Exam 8: Economic Systems

Because anthropologists deal primarily with small-scale societies with nonindustrial technologies,they have little to contribute to international business.

Which of the following situations involving gender division of labor are likely to produce a sense of equality among males and females?

The concept that by obligation wealthier members of the community give to less wealthy members so that no one accumulates more wealth than anyone else is called _______________.

Economic behavior can be analyzed in purely economic terms without ignoring crucial noneconomic considerations.

A network of producing and circulating marketable commodities,labor,and services that escape government control is called a(n)_______________ system.

Food producers have less craft specialization than food foragers.

Which of the following is not a reason why recruiters from large multinational corporations might try to recruit anthropologists?

The Afar people of Ethiopia specialize in _______________.

Failure to overcome cultural biases can have serious economic _____________.

The potlatch was a form of balanced reciprocity.

When Spanish invaded Mexico and Guatemala,they adopted the local practice of using _______________ as money.

Market exchange is usually associated with _______________.

From an economist's point of view,"market exchange" is defined by ________________.

The Kula ring is a form of _______________ that reinforces trade relations among a group of seafaring Melanesians inhabiting a ring of islands off the eastern coast of Papua NEW Guinea.

Child labor plays an important role in ___________________.

The function of the Kula Ring is to trade food and clothing for profit.

Among the Inca there was such a thing as "chocolate money."

For redistribution to be possible,a society must have _______________.

Something used to make payments for other goods and services as well as to measure their value is called ______________.