Question 1

About what percentage of the world's population currently lives in cities?

Accepted Answer

A) Under 15 percent. 
B) About 30 percent. 
C) Somewhat more than 50 percent. 
D) About 60 percent. 
E) About 75 percent. 
A) Under 15 percent. 
B) About 30 percent. 
C) Somewhat more than 50 percent. 
D) About 60 percent. 
E) About 75 percent.

Question 2

What role does the Grameen Bank play in development projects?

Accepted Answer

This bank is a grassroots orga

Question 3

According to the World Bank,about how many people in the world in 2006 were living on less than $1 per day?

Accepted Answer

A) 65 million 
B) 187 million 
C) 650 million 
D) 994 million 
E) 1 billion 
A) 65 million 
B) 187 million 
C) 650 million 
D) 994 million 
E) 1 billion

Question 4

According to Jim Igoe,who worked with the Maasai,a critical problem with development is that:

Accepted Answer

A) Many projects are based in Western understandings that seem logical to the people who design the projects but less plausible to their recipients. 
B) Many projects assume a level of education that is just not present among the project recipients. 
C) Projects that are designed by local communities are often unacceptable to the people who have to fund them. 
D) Western project managers are rarely accepted by project recipients in poor nations. 
E) Although major donors want to fund large projects,the kinds more likely to work are small projects. 
A) Many projects are based in Western understandings that seem logical to the people who design the projects but less plausible to their recipients. 
B) Many projects assume a level of education that is just not present among the project recipients. 
C) Projects that are designed by local communities are often unacceptable to the people who have to fund them. 
D) Western project managers are rarely accepted by project recipients in poor nations. 
E) Although major donors want to fund large projects,the kinds more likely to work are small projects.

Question 5

The success of Gerald Murray's forestry projects in Haiti was based on:

Accepted Answer

A) Effective lobbying that caused American corporations to buy Haitian lumber. 
B) Treating trees as a cash crop. 
C) The support of key Haitian politicians. 
D) The use of a key informant. 
E) The fact that Murray was of Haitian ancestry. 
A) Effective lobbying that caused American corporations to buy Haitian lumber. 
B) Treating trees as a cash crop. 
C) The support of key Haitian politicians. 
D) The use of a key informant. 
E) The fact that Murray was of Haitian ancestry.

Question 6

Which of the following correctly characterizes Dalva,one of the informants in Mary Kenny's study of the favela of Olinda?

Accepted Answer

A) Like many other children,she will use her formal schooling to escape conditions of poverty. 
B) A victim of child abuse,she will most likely have to spend the rest of her life in an institution. 
C) Although her family is poor,she receives strong support from her parents,particularly her mother. 
D) She works 12 hours a day sewing shirts for American corporations but barely makes enough money to feed herself,let alone her brothers and sisters. 
E) Although only 12,by organizing younger children and generating income,she has become the head of her household. 
A) Like many other children,she will use her formal schooling to escape conditions of poverty. 
B) A victim of child abuse,she will most likely have to spend the rest of her life in an institution. 
C) Although her family is poor,she receives strong support from her parents,particularly her mother. 
D) She works 12 hours a day sewing shirts for American corporations but barely makes enough money to feed herself,let alone her brothers and sisters. 
E) Although only 12,by organizing younger children and generating income,she has become the head of her household.

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the past 100 years is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) It has seen less bloodshed and suffering than most previous eras. 
B) It is probably the bloodiest century in human history. 
C) There has been little bloodshed in the wealthy countries but a great deal in the poor nations. 
D) There has been little bloodshed in the poor nations but a great deal in the wealthy nations. 
E) There was a great deal of bloodshed during the cold war but international levels of violence have greatly declined since then. 
A) It has seen less bloodshed and suffering than most previous eras. 
B) It is probably the bloodiest century in human history. 
C) There has been little bloodshed in the wealthy countries but a great deal in the poor nations. 
D) There has been little bloodshed in the poor nations but a great deal in the wealthy nations. 
E) There was a great deal of bloodshed during the cold war but international levels of violence have greatly declined since then.

Question 8

Although,in the 1960s,many anthropologists were employed by development organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development,by the 1980s,this number dropped precipitously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Multinationals play an important role in pollution because:

Accepted Answer

A) They are frequently at the forefront of efforts to clean up the environment. 
B) They are more susceptible to public pressure than other corporations. 
C) They are wealthy and powerful enough to circumvent national laws designed to control pollution. 
D) They are particularly able to create and market products that can control pollution. 
E) Factories of multinationals tend to pollute more per unit of goods they produce than factories of locally owned companies. 
A) They are frequently at the forefront of efforts to clean up the environment. 
B) They are more susceptible to public pressure than other corporations. 
C) They are wealthy and powerful enough to circumvent national laws designed to control pollution. 
D) They are particularly able to create and market products that can control pollution. 
E) Factories of multinationals tend to pollute more per unit of goods they produce than factories of locally owned companies.

Question 10

What are three critical problems facing poor nations today?

Accepted Answer

They include high population g

Question 11

What are the critical issues surrounding migration from the perspective of a)the migrant,b)the community the migrant leaves,and c)the community the migrant move to?

Accepted Answer

The critical issues surrounding migratio

Question 12

A critical problem for indigenous people has been that as world population increases:

Accepted Answer

A) The percentage of the world composed of indigenous people decreases. 
B) Indigenous people are less able to make their voices heard in local and regional governments. 
C) There is increased pressure on them to increase their family size and this often destabilizes their production system. 
D) Land shortages have resulted in changes to traditional practices or,sometimes,the virtual disappearance of traditional livelihoods. 
E) The problems of indigenous people matter less and less to others. 
A) The percentage of the world composed of indigenous people decreases. 
B) Indigenous people are less able to make their voices heard in local and regional governments. 
C) There is increased pressure on them to increase their family size and this often destabilizes their production system. 
D) Land shortages have resulted in changes to traditional practices or,sometimes,the virtual disappearance of traditional livelihoods. 
E) The problems of indigenous people matter less and less to others.

Question 13

Has China's "One Child Policy" been a success? What advantages and disadvantages has it created?

Accepted Answer

The "One Child Policy" in China, which w

Question 14

How has political instability affected the Ju'hoansi?

Accepted Answer

They became soldiers in South

Question 15

Which development approach focuses on projects aimed at giving the poorest people in the world access to clean water,education,and health care?

Accepted Answer

A) Structural adjustment. 
B) Basic human needs approaches. 
C) Modernization. 
D) Post-modernization. 
E) Neoliberalism. 
A) Structural adjustment. 
B) Basic human needs approaches. 
C) Modernization. 
D) Post-modernization. 
E) Neoliberalism.

Question 16

According to Susan Greenhalgh,among newly prosperous urban Chinese,girls are now considered as good as or even preferable to boys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Thomas Friedman has argued that the result of globalization will be a more unequal and more violent world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A critical thing that anthropology teaches us is:

Accepted Answer

A) To the greatest degree possible,indigenous cultures should be preserved intact for future generations. 
B) Efforts at global development will ultimately fail because of human nature. 
C) In general,traditional people had better ways of doing things than modern people do. 
D) Problems we face are ultimately not the result of human nature,and thus,solutions are possible. 
E) Ultimately,and inevitably,people will solve the problems and dilemmas that face modern cultures. 
A) To the greatest degree possible,indigenous cultures should be preserved intact for future generations. 
B) Efforts at global development will ultimately fail because of human nature. 
C) In general,traditional people had better ways of doing things than modern people do. 
D) Problems we face are ultimately not the result of human nature,and thus,solutions are possible. 
E) Ultimately,and inevitably,people will solve the problems and dilemmas that face modern cultures.

Question 19

Saami herders base their pastoral livelihood on what animal?

Accepted Answer

A) Cows. 
B) Horses. 
C) Reindeer. 
D) Yaks. 
E) Llamas. 
A) Cows. 
B) Horses. 
C) Reindeer. 
D) Yaks. 
E) Llamas.

Question 20

Based on her study of the favela of Olinda,Mary Kenny argues that ending child labor will help to end poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

About what percentage of the world's population currently lives in cities?

What role does the Grameen Bank play in development projects?

According to the World Bank,about how many people in the world in 2006 were living on less than $1 per day?

According to Jim Igoe,who worked with the Maasai,a critical problem with development is that:

The success of Gerald Murray's forestry projects in Haiti was based on:

Which of the following correctly characterizes Dalva,one of the informants in Mary Kenny's study of the favela of Olinda?

Which of the following statements about the past 100 years is correct?

Although,in the 1960s,many anthropologists were employed by development organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development,by the 1980s,this number dropped precipitously.

Multinationals play an important role in pollution because:

What are three critical problems facing poor nations today?

What are the critical issues surrounding migration from the perspective of a)the migrant,b)the community the migrant leaves,and c)the community the migrant move to?

A critical problem for indigenous people has been that as world population increases:

Has China's "One Child Policy" been a success? What advantages and disadvantages has it created?

How has political instability affected the Ju'hoansi?

Which development approach focuses on projects aimed at giving the poorest people in the world access to clean water,education,and health care?

According to Susan Greenhalgh,among newly prosperous urban Chinese,girls are now considered as good as or even preferable to boys.

Thomas Friedman has argued that the result of globalization will be a more unequal and more violent world.

A critical thing that anthropology teaches us is:

Saami herders base their pastoral livelihood on what animal?

Based on her study of the favela of Olinda,Mary Kenny argues that ending child labor will help to end poverty.

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Exam 15: Culture, change, and the Modern World

About what percentage of the world's population currently lives in cities?

What role does the Grameen Bank play in development projects?

According to the World Bank,about how many people in the world in 2006 were living on less than $1 per day?

According to Jim Igoe,who worked with the Maasai,a critical problem with development is that:

The success of Gerald Murray's forestry projects in Haiti was based on:

Which of the following correctly characterizes Dalva,one of the informants in Mary Kenny's study of the favela of Olinda?

Which of the following statements about the past 100 years is correct?

Although,in the 1960s,many anthropologists were employed by development organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development,by the 1980s,this number dropped precipitously.

Multinationals play an important role in pollution because:

What are three critical problems facing poor nations today?

What are the critical issues surrounding migration from the perspective of a)the migrant,b)the community the migrant leaves,and c)the community the migrant move to?

A critical problem for indigenous people has been that as world population increases:

Has China's "One Child Policy" been a success? What advantages and disadvantages has it created?

How has political instability affected the Ju'hoansi?

Which development approach focuses on projects aimed at giving the poorest people in the world access to clean water,education,and health care?

According to Susan Greenhalgh,among newly prosperous urban Chinese,girls are now considered as good as or even preferable to boys.

Thomas Friedman has argued that the result of globalization will be a more unequal and more violent world.

A critical thing that anthropology teaches us is:

Saami herders base their pastoral livelihood on what animal?

Based on her study of the favela of Olinda,Mary Kenny argues that ending child labor will help to end poverty.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Filters