson does anthropology teach us about the world?

<p>The idea that the world into which you were born is just one model of reality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term 'ethnosphere' coined by Wade Davis?

<p>An anthropologist and ethnobotanist (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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