Question 1

What percentage of the 25,000 people who inhabit Nunavut are Inuit?

Accepted Answer

A)  85 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent 
A)  85 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  30 percent

Question 2

According to Naomi Klein's book,No Logo,what does the corporate branding culture link together?

Accepted Answer

A)  work with fashion 
B)  Asian sweatshops with suburban malls 
C)  modernization with progress 
D)  consumers with their credit cards 
A)  work with fashion 
B)  Asian sweatshops with suburban malls 
C)  modernization with progress 
D)  consumers with their credit cards

Question 3

The Nazi holocaust,which resulted in the death of six million Jews and gypsies,is the only event of its kind to occur in all of human history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Most of the world's weapons of mass destruction are owned by China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Cultures of food foragers and pastoralists are generally unchanging.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the 1950s and 1960s,termination of pregnancy was extremely difficult to obtain.What was the first step a woman had to take to obtain a termination?

Accepted Answer

A)  She had to go before a hospital committee to obtain approval. 
B)  She had to have her father's permission. 
C)  She had to have permission from a minister or priest. 
D)  Only the father of the child could determine her right. 
A)  She had to go before a hospital committee to obtain approval. 
B)  She had to have her father's permission. 
C)  She had to have permission from a minister or priest. 
D)  Only the father of the child could determine her right.

Question 7

A revitalization movement that attempts to overthrow an existing social structure with its accompanying ideology is called revolutionary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The term "citizens plus" refers to First Nations people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What do cross-cutting mechanisms,such as political parties,legal codes,trade unions,and common interest associations,serve to develop?

Accepted Answer

A)  a fear of change among uneducated people 
B)  civil society 
C)  conformist behaviour 
D)  cultural dualism 
A)  a fear of change among uneducated people 
B)  civil society 
C)  conformist behaviour 
D)  cultural dualism

Question 10

To achieve self-determination,the Shuar abandoned their cooperative lifestyle and acquired individual titles to land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What governs the balance between cultural stability and cultural change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultures may remain quite stable if the conditions they are adapted to remain stable as well. 
B)  No culture in human history has ever maintained its stability. 
C)  Cultures have a built-in stability mechanism. 
D)  Cultures only change in response to warfare or colonial intervention. 
A)  Cultures may remain quite stable if the conditions they are adapted to remain stable as well. 
B)  No culture in human history has ever maintained its stability. 
C)  Cultures have a built-in stability mechanism. 
D)  Cultures only change in response to warfare or colonial intervention.

Question 12

The change from subsistence farming to cash crops leads to economic improvement in the countries that make this change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Snowmobile Revolution means that Norwegian reindeer herders are increasingly dependent on the outside world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which statement is true of all political units over the past 5,000 years?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have grown steadily smaller in size and greater in number. 
B)  They have grown steadily larger in size and fewer in number. 
C)  They have eliminated multinational corporations. 
D)  They have promoted individual freedoms. 
A)  They have grown steadily smaller in size and greater in number. 
B)  They have grown steadily larger in size and fewer in number. 
C)  They have eliminated multinational corporations. 
D)  They have promoted individual freedoms.

Question 15

Not all change is adaptive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

For women,which of the following tend to be among the most common consequences of modernization?

Accepted Answer

A)  commercialization of agriculture,which overrides women's traditional land rights 
B)  an increase in women's control of economic resources 
C)  marginalization of women in low-paying wage employment 
D)  a reduced domestic workload 
A)  commercialization of agriculture,which overrides women's traditional land rights 
B)  an increase in women's control of economic resources 
C)  marginalization of women in low-paying wage employment 
D)  a reduced domestic workload

Question 17

According to Antonio Gramsci,what is the ideological glue that binds highly differentiated societies together?

Accepted Answer

A)  state terrorism 
B)  religion 
C)  industrialization 
D)  hegemony 
A)  state terrorism 
B)  religion 
C)  industrialization 
D)  hegemony

Question 18

How do anthropologists tend to differ from other scholars in their perspective on structural violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anthropologists analyze each element of structural violence discretely. 
B)  Anthropologists are less likely to see aspects of structural violence as discrete and unrelated. 
C)  Anthropologists see structural violence as caused by corporations. 
D)  Anthropologists are more likely to blame governments for structural violence. 
A)  Anthropologists analyze each element of structural violence discretely. 
B)  Anthropologists are less likely to see aspects of structural violence as discrete and unrelated. 
C)  Anthropologists see structural violence as caused by corporations. 
D)  Anthropologists are more likely to blame governments for structural violence.

Question 19

Historical evidence supports the idea that a one-world culture will eliminate conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Two societies with different cultures come into prolonged firsthand contact,and one or both experience major cultural changes.What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  acculturation 
B)  diffusion 
C)  innovation 
D)  syncretism 
A)  acculturation 
B)  diffusion 
C)  innovation 
D)  syncretism

What percentage of the 25,000 people who inhabit Nunavut are Inuit?

According to Naomi Klein's book,No Logo,what does the corporate branding culture link together?

The Nazi holocaust,which resulted in the death of six million Jews and gypsies,is the only event of its kind to occur in all of human history.

Most of the world's weapons of mass destruction are owned by China.

Cultures of food foragers and pastoralists are generally unchanging.

In the 1950s and 1960s,termination of pregnancy was extremely difficult to obtain.What was the first step a woman had to take to obtain a termination?

A revitalization movement that attempts to overthrow an existing social structure with its accompanying ideology is called revolutionary.

The term "citizens plus" refers to First Nations people.

What do cross-cutting mechanisms,such as political parties,legal codes,trade unions,and common interest associations,serve to develop?

To achieve self-determination,the Shuar abandoned their cooperative lifestyle and acquired individual titles to land.

What governs the balance between cultural stability and cultural change?

The change from subsistence farming to cash crops leads to economic improvement in the countries that make this change.

The Snowmobile Revolution means that Norwegian reindeer herders are increasingly dependent on the outside world.

Which statement is true of all political units over the past 5,000 years?

Not all change is adaptive.

For women,which of the following tend to be among the most common consequences of modernization?

According to Antonio Gramsci,what is the ideological glue that binds highly differentiated societies together?

How do anthropologists tend to differ from other scholars in their perspective on structural violence?

Historical evidence supports the idea that a one-world culture will eliminate conflict.

Two societies with different cultures come into prolonged firsthand contact,and one or both experience major cultural changes.What is this an example of?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

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Exam 15: Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

What percentage of the 25,000 people who inhabit Nunavut are Inuit?

According to Naomi Klein's book,No Logo,what does the corporate branding culture link together?

The Nazi holocaust,which resulted in the death of six million Jews and gypsies,is the only event of its kind to occur in all of human history.

Most of the world's weapons of mass destruction are owned by China.

Cultures of food foragers and pastoralists are generally unchanging.

In the 1950s and 1960s,termination of pregnancy was extremely difficult to obtain.What was the first step a woman had to take to obtain a termination?

A revitalization movement that attempts to overthrow an existing social structure with its accompanying ideology is called revolutionary.

The term "citizens plus" refers to First Nations people.

What do cross-cutting mechanisms,such as political parties,legal codes,trade unions,and common interest associations,serve to develop?

To achieve self-determination,the Shuar abandoned their cooperative lifestyle and acquired individual titles to land.

What governs the balance between cultural stability and cultural change?

The change from subsistence farming to cash crops leads to economic improvement in the countries that make this change.

The Snowmobile Revolution means that Norwegian reindeer herders are increasingly dependent on the outside world.

Which statement is true of all political units over the past 5,000 years?

Not all change is adaptive.

For women,which of the following tend to be among the most common consequences of modernization?

According to Antonio Gramsci,what is the ideological glue that binds highly differentiated societies together?

How do anthropologists tend to differ from other scholars in their perspective on structural violence?

Historical evidence supports the idea that a one-world culture will eliminate conflict.

Two societies with different cultures come into prolonged firsthand contact,and one or both experience major cultural changes.What is this an example of?

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Filters