Unlike ethnologists, ethnographers __________.
A) describe a given society based on their own fieldwork
B) study societies with writing systems
C) compare societies cross-culturally
D) are interested in "primitive" peoples

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Ethnographers directly observe and document the customs, behaviors, and beliefs of a particular society through their own fieldwork, while ethnologists compare and analyze different societies cross-culturally. Ethnographers may study societies with or without writing systems, and they are not necessarily focused on "primitive" peoples.

Unlike Ethnologists, Ethnographers __________