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

There are 192 formally admitted as members of the U.N.today,but there are approximately ________ national groups that consider themselves distinct because of birth and cultural and territorial heritage.

In _______________ indigenous peoples joined together to establish the World Council of Indigenous Peoples.

All of the following are global scapes or dimensions identified by Arjun Appadurai except _______________.

In our current world,where powerful states have dominated or destroyed many smaller nations,____________________________ is a global ritual that celebrates peace in a friendly rivalry.

The consequences of ethnocentrism are always negative.

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

Currently,European countries,which are unfamiliar with immigration and migration issues,have to deal with considerable upheaval at home because of massive immigration from Africa and Asia.For example,________________,which initially needed cheap labor and hired Turks to do that work as "guest workers," is now home to almost 4 million people of Turkish descent who are not citizens.

In the Sudan,the young girl is told that circumcision and infibulation are done to her not for her.

Europe spends ________________ of the world's spending on military arms.

The demand by "developed" countries for such items as coffee,tea,chocolate,bananas,and beef has led to _______________.

More than half of all people in the world get by on less than $2.50 per day.

The IMF is a specialized agency of the ____________________ but operates virtually independent of their control.The IMF specializes in short-term loans to poor or developing countries.

Anthropologists typically expect that distinctive ________________________ will persist into the future,even though there continue to be massive changes facing the world today.

To function effectively,a culture must instill the idea that its ways are the only proper ones,irrespective of how other cultures do things.In other words,to function effectively a culture must be _______________.

It is possible that the world is reaching a point where the old tendency for political units to increase in size while decreasing in number is being canceled out by the tendency for such units to fragment into a greater number of smaller ones.

China spends _______ per cent of the world's spending on military arms.

Cultural pluralism _______________.

The United States is responsible for nearly ______________________ of all the money spent on military arms worldwide.

As the world's dominant super power,the U.S.is responsible for nearly half of the world's military arms spending.

Which of the following expresses the negative consequences of global corporations on the international and domestic scenes?