Exam 15: Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

Many of the people studied by anthropologists are now involved in violent struggles over issues of self-determination or other assertions of rights.One scholar recently commented that anthropologists who used to study "tribes" are now in essence studying the poorest,most exploited and wretched people of the earth today.What impact does the politicization of the people that anthropologists study have on the ethical questions that confront contemporary anthropologists? Can anthropologists realistically retain a stance of neutrality in the arenas of conflict in which many now find themselves working?

The Dvorak keyboard causes much less fatigue for its users than the QWERTY keyboard does.

What has the demand by "developed" countries for such items as coffee,tea,chocolate,bananas,and beef led to?

What was the first country in the world to officially adopt multiculturalism?

According to anthropologist Ralph Linton,what accounts for most of the content of any culture?

The first European colonists in Canada were able to survive the harsh winters with the assistance of First Nations.

Which of the following terms best describes the political activism in the Middle East commonly referred to as the "Arab Spring" of 2011?

What is the term for the chance discovery of some new principle that can be applied in a variety of ways?

Afro-American hip-hop music has had little success outside of North American culture.

Cultural pluralism-a good idea or a source of continuing conflict? Discuss the merits of "melting pot" versus "cultural pluralism" as a policy for Canada.

Ecuador's indigenous peoples have shown that they are unable to resist,and adapt to demands imposed upon them from outside.

What was the impact of snowmobiles on reindeer?

What impact has the change from subsistence farming to cash crops had?

In 2009,what percentage of humans on earth lived in cities?

Which of the following concepts is exemplified by the idea that any American child can grow up to become President?

What is the term for the extermination of one group of people by another?

Which of the following options is representative of general public opinion in North America about the idea of modernization?

Close analysis of how Westerners define "becoming modern" reveals that the term,to them,really means becoming what?

In parts of the developing world,whole countries are in the throes of modernization.

What is one of the major problems with the predictions of futurists?