Question 1

A typical "extended" family in rural Asia is unlikely to include more than five people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is meant by "brain drain" in immigration research?

Accepted Answer

It is a term to desc

Question 3

In many cases,multinational corporations have effects on gender roles in society.These effects:

Accepted Answer

A) Generally favor men at the expense of women. 
B) Generally favor women at the expense of men. 
C) Are generally the same on both men and women. 
D) Might favor either men or women depending on the circumstances. 
E) Generally improve the positions of both men and women but largely at the expense of children. 
A) Generally favor men at the expense of women. 
B) Generally favor women at the expense of men. 
C) Are generally the same on both men and women. 
D) Might favor either men or women depending on the circumstances. 
E) Generally improve the positions of both men and women but largely at the expense of children.

Question 4

In many places,multinational corporations employ large numbers of female workers because they are seen as more easily controllable than males.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 6

One of the problems with efforts at development based on recreating the historical experience of the wealthy nations is that:

Accepted Answer

A) They generally fail to consider the biologically based differences among human beings. 
B) They often fail to consider that much of the wealth of the industrialized nations was based on exploiting the poor nations. 
C) They assume that people are motivated solely by the pursuit of wealth and that education is not necessary to development. 
D) They fail to understand the true extent of poverty in the world's poorest nations. 
E) They assume that there is no connection between development programs and the political objectives of the wealthy nations. 
A) They generally fail to consider the biologically based differences among human beings. 
B) They often fail to consider that much of the wealth of the industrialized nations was based on exploiting the poor nations. 
C) They assume that people are motivated solely by the pursuit of wealth and that education is not necessary to development. 
D) They fail to understand the true extent of poverty in the world's poorest nations. 
E) They assume that there is no connection between development programs and the political objectives of the wealthy nations.

Question 7

An MNC is:

Accepted Answer

A) A type of role playing game. 
B) A bilateral aid and development organization. 
C) A corporation that owns businesses in more than one nation. 
D) A type of treaty designed to preserve the rights of indigenous people. 
E) A joint defense treaty between mutually antagonistic nations. 
A) A type of role playing game. 
B) A bilateral aid and development organization. 
C) A corporation that owns businesses in more than one nation. 
D) A type of treaty designed to preserve the rights of indigenous people. 
E) A joint defense treaty between mutually antagonistic nations.

Question 8

During the Cold War of 1945-1989:

Accepted Answer

A) The economic problems of people in poor nations were largely ignored. 
B) Peace was maintained almost everywhere in the world by the balance of power between the United States and the Soviets. 
C) People in the world's poor nations fought proxy wars with money and weapons supplied by the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D) People in the poor nations were largely free to construct their own economic and political systems in response to local tradition and condition. 
E) The Soviet Union and the United States focused almost all their attention on Asia and only rarely intervened in African nations. 
A) The economic problems of people in poor nations were largely ignored. 
B) Peace was maintained almost everywhere in the world by the balance of power between the United States and the Soviets. 
C) People in the world's poor nations fought proxy wars with money and weapons supplied by the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D) People in the poor nations were largely free to construct their own economic and political systems in response to local tradition and condition. 
E) The Soviet Union and the United States focused almost all their attention on Asia and only rarely intervened in African nations.

Question 9

Which of the following correctly compares energy consumption and environment in wealthy and poor countries?

Accepted Answer

A) Wealthy countries consume more energy but have less polluted environments than poor countries. 
B) Poor countries consume less energy and have less polluted environments than wealthy nations. 
C) Wealthy nations consume more energy and have more polluted environments than poor nations. 
D) Poor nations consume more energy than wealthy nations but have more polluted environments. 
E) Poor and wealthy nations consume vastly different amounts of energy but have environments that are approximately equally polluted. 
A) Wealthy countries consume more energy but have less polluted environments than poor countries. 
B) Poor countries consume less energy and have less polluted environments than wealthy nations. 
C) Wealthy nations consume more energy and have more polluted environments than poor nations. 
D) Poor nations consume more energy than wealthy nations but have more polluted environments. 
E) Poor and wealthy nations consume vastly different amounts of energy but have environments that are approximately equally polluted.

Question 10

In a well known book,Thomas Friedman argued that the world is flat.By this he meant that:

Accepted Answer

A) Absolute wealth is currently spread approximately equally around the world. 
B) Columbus got it wrong. 
C) Even though racism and ethnocentrism continue to exist,we should behave as if they do not. 
D) Economic and social opportunities are increasingly available to all people no matter where they live. 
E) The collective talents of any one group of people is approximately the same as the collective talents of any other group of people. 
A) Absolute wealth is currently spread approximately equally around the world. 
B) Columbus got it wrong. 
C) Even though racism and ethnocentrism continue to exist,we should behave as if they do not. 
D) Economic and social opportunities are increasingly available to all people no matter where they live. 
E) The collective talents of any one group of people is approximately the same as the collective talents of any other group of people.

Question 11

Why were poor nations forced to accept structural adjustment?

Accepted Answer

They were

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

Studies of Chinese workers who have migrated to cities in search of factory jobs have demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

A) They prefer factory labor,even under harsh conditions,and rarely return to the countryside if they lose their jobs. 
B) They are "target workers." They work to earn a certain amount of money,and once they achieve that target,they return to the countryside. 
C) They are only held in urban areas by specific jobs.When these jobs end,they return rapidly to the countryside. 
D) They advance rapidly,earning higher salaries and greater status within 18-24 months. 
E) They are generally dissatisfied with working conditions and often engage in strikes. 
A) They prefer factory labor,even under harsh conditions,and rarely return to the countryside if they lose their jobs. 
B) They are "target workers." They work to earn a certain amount of money,and once they achieve that target,they return to the countryside. 
C) They are only held in urban areas by specific jobs.When these jobs end,they return rapidly to the countryside. 
D) They advance rapidly,earning higher salaries and greater status within 18-24 months. 
E) They are generally dissatisfied with working conditions and often engage in strikes.

Question 16

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 17

During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:

Accepted Answer

A) United Nation troops moved forcefully to stop the violence and re-establish representative government. 
B) French government officials tried to protect the victims of the genocide. 
C) Priests and other religious officials sheltered victims from the genocidal wrath of their neighbors. 
D) More than 800,000 people were killed and every level of society was involved. 
E) Men promoted the massacre of their neighbors but were held back from even greater killings by the actions of women and children. 
A) United Nation troops moved forcefully to stop the violence and re-establish representative government. 
B) French government officials tried to protect the victims of the genocide. 
C) Priests and other religious officials sheltered victims from the genocidal wrath of their neighbors. 
D) More than 800,000 people were killed and every level of society was involved. 
E) Men promoted the massacre of their neighbors but were held back from even greater killings by the actions of women and children.

Question 18

Which of the following best characterizes the history of development projects in the years since independence?

Accepted Answer

A) They have generally not been successful. 
B) After a poor start,their success improved dramatically in the mid 1960s. 
C) They were highly successful until the end of the Cold War but have generally failed since that time. 
D) They have been highly successful in Latin America and Africa but failed elsewhere in the world. 
E) Though there have been a few failures,development efforts have generally been highly successful. 
A) They have generally not been successful. 
B) After a poor start,their success improved dramatically in the mid 1960s. 
C) They were highly successful until the end of the Cold War but have generally failed since that time. 
D) They have been highly successful in Latin America and Africa but failed elsewhere in the world. 
E) Though there have been a few failures,development efforts have generally been highly successful.

Question 19

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) Gross export value. 
B) Gross national product. 
C) Gross national production. 
D) Gross national income. 
E) Gross productive income. 
A) Gross export value. 
B) Gross national product. 
C) Gross national production. 
D) Gross national income. 
E) Gross productive income.

Question 20

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.

A typical "extended" family in rural Asia is unlikely to include more than five people.

What is meant by "brain drain" in immigration research?

In many cases,multinational corporations have effects on gender roles in society.These effects:

In many places,multinational corporations employ large numbers of female workers because they are seen as more easily controllable than males.

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?

One of the problems with efforts at development based on recreating the historical experience of the wealthy nations is that:

An MNC is:

During the Cold War of 1945-1989:

Which of the following correctly compares energy consumption and environment in wealthy and poor countries?

In a well known book,Thomas Friedman argued that the world is flat.By this he meant that:

Why were poor nations forced to accept structural adjustment?

Multinationals play an important role in pollution because:

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

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

Studies of Chinese workers who have migrated to cities in search of factory jobs have demonstrated that:

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.

During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:

Which of the following best characterizes the history of development projects in the years since independence?

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country is known as:

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

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

A typical "extended" family in rural Asia is unlikely to include more than five people.

What is meant by "brain drain" in immigration research?

In many cases,multinational corporations have effects on gender roles in society.These effects:

In many places,multinational corporations employ large numbers of female workers because they are seen as more easily controllable than males.

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?

One of the problems with efforts at development based on recreating the historical experience of the wealthy nations is that:

An MNC is:

During the Cold War of 1945-1989:

Which of the following correctly compares energy consumption and environment in wealthy and poor countries?

In a well known book,Thomas Friedman argued that the world is flat.By this he meant that:

Why were poor nations forced to accept structural adjustment?

Multinationals play an important role in pollution because:

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

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

Studies of Chinese workers who have migrated to cities in search of factory jobs have demonstrated that:

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.

During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:

Which of the following best characterizes the history of development projects in the years since independence?

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country is known as:

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

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