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</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</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</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</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%</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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