Question 1

John Grey,a critic of Thomas Friedman's notion that the world is flat,argues that:

Accepted Answer

A) Friedman downplays the role of race in understanding wealth and poverty. 
B) Friedman does not fully realize the potential of the internet to transform relationships among people. 
C) Friedman overstates the degree to which trade and communication promote peace and stability. 
D) Friedman does not understand the degree to which current conflicts express ancient ethnic hatreds. 
E) Friedman does not understand the degree to which the current world is the result of imperialism and colonialism. 
A) Friedman downplays the role of race in understanding wealth and poverty. 
B) Friedman does not fully realize the potential of the internet to transform relationships among people. 
C) Friedman overstates the degree to which trade and communication promote peace and stability. 
D) Friedman does not understand the degree to which current conflicts express ancient ethnic hatreds. 
E) Friedman does not understand the degree to which the current world is the result of imperialism and colonialism.

Question 2

More than 1 billion of the world's population live on less than $1 a day but a meal for two at a good restaurant in a major wealthy city can easily top $100.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

E.B.Tylor argued that anthropology was a "reformer's science." By this he meant that:

Accepted Answer

A) Anthropologists had a duty to reform their own practices. 
B) The purpose of anthropology was ultimately to create a better world. 
C) Anthropologists should fight against bureaucratic corruption. 
D) Anthropologists should focus their attention on enforcing codes of inductive reasoning in science. 
E) Anthropologists should always support the notion that all cultures are equally worthy of respect. 
A) Anthropologists had a duty to reform their own practices. 
B) The purpose of anthropology was ultimately to create a better world. 
C) Anthropologists should fight against bureaucratic corruption. 
D) Anthropologists should focus their attention on enforcing codes of inductive reasoning in science. 
E) Anthropologists should always support the notion that all cultures are equally worthy of respect.

Question 4

Probably the most important way that migrants contribute to the places they leave are:

Accepted Answer

A) Remittances sent to family back home. 
B) Reducing population pressure in these places. 
C) Opening new possibilities for education in the places they leave. 
D) Increasing the political stability of the places they leave. 
E) Allowing traditional culture to continue in the places they leave. 
A) Remittances sent to family back home. 
B) Reducing population pressure in these places. 
C) Opening new possibilities for education in the places they leave. 
D) Increasing the political stability of the places they leave. 
E) Allowing traditional culture to continue in the places they leave.

Question 5

Name three social changes that have occurred in China because of the shortage of women.

Accepted Answer

Some results are imp

Question 6

Elites in poor nations are often opposed to population control programs because:

Accepted Answer

A) Such programs often run contrary to religion. 
B) Elites believe that their own chances of economic success are best with a very large family. 
C) Elites fear the social unrest that could result from attempts to force the poor to control their population. 
D) They suspect that wealthy nations promote population control in poor nations for their own self-interest. 
E) They believe their continued prosperity rests upon the fact that the poor of their nation remain poor because they have large families. 
A) Such programs often run contrary to religion. 
B) Elites believe that their own chances of economic success are best with a very large family. 
C) Elites fear the social unrest that could result from attempts to force the poor to control their population. 
D) They suspect that wealthy nations promote population control in poor nations for their own self-interest. 
E) They believe their continued prosperity rests upon the fact that the poor of their nation remain poor because they have large families.

John Grey,a critic of Thomas Friedman's notion that the world is flat,argues that:

More than 1 billion of the world's population live on less than $1 a day but a meal for two at a good restaurant in a major wealthy city can easily top $100.

E.B.Tylor argued that anthropology was a "reformer's science." By this he meant that:

Probably the most important way that migrants contribute to the places they leave are:

Name three social changes that have occurred in China because of the shortage of women.

Elites in poor nations are often opposed to population control programs because:

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

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Exam 15: Culture, change, and the Modern World

John Grey,a critic of Thomas Friedman's notion that the world is flat,argues that:

More than 1 billion of the world's population live on less than $1 a day but a meal for two at a good restaurant in a major wealthy city can easily top $100.

E.B.Tylor argued that anthropology was a "reformer's science." By this he meant that:

Probably the most important way that migrants contribute to the places they leave are:

Name three social changes that have occurred in China because of the shortage of women.

Elites in poor nations are often opposed to population control programs because:

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