Question 1

Among Puerto Ricans in New York City, Bourgois found that:

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A)  racial discrimination was a major structural force that produced social crisis 
B)  migration split families and destroyed the fabric of Puerto Rican society 
C)  individuals did not want to be a part of contemporary American society 
D)  cultural factors caused Puerto Rican families to be unable to adapt 
A)  racial discrimination was a major structural force that produced social crisis 
B)  migration split families and destroyed the fabric of Puerto Rican society 
C)  individuals did not want to be a part of contemporary American society 
D)  cultural factors caused Puerto Rican families to be unable to adapt

Question 2

Give two examples of indigenous ethnic revitalization.

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Question 3

Mestizaje is:

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A)  a mixture of both Indian and White social and physical attributes 
B)  a biological mixture resulting from Indian and Spanish parentage 
C)  an ideology of racial mixing 
D)  a political party that advocates Mestizo power 
A)  a mixture of both Indian and White social and physical attributes 
B)  a biological mixture resulting from Indian and Spanish parentage 
C)  an ideology of racial mixing 
D)  a political party that advocates Mestizo power

Question 4

Race is a social construct and is created similarly from one to another society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following are key elements in the successful Kayapo strategy to halconstruction of the Altamira Dam except:

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A)  construction of an interethnic front of several indigenous groups 
B)  use of an indigenist environmental strategy 
C)  appropriation of media technology for self-representation 
D)  engagement with international media 
A)  construction of an interethnic front of several indigenous groups 
B)  use of an indigenist environmental strategy 
C)  appropriation of media technology for self-representation 
D)  engagement with international media

Question 6

The meaning that racial categories acquire in social settings and through ascriptiois called:

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A)  collective racism 
B)  belongingness 
C)  personal identity 
D)  identification 
A)  collective racism 
B)  belongingness 
C)  personal identity 
D)  identification

Question 7

Hypergamy can best be described as:

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A)  a policy in which it is more acceptable for lower-class women to engage in sexual relations with men of higher socio-economic ranks than vice versa 
B)  a policy in which it is more acceptable for lower-class men to engage in sexual relations with women of higher socio-economic ranks than vice versa 
C)  a policy in which socio-economic ranks are not allowed to engage in sexual relations with anyone outside of their rank 
D)  a policy of marrying multiple spouses in a different array of social and economic ranks 
A)  a policy in which it is more acceptable for lower-class women to engage in sexual relations with men of higher socio-economic ranks than vice versa 
B)  a policy in which it is more acceptable for lower-class men to engage in sexual relations with women of higher socio-economic ranks than vice versa 
C)  a policy in which socio-economic ranks are not allowed to engage in sexual relations with anyone outside of their rank 
D)  a policy of marrying multiple spouses in a different array of social and economic ranks

Question 8

Distinguish between the concepts of Indian and indigenous.

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Question 9

What did Bourgois find to be the primary reason that people from El Barrio chosto engage in the drug economy?

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A)  it provided economic security and the possibility of social mobility 
B)  it allowed them to travel to new urban areas 
C)  it was an employment that did not require the use of English 
D)  it helped them to establish social connections with people internationally 
A)  it provided economic security and the possibility of social mobility 
B)  it allowed them to travel to new urban areas 
C)  it was an employment that did not require the use of English 
D)  it helped them to establish social connections with people internationally

Question 10

"Latino" is an ethnic category in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the section "In Their Own Words," Marta Silva Vito Guaraní argues that thmost significant component of being Guaraní today is:

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A)  political representation 
B)  education 
C)  language 
D)  land 
A)  political representation 
B)  education 
C)  language 
D)  land

Question 12

Choose one of the origin myths of the "mestizo nation" and describe how imanifests an ideology of mestizaje.

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Among Puerto Ricans in New York City, Bourgois found that:

Give two examples of indigenous ethnic revitalization.

Mestizaje is:

Race is a social construct and is created similarly from one to another society.

All of the following are key elements in the successful Kayapo strategy to halconstruction of the Altamira Dam except:

The meaning that racial categories acquire in social settings and through ascriptiois called:

Hypergamy can best be described as:

Distinguish between the concepts of Indian and indigenous.

What did Bourgois find to be the primary reason that people from El Barrio chosto engage in the drug economy?

"Latino" is an ethnic category in the United States.

In the section "In Their Own Words," Marta Silva Vito Guaraní argues that thmost significant component of being Guaraní today is:

Choose one of the origin myths of the "mestizo nation" and describe how imanifests an ideology of mestizaje.

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Perspectives in Globalization

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

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Exam 5: Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Among Puerto Ricans in New York City, Bourgois found that:

Give two examples of indigenous ethnic revitalization.

Mestizaje is:

Race is a social construct and is created similarly from one to another society.

All of the following are key elements in the successful Kayapo strategy to halconstruction of the Altamira Dam except:

The meaning that racial categories acquire in social settings and through ascriptiois called:

Hypergamy can best be described as:

Distinguish between the concepts of Indian and indigenous.

What did Bourgois find to be the primary reason that people from El Barrio chosto engage in the drug economy?

"Latino" is an ethnic category in the United States.

In the section "In Their Own Words," Marta Silva Vito Guaraní argues that thmost significant component of being Guaraní today is:

Choose one of the origin myths of the "mestizo nation" and describe how imanifests an ideology of mestizaje.

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Perspectives in Globalization

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

Filters