Exam 16: Global Challenges local Responses and the Role of Anthropology

_______________ is violence produced by social,political,and economic structures rather than by the unique and personal decisions of individuals.

The term __________________________ refers to the public policy for managing cultural diversity in a multi-ethnic society.This policy stresses mutual respect and tolerance for cultural differences within a country's borders.

According to Linda Coco,the operation on the female breast in North America does not hold the same symbolism and expression of cultural mandate as does infibulation in Sudan.

According to the authors of your textbook,_______________ has become a direct threat to humanity.

The more divergent cultural traditions are,the more difficult it is for pluralism to be successful.

________________________ refers to the coercive power that can be backed up by either military or economic force.

To help resolve problems of global structural violence which of the following values and cultural motivations would be needed?

According to the World Watch Institute in Washington D.C. ,more than 1.1 billion people in the world are now overweight or even obese.

The rise of separatist movements such as those promoted by French-speakers in Canada,Tamils in Sri Lanka,Croats in the former Yugoslavia,and Latvians in the former Soviet Union indicate that _______________.

The worldwide spread of such products as Pepsi is taken by some as a sign that a _______________ world culture is developing.

In Guatemala attempts to hold the military accountable for past abuses have been successful.

_______________ is the social and political interaction of people with different ways of living and thinking within the same society of a multinational state.

?All told,about ________ people in the world are undernourished.

Global corporations have constituted a strong force for global unity.

Current projections say that global population will peak around the year _______________.

The one thing that all large states,past and present,irrespective of other differences among them,share in common is _______________.

The most common stereotype of anthropologists is that they spend all of their time_____________________.

Many people see the worldwide spread of fast food giants as a sign of ________________.

Social surveys indicate that,to the extent that women internalize the social imperative that they can enhance their lives by enhancing their breasts,they feel they are making the decision on their own.

Anthropology is poised to be able to have a comprehensive view of short-term trends and recognize culture-bound trends when they see them due to their holistic,integrative,historical,and comparative approach to examining the world.