Question 1

Globally, the movement toward independence from colonizing nations occurred:

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A)  in the early twenty-first century. 
B)  in the late 1700s. 
C)  in the mid-1800s. 
D)  in the late nineteenth century. 
E)  in the mid-twentieth century. 
A)  in the early twenty-first century. 
B)  in the late 1700s. 
C)  in the mid-1800s. 
D)  in the late nineteenth century. 
E)  in the mid-twentieth century.

Question 2

Fordism is best defined as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative worldview that sees the free market as the main mechanism for ensuring economic growth. 
B)  flexible strategy that corporations use to accumulate profits during the era of globalization. 
C)  universal strategy for exploiting raw materials from colonized nations. 
D)  model of production based on a social compact between labor, capital, and government. 
E)  economic worldview that holds that government should play no role in economic growth. 
A)  conservative worldview that sees the free market as the main mechanism for ensuring economic growth. 
B)  flexible strategy that corporations use to accumulate profits during the era of globalization. 
C)  universal strategy for exploiting raw materials from colonized nations. 
D)  model of production based on a social compact between labor, capital, and government. 
E)  economic worldview that holds that government should play no role in economic growth.

Question 3

Among other changes that occur with the transition to intensive agriculture:

Accepted Answer

A)  population sizes tend to decrease. 
B)  peasants' surpluses are transferred to the dominant elite. 
C)  a more egalitarian lifestyle emerges. 
D)  populations became less sedentary. 
E)  trade tends to occur at the local level rather than at the long-distance level. 
A)  population sizes tend to decrease. 
B)  peasants' surpluses are transferred to the dominant elite. 
C)  a more egalitarian lifestyle emerges. 
D)  populations became less sedentary. 
E)  trade tends to occur at the local level rather than at the long-distance level.

Question 4

Structural adjustment programs are associated with:

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A)  an increase in the government spending on education and health care. 
B)  an increase in the state's role in local and international economics. 
C)  privatization of state-owned enterprises. 
D)  strict regulation of local labor markets. 
E)  reduction in Third World debt. 
A)  an increase in the government spending on education and health care. 
B)  an increase in the state's role in local and international economics. 
C)  privatization of state-owned enterprises. 
D)  strict regulation of local labor markets. 
E)  reduction in Third World debt.

Question 5

________ is the commodity most closely associated with early Chinese trade routes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fur 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Salt 
D)  Silk 
E)  Slaves 
A)  Fur 
B)  Sugar 
C)  Salt 
D)  Silk 
E)  Slaves

Question 6

Strategies for food production in nonindustrialized societies do NOT include:

Accepted Answer

A)  pastoralism. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  horticulture. 
D)  swidden farming. 
E)  foraging. 
A)  pastoralism. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  horticulture. 
D)  swidden farming. 
E)  foraging.

Question 7

Industrial agriculture is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  cultivation involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  practicing farming involving mechanization. 
D)  subsistence based on hunting, fishing, and gathering. 
E)  cultivation strategy with intensive use of land and labor. 
A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  cultivation involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  practicing farming involving mechanization. 
D)  subsistence based on hunting, fishing, and gathering. 
E)  cultivation strategy with intensive use of land and labor.

Question 8

Discuss where and when agricultural production is first seen in the historical record. What technologies does this subsistence strategy entail? Identify and explain changes that occur with the transition to the agricultural subsistence strategy, providing a total of three examples of social, political, and demographic changes that occur in societies practicing agriculture that occur with food production that are not seen in horticultural, pastoral, or foraging lifestyles.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

According to the author, what conditions led to the emergence of dependency theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  African scholars argued that industrialized countries were using the land and rain in East Africa to grow crops for export. 
B)  Anthropologists observed that inadequate natural resources made former colonies across the globe dependent on help from industrialized nations. 
C)  Latin American scholars observed that the global economy was structured to extract resources from less developed nations and transfer them to industrialized nations. 
D)  European scholars argued that flows of migrants from the global North to the global South made Europe dependent on immigrants as a labor source. 
E)  Former colonies became self-sufficient and did not experience underdevelopment. 
A)  African scholars argued that industrialized countries were using the land and rain in East Africa to grow crops for export. 
B)  Anthropologists observed that inadequate natural resources made former colonies across the globe dependent on help from industrialized nations. 
C)  Latin American scholars observed that the global economy was structured to extract resources from less developed nations and transfer them to industrialized nations. 
D)  European scholars argued that flows of migrants from the global North to the global South made Europe dependent on immigrants as a labor source. 
E)  Former colonies became self-sufficient and did not experience underdevelopment.

Question 10

In the nineteenth century, European nations met at the Berlin Conference to decide how to divide up the lands, resources, and populations of:

Accepted Answer

A)  North and South America. 
B)  the Caribbean. 
C)  China and Japan. 
D)  the Middle East. 
E)  the continent of Africa. 
A)  North and South America. 
B)  the Caribbean. 
C)  China and Japan. 
D)  the Middle East. 
E)  the continent of Africa.

Question 11

The position that the free market and free trade rather than the state are the main mechanisms for ensuring economic growth is associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  John Keynes. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Karl Marx. 
D)  Henry Ford. 
E)  Immanuel Wallerstein. 
A)  John Keynes. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Karl Marx. 
D)  Henry Ford. 
E)  Immanuel Wallerstein.

Question 12

Development is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a term used to suggest that poor countries are poor as a result of their relationship to an unbalanced global economic system. 
B)  a theory that predicts that former colonies would progress along the same lines as the industrialized nations. 
C)  a strategy by which wealthy nations would spur global economic growth by alleviating poverty by investing in former colonies. 
D)  a critique that argued that despite the end of colonialism, the underlying economic relations in the global economy had not changed. 
E)  a continued pattern of unequal economic relations despite the formal end of colonial political and military control. 
A)  a term used to suggest that poor countries are poor as a result of their relationship to an unbalanced global economic system. 
B)  a theory that predicts that former colonies would progress along the same lines as the industrialized nations. 
C)  a strategy by which wealthy nations would spur global economic growth by alleviating poverty by investing in former colonies. 
D)  a critique that argued that despite the end of colonialism, the underlying economic relations in the global economy had not changed. 
E)  a continued pattern of unequal economic relations despite the formal end of colonial political and military control.

Question 13

The number of people who can be supported by the resources of the surrounding region is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  carrying capacity. 
B)  demographics. 
C)  bartering. 
D)  subsistence strategy. 
E)  overpopulation. 
A)  carrying capacity. 
B)  demographics. 
C)  bartering. 
D)  subsistence strategy. 
E)  overpopulation.

Question 14

Agriculture is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  cultivation involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  practicing farming involving mechanization. 
D)  subsistence based on hunting, fishing, and gathering. 
E)  cultivation strategy with intensive use of land and labor. 
A)  food production involving the domestication of animals. 
B)  cultivation involving permanent cultivation of the land. 
C)  practicing farming involving mechanization. 
D)  subsistence based on hunting, fishing, and gathering. 
E)  cultivation strategy with intensive use of land and labor.

Question 15

The author discusses that the Chinese restaurant workers who enter the United States through New York:

Accepted Answer

A)  have typically learned English before arriving in the United States, so they do not need English classes. 
B)  tend to come from larger cities such as Beijing and have experience working in restaurants. 
C)  save up for years before making the journey, so that they have no debts on arrival. 
D)  frequently suffer physical and emotional stress as underpaid employees working long hours. 
E)  have no way of keeping in touch with their families at home. 
A)  have typically learned English before arriving in the United States, so they do not need English classes. 
B)  tend to come from larger cities such as Beijing and have experience working in restaurants. 
C)  save up for years before making the journey, so that they have no debts on arrival. 
D)  frequently suffer physical and emotional stress as underpaid employees working long hours. 
E)  have no way of keeping in touch with their families at home.

Question 16

Emilio Moran's Anthropological Center for Training and Research aims to:

Accepted Answer

A)  produce sustainable goods to limit use of coal in British factories. 
B)  train anthropologists to develop advanced technologies for measuring climate change. 
C)  use anthropological skills to study changing uses of Amazonian fields across time. 
D)  teach scientists ethnographic skills and methodologies so they can study climate change. 
E)  interview Himalayans about how they are coping with water shortages. 
A)  produce sustainable goods to limit use of coal in British factories. 
B)  train anthropologists to develop advanced technologies for measuring climate change. 
C)  use anthropological skills to study changing uses of Amazonian fields across time. 
D)  teach scientists ethnographic skills and methodologies so they can study climate change. 
E)  interview Himalayans about how they are coping with water shortages.

Question 17

In which way(s) has globalization affected the modern world system in the past forty years?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is less predictability in the flow of goods between core and peripheral nations. 
B)  There are no longer any peripheral nations due to technological changes in manufacturing. 
C)  More than 80 percent of the world's population now lives in developed nations. 
D)  Semiperipheral nations have lost their economic power to peripheral nations. 
E)  The standard of living has declined dramatically in the core nations due to migration. 
A)  There is less predictability in the flow of goods between core and peripheral nations. 
B)  There are no longer any peripheral nations due to technological changes in manufacturing. 
C)  More than 80 percent of the world's population now lives in developed nations. 
D)  Semiperipheral nations have lost their economic power to peripheral nations. 
E)  The standard of living has declined dramatically in the core nations due to migration.

Question 18

Neocolonialism is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a term used to suggest that poor countries should reestablish their colonial relationships with wealthy countries. 
B)  a theory that predicts that former colonies would progress along the same lines as the industrialized nations. 
C)  a strategy by which wealthy nations would spur global economic growth by alleviating poverty by investing in former colonies. 
D)  a critique that argued that despite the end of colonialism, the underlying economic relations in the global economy had not changed. 
E)  a continued pattern of unequal economic relations despite the formal end of colonial political and military control. 
A)  a term used to suggest that poor countries should reestablish their colonial relationships with wealthy countries. 
B)  a theory that predicts that former colonies would progress along the same lines as the industrialized nations. 
C)  a strategy by which wealthy nations would spur global economic growth by alleviating poverty by investing in former colonies. 
D)  a critique that argued that despite the end of colonialism, the underlying economic relations in the global economy had not changed. 
E)  a continued pattern of unequal economic relations despite the formal end of colonial political and military control.

Question 19

According to the text, ________ is/are a direct cause of global warming.

Accepted Answer

A)  turtle hunting in Honduras 
B)  the melting ice sheets in the Himalayas 
C)  the shift to production of organic foods 
D)  carbon emissions from gas and oil fuels 
E)  growing manioc in the Amazon 
A)  turtle hunting in Honduras 
B)  the melting ice sheets in the Himalayas 
C)  the shift to production of organic foods 
D)  carbon emissions from gas and oil fuels 
E)  growing manioc in the Amazon

Question 20

The author considers ________ critical for striking a balance with nature.

Accepted Answer

A)  switching from the use of petroleum to solar and power 
B)  increasing consumption of goods to grow the economy 
C)  maintaining population growth at current levels 
D)  reducing the number of nation-states in the globe 
E)  encouraging more people and nations to purchase on credit 
A)  switching from the use of petroleum to solar and power 
B)  increasing consumption of goods to grow the economy 
C)  maintaining population growth at current levels 
D)  reducing the number of nation-states in the globe 
E)  encouraging more people and nations to purchase on credit

Globally, the movement toward independence from colonizing nations occurred:

Fordism is best defined as a(n):

Among other changes that occur with the transition to intensive agriculture:

Structural adjustment programs are associated with:

________ is the commodity most closely associated with early Chinese trade routes.

Strategies for food production in nonindustrialized societies do NOT include:

Industrial agriculture is defined as:

According to the author, what conditions led to the emergence of dependency theory?

In the nineteenth century, European nations met at the Berlin Conference to decide how to divide up the lands, resources, and populations of:

The position that the free market and free trade rather than the state are the main mechanisms for ensuring economic growth is associated with:

Development is best defined as:

The number of people who can be supported by the resources of the surrounding region is called:

Agriculture is defined as:

The author discusses that the Chinese restaurant workers who enter the United States through New York:

Emilio Moran's Anthropological Center for Training and Research aims to:

In which way(s) has globalization affected the modern world system in the past forty years?

Neocolonialism is best defined as:

According to the text, ________ is/are a direct cause of global warming.

The author considers ________ critical for striking a balance with nature.

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Exam 12: The Global Economy

Globally, the movement toward independence from colonizing nations occurred:

Fordism is best defined as a(n):

Among other changes that occur with the transition to intensive agriculture:

Structural adjustment programs are associated with:

________ is the commodity most closely associated with early Chinese trade routes.

Strategies for food production in nonindustrialized societies do NOT include:

Industrial agriculture is defined as:

According to the author, what conditions led to the emergence of dependency theory?

In the nineteenth century, European nations met at the Berlin Conference to decide how to divide up the lands, resources, and populations of:

The position that the free market and free trade rather than the state are the main mechanisms for ensuring economic growth is associated with:

Development is best defined as:

The number of people who can be supported by the resources of the surrounding region is called:

Agriculture is defined as:

The author discusses that the Chinese restaurant workers who enter the United States through New York:

Emilio Moran's Anthropological Center for Training and Research aims to:

In which way(s) has globalization affected the modern world system in the past forty years?

Neocolonialism is best defined as:

According to the text, ________ is/are a direct cause of global warming.

The author considers ________ critical for striking a balance with nature.

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Human Origins

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Health and Illness

Art and Media

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