Question 1

No one ever pointed out that ITQs could be dangerous in Iceland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Discuss how tuna processors increased production to the point that they destroyed their own market and why U.S. processors had to leave the market while others could stay.

Accepted Answer

Tuna processors increased production to the point of destroying their own market due to a combination of factors. Firstly, advancements in technology and fishing methods allowed for larger and more efficient catches, leading to an oversupply of tuna in the market. Additionally, the demand for tuna did not keep pace with the increased supply, leading to a surplus and driving prices down. This oversupply and subsequent price drop made it difficult for processors to maintain profitability, ultimately leading to the destruction of their own market.

U.S. processors had to leave the market while others could stay due to various reasons. One major factor was the higher operating costs for U.S. processors, including labor and regulatory compliance costs. This made it more difficult for them to compete with other processors in the global market. Additionally, some foreign processors may have had access to cheaper labor and resources, giving them a competitive advantage. Furthermore, trade policies and tariffs may have also played a role in making it more challenging for U.S. processors to remain competitive in the market. Ultimately, these factors led to the exit of U.S. processors from the market while others were able to stay afloat.

Question 3

To gain any agency in this system, workers must join groups like the Zapatistas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The Thai government encourages workers to organize into unions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Ethnographers feel comfortable on docks and boats and in bars and coffee houses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The U.S. economic crisis showed that, if done correctly, you can create wealth out of nothing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Icelandic experience with ITQs shows that economists were right that everything should be private property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the U.S. there's a law that sets a quota on the catch of tuna fish because catching tuna:

Accepted Answer

A)  kills porpoises 
B)  kills baby seals 
C)  depletes the tuna 
D)  destroys the ocean environment 
E)  kills sea turtles 
A)  kills porpoises 
B)  kills baby seals 
C)  depletes the tuna 
D)  destroys the ocean environment 
E)  kills sea turtles

Question 9

Discuss how the idea of private property, worked into neoliberal economics, destroyed the Icelandic economy.

Accepted Answer

The idea of private property played a si

Question 10

Most low wage workers in factories around the world are young women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Young rural women who go to work in factories in Bangkok live well on their wages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Patriarchy in China is compatible with capitalism but not communism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

List nine anthropologists named in this chapter:

Accepted Answer

Mary Beth Mills
Josiah McC. Heyman
June

Question 14

Discuss how ethnography becomes a weakness rather than a strength of anthropology when we start describing aspects of the global system. Use either the tuna industry or the Mississippi shrimping industry as an example.

Accepted Answer

Ethnography, the study and description o

Question 15

In China, the working class was a reality brought about by the development of industry after the revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Explain how a country can get involved in a debt to the World Bank, a readjustment program, cancel most of its social programs, and get into a race to the bottom with other countries and wind up making conditions worse for its own people.

Accepted Answer

A country can get involved in debt to th

Question 17

In China, your birth place is important for your official identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Experience shows that neoliberals are correct and should control all national and the global economies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Tuna processors purchased their own boats to:

Accepted Answer

A)  employ more fishermen 
B)  keep the supply of tuna constant 
C)  increase the amount of tuna they could catch 
D)  deplete the tuna faster 
E)  contribute to global warming 
A)  employ more fishermen 
B)  keep the supply of tuna constant 
C)  increase the amount of tuna they could catch 
D)  deplete the tuna faster 
E)  contribute to global warming

Question 20

Corporations, agencies and nations are in places we can locate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

No one ever pointed out that ITQs could be dangerous in Iceland.

Discuss how tuna processors increased production to the point that they destroyed their own market and why U.S. processors had to leave the market while others could stay.

To gain any agency in this system, workers must join groups like the Zapatistas.

The Thai government encourages workers to organize into unions.

Ethnographers feel comfortable on docks and boats and in bars and coffee houses.

The U.S. economic crisis showed that, if done correctly, you can create wealth out of nothing.

The Icelandic experience with ITQs shows that economists were right that everything should be private property.

In the U.S. there's a law that sets a quota on the catch of tuna fish because catching tuna:

Discuss how the idea of private property, worked into neoliberal economics, destroyed the Icelandic economy.

Most low wage workers in factories around the world are young women.

Young rural women who go to work in factories in Bangkok live well on their wages.

Patriarchy in China is compatible with capitalism but not communism.

List nine anthropologists named in this chapter:

Discuss how ethnography becomes a weakness rather than a strength of anthropology when we start describing aspects of the global system. Use either the tuna industry or the Mississippi shrimping industry as an example.

In China, the working class was a reality brought about by the development of industry after the revolution.

Explain how a country can get involved in a debt to the World Bank, a readjustment program, cancel most of its social programs, and get into a race to the bottom with other countries and wind up making conditions worse for its own people.

In China, your birth place is important for your official identity.

Experience shows that neoliberals are correct and should control all national and the global economies.

Tuna processors purchased their own boats to:

Corporations, agencies and nations are in places we can locate.

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

An Anthropological Approach to Economics

Political Systems

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

Filters

Exam 13: Connecting the People to the System

No one ever pointed out that ITQs could be dangerous in Iceland.

Discuss how tuna processors increased production to the point that they destroyed their own market and why U.S. processors had to leave the market while others could stay.

To gain any agency in this system, workers must join groups like the Zapatistas.

The Thai government encourages workers to organize into unions.

Ethnographers feel comfortable on docks and boats and in bars and coffee houses.

The U.S. economic crisis showed that, if done correctly, you can create wealth out of nothing.

The Icelandic experience with ITQs shows that economists were right that everything should be private property.

In the U.S. there's a law that sets a quota on the catch of tuna fish because catching tuna:

Discuss how the idea of private property, worked into neoliberal economics, destroyed the Icelandic economy.

Most low wage workers in factories around the world are young women.

Young rural women who go to work in factories in Bangkok live well on their wages.

Patriarchy in China is compatible with capitalism but not communism.

List nine anthropologists named in this chapter:

Discuss how ethnography becomes a weakness rather than a strength of anthropology when we start describing aspects of the global system. Use either the tuna industry or the Mississippi shrimping industry as an example.

In China, the working class was a reality brought about by the development of industry after the revolution.

Explain how a country can get involved in a debt to the World Bank, a readjustment program, cancel most of its social programs, and get into a race to the bottom with other countries and wind up making conditions worse for its own people.

In China, your birth place is important for your official identity.

Experience shows that neoliberals are correct and should control all national and the global economies.

Tuna processors purchased their own boats to:

Corporations, agencies and nations are in places we can locate.

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

An Anthropological Approach to Economics

Political Systems

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

Filters