Question 1

Did you get a tax refund last year? If you did, you have experienced redistribution. What would an anthropologist consider this to be?

Accepted Answer

A)  carrying capacity 
B)  balanced reciprocity 
C)  a leveling mechanism 
D)  market exchange 
A)  carrying capacity 
B)  balanced reciprocity 
C)  a leveling mechanism 
D)  market exchange

Question 2

Seven million Côte d'Ivoirians earn their living in the cocoa and coffee farming industry. How much of the profits reaped from this industry go to the farmers themselves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive a significant part of the profits. 
B)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are included in a profit-sharing plan with Archer Daniels Midland. 
C)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive only a tiny fraction of the profits. 
D)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive nearly all of the profits. 
A)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive a significant part of the profits. 
B)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are included in a profit-sharing plan with Archer Daniels Midland. 
C)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive only a tiny fraction of the profits. 
D)  Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire receive nearly all of the profits.

Question 3

Your parents have never charged you for groceries and labor for all the meals you consumed at home at their expense. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  barter. 
B)  generalized reciprocity. 
C)  redistribution. 
D)  negative reciprocity. 
A)  barter. 
B)  generalized reciprocity. 
C)  redistribution. 
D)  negative reciprocity.

Question 4

Last week, your roommate washed your dirty mug along with his dishes. Yesterday, he left you exactly one dirty glass of his to wash along with a mildly passive-aggressive note explaining why this was fair. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  barter. 
B)  balanced reciprocity. 
C)  generalized reciprocity. 
D)  negative reciprocity. 
A)  barter. 
B)  balanced reciprocity. 
C)  generalized reciprocity. 
D)  negative reciprocity.

Question 5

How does the Tsukiji fish market demonstrate the nature of a global commodity chain?

Accepted Answer

A)  One can trace the hands through which fish pass in a network that connects previously unconnected people and locations. 
B)  Merchants in Tokyo opted to sell only local produce to make the market more sustainable. 
C)  The market has become the largest tourism attraction in Tokyo. 
D)  It is an example of the low-impact consumption of local resources. 
A)  One can trace the hands through which fish pass in a network that connects previously unconnected people and locations. 
B)  Merchants in Tokyo opted to sell only local produce to make the market more sustainable. 
C)  The market has become the largest tourism attraction in Tokyo. 
D)  It is an example of the low-impact consumption of local resources.

Question 6

Today fewer than 250,000 people make their primary living from food foraging. Where do the remaining food foragers often live?

Accepted Answer

A)  in environments (cold places, forests, islands) where other strategies for food production are not sustainable 
B)  in remote regions where inhabitants have never had any contact with other societies or civilizations 
C)  in very poor countries where agriculture is too expensive 
D)  on plantations where they work for wealthy landlords 
A)  in environments (cold places, forests, islands) where other strategies for food production are not sustainable 
B)  in remote regions where inhabitants have never had any contact with other societies or civilizations 
C)  in very poor countries where agriculture is too expensive 
D)  on plantations where they work for wealthy landlords

Question 7

What does the author mean by "pushes and pulls"? Give two examples each of potential pushes and pulls.

Accepted Answer

Decisions to migrate are influenced by "

Question 8

What distinguishes Wallerstein's notions of core, peripheral, and semiperipheral nations? Define each, and explain how they correlate to the concepts of colonial and postcolonial nations. After explaining the role of each in production or exchange networks, explain-using the example of Appalachia from the text-how a peripheral area can exist within a core. Provide a second example of how a core can exist within a periphery. How does the author account for this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Students should distinguish core areas a

Question 9

Industrialized agriculture is noted in the text as having yielded dramatic increases in the overall food supply of the planet. Yet, in 2015 nearly 3 million children died of malnutrition. What is the primary reason for this discrepancy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Food surpluses often go to wealthy industrialized nations. 
B)  The types of food produced are not what people in poor regions will consume. 
C)  Poor people live in very remote regions with no transportation systems to receive food. 
D)  Poverty and starvation are exclusively caused by political strife and war. 
A)  Food surpluses often go to wealthy industrialized nations. 
B)  The types of food produced are not what people in poor regions will consume. 
C)  Poor people live in very remote regions with no transportation systems to receive food. 
D)  Poverty and starvation are exclusively caused by political strife and war.

Question 10

Both horticulture and agriculture use plants as a source of food. What is the key difference between them?

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of seeds to start the crops 
B)  the use of different types of plants 
C)  the level of intensity needed in the process 
D)  neither includes any other source of foodstuffs 
A)  the use of seeds to start the crops 
B)  the use of different types of plants 
C)  the level of intensity needed in the process 
D)  neither includes any other source of foodstuffs

Question 11

What argument did Keynes advance about how capitalism works best?

Accepted Answer

A)  Government must reign in the excesses of capitalism and ensure the basic welfare of all citizens. 
B)  Government must be able to control the free market completely. 
C)  Free markets must be able to implement the legal structures needed to succeed. 
D)  All citizens must be able to decide what the free market can and cannot do. 
A)  Government must reign in the excesses of capitalism and ensure the basic welfare of all citizens. 
B)  Government must be able to control the free market completely. 
C)  Free markets must be able to implement the legal structures needed to succeed. 
D)  All citizens must be able to decide what the free market can and cannot do.

Question 12

Development is frequently considered to be a way to spur economic growth and a path toward what?

Accepted Answer

A)  balanced trade 
B)  environmental sustainability 
C)  alleviating poverty and raising living standards 
D)  financial stability in the global economy 
A)  balanced trade 
B)  environmental sustainability 
C)  alleviating poverty and raising living standards 
D)  financial stability in the global economy

Question 13

In the United States, what form of economic system is taxation?

Accepted Answer

A)  redistribution 
B)  balanced reciprocity 
C)  negative reciprocity 
D)  market exchange 
A)  redistribution 
B)  balanced reciprocity 
C)  negative reciprocity 
D)  market exchange

Question 14

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. 
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.

Question 15

The European desire to participate in the world economy of the 1500s led to a frenzied effort among European nations to procure what commodity?

Accepted Answer

A)  silk 
B)  spices 
C)  gold and silver 
D)  slaves 
A)  silk 
B)  spices 
C)  gold and silver 
D)  slaves

Question 16

Intensive industrialized agriculture is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  egalitarian social relations. 
B)  social stratification. 
C)  a very low carrying capacity. 
D)  slash-and-burn agriculture. 
A)  egalitarian social relations. 
B)  social stratification. 
C)  a very low carrying capacity. 
D)  slash-and-burn agriculture.

Question 17

What do anthropologists call a cultural adaptation to the environment that enables groups to use available resources to satisfy their needs and thrive?

Accepted Answer

A)  an economy 
B)  capitalism 
C)  environmental anthropology 
D)  civilization 
A)  an economy 
B)  capitalism 
C)  environmental anthropology 
D)  civilization

Question 18

In its critique of modernization, modern world systems analysis argues that the source of raw materials today is ________ nations, the same as it was during the height of colonial expansion.

Accepted Answer

A)  core 
B)  developed 
C)  periphery 
D)  impoverished 
A)  core 
B)  developed 
C)  periphery 
D)  impoverished

Question 19

Which primary adaptive strategy includes hunting, fishing, and gathering plants for food?

Accepted Answer

A)  pastoralism 
B)  primitive agriculture 
C)  early industrial societies 
D)  foraging 
A)  pastoralism 
B)  primitive agriculture 
C)  early industrial societies 
D)  foraging

Question 20

What are the three adaptive strategies for food production in nonindustrial societies identified by Yehudi Cohen?

Accepted Answer

A)  pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture 
B)  foraging, pastoralism, and horticulture 
C)  pastoralism, agriculture, and industrialism 
D)  foraging, agriculture, and industrialism 
A)  pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture 
B)  foraging, pastoralism, and horticulture 
C)  pastoralism, agriculture, and industrialism 
D)  foraging, agriculture, and industrialism

Did you get a tax refund last year? If you did, you have experienced redistribution. What would an anthropologist consider this to be?

Seven million Côte d'Ivoirians earn their living in the cocoa and coffee farming industry. How much of the profits reaped from this industry go to the farmers themselves?

Your parents have never charged you for groceries and labor for all the meals you consumed at home at their expense. This is an example of:

Last week, your roommate washed your dirty mug along with his dishes. Yesterday, he left you exactly one dirty glass of his to wash along with a mildly passive-aggressive note explaining why this was fair. This is an example of:

How does the Tsukiji fish market demonstrate the nature of a global commodity chain?

Today fewer than 250,000 people make their primary living from food foraging. Where do the remaining food foragers often live?

What does the author mean by "pushes and pulls"? Give two examples each of potential pushes and pulls.

Industrialized agriculture is noted in the text as having yielded dramatic increases in the overall food supply of the planet. Yet, in 2015 nearly 3 million children died of malnutrition. What is the primary reason for this discrepancy?

Both horticulture and agriculture use plants as a source of food. What is the key difference between them?

What argument did Keynes advance about how capitalism works best?

Development is frequently considered to be a way to spur economic growth and a path toward what?

In the United States, what form of economic system is taxation?

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

The European desire to participate in the world economy of the 1500s led to a frenzied effort among European nations to procure what commodity?

Intensive industrialized agriculture is characterized by:

What do anthropologists call a cultural adaptation to the environment that enables groups to use available resources to satisfy their needs and thrive?

In its critique of modernization, modern world systems analysis argues that the source of raw materials today is ________ nations, the same as it was during the height of colonial expansion.

Which primary adaptive strategy includes hunting, fishing, and gathering plants for food?

What are the three adaptive strategies for food production in nonindustrial societies identified by Yehudi Cohen?

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Did you get a tax refund last year? If you did, you have experienced redistribution. What would an anthropologist consider this to be?

Seven million Côte d'Ivoirians earn their living in the cocoa and coffee farming industry. How much of the profits reaped from this industry go to the farmers themselves?

Your parents have never charged you for groceries and labor for all the meals you consumed at home at their expense. This is an example of:

Last week, your roommate washed your dirty mug along with his dishes. Yesterday, he left you exactly one dirty glass of his to wash along with a mildly passive-aggressive note explaining why this was fair. This is an example of:

How does the Tsukiji fish market demonstrate the nature of a global commodity chain?

Today fewer than 250,000 people make their primary living from food foraging. Where do the remaining food foragers often live?

What does the author mean by "pushes and pulls"? Give two examples each of potential pushes and pulls.

Industrialized agriculture is noted in the text as having yielded dramatic increases in the overall food supply of the planet. Yet, in 2015 nearly 3 million children died of malnutrition. What is the primary reason for this discrepancy?

Both horticulture and agriculture use plants as a source of food. What is the key difference between them?

What argument did Keynes advance about how capitalism works best?

Development is frequently considered to be a way to spur economic growth and a path toward what?

In the United States, what form of economic system is taxation?

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

The European desire to participate in the world economy of the 1500s led to a frenzied effort among European nations to procure what commodity?

Intensive industrialized agriculture is characterized by:

What do anthropologists call a cultural adaptation to the environment that enables groups to use available resources to satisfy their needs and thrive?

In its critique of modernization, modern world systems analysis argues that the source of raw materials today is ________ nations, the same as it was during the height of colonial expansion.

Which primary adaptive strategy includes hunting, fishing, and gathering plants for food?

What are the three adaptive strategies for food production in nonindustrial societies identified by Yehudi Cohen?

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

Politics and Power

Religion

Health, Illness, and the Body

Art and Media

Filters