Question 1

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

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A) a tremendous expansion in the strength of independent indigenous nations of Mexico and South America. 
B) the development of a transatlantic slave trade. 
C) the movement of sugar-producing nations from the periphery to the core of the world system. 
D) the movement of capitalism, once a cultural trait specific to New Guinea (where sugar was first domesticated), to the rest of the world. 
E) a long-term improvement in the distribution of wealth among the rural peasantry of England. 
A) a tremendous expansion in the strength of independent indigenous nations of Mexico and South America. 
B) the development of a transatlantic slave trade. 
C) the movement of sugar-producing nations from the periphery to the core of the world system. 
D) the movement of capitalism, once a cultural trait specific to New Guinea (where sugar was first domesticated), to the rest of the world. 
E) a long-term improvement in the distribution of wealth among the rural peasantry of England.

Question 2

What was the Industrial Revolution, and how did life in that period differ from previous life in villages, towns, and cities? Why is this topic relevant to an anthropologist?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 3

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?

Accepted Answer

A) the modern world system 
B) industrialization 
C) an open class system 
D) socioeconomic stratification 
E) capital 
A) the modern world system 
B) industrialization 
C) an open class system 
D) socioeconomic stratification 
E) capital

Question 4

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution.Fortunately, however,

Accepted Answer

A) this resource depletion is very localized, since extractive enterprises have been using new technologies that completely eliminate negative externalities. 
B) the money made from this resource depletion always benefits the host communities and countries. 
C) resource depletion now is more than 80 percent sustainable. 
D) today's world has some environmental watchdogs-many of them anthropologists-who did not exist during the first centuries of the Industrial Revolution. 
E) anthropologists are increasingly being consulted prior to the start of new resource extraction projects. 
A) this resource depletion is very localized, since extractive enterprises have been using new technologies that completely eliminate negative externalities. 
B) the money made from this resource depletion always benefits the host communities and countries. 
C) resource depletion now is more than 80 percent sustainable. 
D) today's world has some environmental watchdogs-many of them anthropologists-who did not exist during the first centuries of the Industrial Revolution. 
E) anthropologists are increasingly being consulted prior to the start of new resource extraction projects.

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

What was the Industrial Revolution, and how did life in that period differ from previous life in villages, towns, and cities? Why is this topic relevant to an anthropologist?

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution.Fortunately, however,

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Exam 14: The World System and Colonialism

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

What was the Industrial Revolution, and how did life in that period differ from previous life in villages, towns, and cities? Why is this topic relevant to an anthropologist?

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution.Fortunately, however,

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters