Exam 18: Global Problems

Societies that have violent methods of conflict resolution within communities,such as physical punishment of criminals,high frequency of warfare,and cruelty toward enemies are more likely to have which form of violence?

What do cross-cultural studies of capital punishment show?

What social factors are associated with famines?

Many researchers focus their studies on variation in the frequencies of specific behaviors to avoid having to decide what is or is not __________.

What did Mary Kay Gilliland discover in her ethnographic work in Croatia?

Why do people seem to be more motivated to try to solve social problems now than in the past?

In the United States,what factor predicts more overt aggression in adulthood,even after controlling for factors like parental neglect and family income?

Consider the many global problems discussed in this chapter. Of these,on which do you feel applied anthropologists can make the biggest impact? Explain your answer.

What factor correlates with state terrorism against one's own people?

Which of the following statements is true of participatory political systems?

Which of these do you expect would occur less often in egalitarian societies than in stratified ones?

How is terrorism distinct from other forms of crime or acts of war?

Lewis Aptekar found that street children in Cali,Colombia,were __________ than their siblings who stay at home.

Which of the following is true about the residents of squatter settlements?

According to several national studies conducted since 1975,physical violence and serious assaults on __________ decreased,while serious assaults on __________ did not.