Exam 15: Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

Extinction occurs when so many carriers of a culture die that those who survive become refugees in other cultures.

What did the economic collapse of the Greek and Irish economies in 2010 lead to?

Anthropologists take into account many interacting factors to understand the functioning of a complex whole.Which of the following terms best characterizes their view of the future?

The development of a bureaucracy;expansion of educational opportunities;reduction in the spheres of social behaviour in which religion and kinship play a role;achievement replacing ascription as the basis for defining roles:What are all of these developments associated with?

What is Nunavut?

Much remains to be done to secure the survival of indigenous peoples in all parts of the world.

Suppose you are a Central Asian nomad.During your travels,you and your family trade two small goats to a farmer in return for a large supply of grain.You are wondering how you can carry the heavy sacks,since the horses are already overloaded.Watching your daughter playing with a small cart that moves on two little wheels made from dried roots,you suddenly jump up and shout the Central Asian equivalent of "Eureka!" Within several days,you and your family have made a crude two-wheeled cart that can be pulled by a horse.What is your wheeled cart is an example of?

The majority of agriculturalists do not believe that we can produce enough food to adequately feed the world's population.

What has been one of the consequences of the development of a one-world culture?

Diffusion can occur without acculturation.

Acculturation differs from other types of cultural change.Which of the following factors is involved in acculturation that accounts for this difference?

In the Western world,what percentage of the goods and services produced is consumed by the wealthiest 20 percent of the population?

Why might an Asian wet rice farmer choose NOT to adopt Canadian techniques of intensive agriculture?

Which of the following is an example of the concept of urbanization?

When did multinational corporations become common in the world?

Nunavut has the right to negotiate with industry for economic and social benefits from non-renewable resource development.

It is possible today to eat a McDonald's hamburger in Japan and drink Coca-Cola in China.What does this indicate?

How can the increase in adherents of Islamic fundamentalism and the Arab Spring rebellions of 2011 be seen as revitalization movements in the Middle East? What might anthropologists contribute to our understanding of such movements?

List and discuss aspects of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement that should provide a model for future self-determination in Canada and around the world.

Because of their commitment to global social justice,Canadian multinational corporations are very careful not to engage in any practices that would exploit people in developing nations.