Exam 16: Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

Anthropology is a perspective that studies all aspects of being human. From what you have learned in this last chapter and the areas that you have studied prior, what do you think are the primary contributions that anthropology can make to our world today? Make at least three primary points with evidentiary support.​

All of the following countries are showing the highest rates of obesity per capita currently except:​

Which is a predicted effect of global warming?​

Multiculturalism is more common than cultural pluralism.​

Name the two primary types of migration and explain each, providing an example of what you mean.​

The collapse of local markets due to subsidized foreign imports is an example of:​

Each of the following corporations is a megacorporation except:​

The physical and psychological harm caused by an exploitative system is called ________________.​

Each of the following is a direct form of resistance against globalization except:​

Our planet today is constantly under satellite surveillance.​

Today __________ million people face chronic hunger.​

Groups of migrants who remain in touch with their home countries both socially and economically are _______________ communities.​

How many countries are members of the European Union?​

How do news organizations serve as global soft power?​

The homogenization of the world's different cultures is sometimes referred to as:​

The adaptation process by which a people resists assimilation by modifying its traditional cultural in response to pressures by a dominant society to preserve its distinctive ethnic identity is known as:​

The highest U.S. rates of obesity are among:​

Which of the following is not a subprocess of modernization?​

Why does xenophobia often accompany migrants?​

All pluralistic societies have adopted a public policy of multiculturalism.