Question

You are a Central Asian nomad. You and your family are migrating westward, and have just wiped out a farming village. You are wondering how you can carry some of the riches from the raid, since the horses already have too much to carry. You watch your daughter play with a small toy which has two little wheels made from dried, twisted grass. Suddenly you jump up and shout the Central Asian equivalent of "Eureka!" and within several days have rigged up a crude two-wheeled cart which can be pulled by a horse. You have produced a/an:__________

a. primary innovation
b. secondary innovation
c. example of acculturation
d. example of applied anthropology
e. syncretism

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

This is secondary innovation- It is a specific innovation process which originated an acquired developed technology , and then modified further modified and developed based on the template of the original technology. It usually common in the developing and middle developed countries as they build on the template and prototypes of the developed country's' technology.

Thus, in this case, the small toy represented the primary innovation, while the two-wheel cart represented the secondary innovation.