Social Sciences and History / Unit 10 SSH 0915 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Determinism Against Possibilism
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The idea
Environmental determinism holds that the natural environment shapes and creates cultures, that environment essentially dictates culture. Possibilism holds that people can adapt to environmental conditions and choose among many alternatives despite the limits the environment poses.
In practice
A desert people who irrigate, choosing among possibilities rather than obeying the sand.
Where people slip
The exam pairs them.
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