Exam 6: Identity Amid Human Diversity

The term ethologist is applied to humanistic social scientists who rely on a religiously-based view of humans as unique beings spiritually superior to other species existing on the face of the earth.

The large increase in the number of separate countries in the world since World War II has been influenced most seriously by:

Newly-industrialized countries NICs) like Taiwan and South Korea have successfully emulated Japan as a model of an export-driven managed economy.

During Mikhail Gorbachev's presidency, the Japanese government offered Russia an extensive economic incentive package, including $26 million in cash and major purchases of Russia's vast Siberian natural resources, in exchange for the Kurile Islands-but the Russians turned down the offer.

A love of spontaneous pleasurable experiences coupled with relatively little concern for planning the future best fits the national identity of:

What makes the Human Development Index HDI) unusual as a measure of national development?

Human social identity is based on subjective as well as objective factors; in other words, concrete and measurable variables tell only part of the story of social identity.

Which world region has demonstrated the greatest economic growth in recent decades?

The Gini Index is a quantitative means of measuring the degree of political democracy in different countries.

A century ago _____systematically developed the argument that how we view ourselves derives mostly from our impressions of how others see us.

Which large country is most culturally homogeneous?

Rich and poor countries in the Middle East are determined more by the location of oil deposits than any other single factor.

When contrasted with that of the United States, both Canadian and Brazilian national identities possess something of a sense of self-deprecation.

Which three mega-cultures does Samuel Huntington describe as most likely to come into conflict with one another?

Some Serbian leaders were tried in the 1990s for crimes against humanity in the first International Criminal Tribunal since 1947.

The process of colonization by European powers weakened all colonized areas economically, socially, psychologically, and politically. However, in what region was the number of indigenous native) peoples most seriously decimated?

The major Slavic peoples of the former Soviet Union included:

Most of the NICs are found in the Latin American world region.

Humans have it, but apparently chimpanzees and orangutans do not, and it is?