Exam 13: Globalization, Culture, and Indigenous Societies

Resettlement of Mbuti pygmies on plantations outside the rainforest by the government of Zaire has resulted in __________.

The Mbuti pygmies are an example of an aboriginal people devastated by civil wars and corporate exploitation of the rainforest in which they live.

A principal criticism of dependency theory is that it __________.

Through contact with European traders, the Hawaiian chiefdom was transformed from a political organization based on __________ to one based on __________.

Since the 1960s, the Ju/'hoansi San have become __________.

Although the Iroquois traded beaver skins and other furs to the French, they refused to accept guns, ammunition, and liquor as payment.

Which of the following statements about Yanomamö Indians who chose to reside in Christian mission stations is accurate?

A principal belief of the Ghost Dance movement was that __________.

Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands in the nineteenth century taught native children that their traditional cultural activities were __________.

Cargo cults helped do which of the following?

Given a choice between modernization theory and dependency theory, which model do you prefer to explain the existence of vast inequities between countries of the First World and the Third World? What are the strengths of the model you prefer? What are its weaknesses?

One of the principal criticisms of modernization theory is that __________.

Compare and contrast two revitalization movements discussed in your text. In what ways were they similar and different? How did the particular historical, social, economic, political, and religious circumstances factor into each? Were the outcomes similar or different? Explain why you think this was the case.

One of the preconditions for modernization is the acceptance of the belief that progress is both necessary and beneficial to society and the individual.

Attempts by indigenous peoples to reinstitute traditional cultural values and beliefs are called __________.

Why do some anthropologists refer to their ethnographic projects as studying "globalization from below"? Compare and contrast how ethnographers would apply and/or critique two of the following as they attempt to understand human society and behavior: modernization theory, dependency models, world-systems approaches, and neoliberalism.

As a result of policies of industrialization and modernization under the shah of Iran, the Qashqa'i nomads began to __________.

With the emergence of postindustrial societies, the global economy has been transformed by __________.

The Yanomamö have become one of the wealthiest Native American tribes since gold was discovered on their traditional lands.

Rates of alcoholism among the Ju/'hoansi San have increased as a result of wage labor.