Exam 14: Globalization in Latin America, africa, and the Caribbean

What is meant by the term dyadic contract? Give some examples of the kinds of dyadic contracts that exist in Latin American culture. Have you ever had experience with a dyadic contract? Describe either your personal experience or an example of a dyadic contract in your own culture.

Under apartheid in South Africa, the term "coloreds" referred to individuals of mixed descent.

One of the strategies used by European colonies to force native villagers to abandon agricultural lands and become wage laborers was:

The principal effect of the hacienda system in Latin America was the institution of:

What were the effects of the slave trade on African society with respect to mercantilism, warfare, social organization, demography, and technology? How might African societies have been different if the slave trade had never existed?

The Spanish were able to achieve political domination of Mexico by:

Ethnographic studies indicate that the behavior of individuals in peasant communities usually conforms to the ideals of machismo.

Traditional forms of slavery in Africa are open forms of slavery, which means that:

The term mestizo refers to an individual of mixed descent.

Latin America had relatively little cultural diversity prior to the arrival of the Spanish. 2 Led by Hernando Cortés, the Spanish were able to establish domination over the Aztec empire in less than three years.

The so-called "culture of poverty" does not exist where poor people:

The principal characteristics of the "culture of poverty," according to Oscar Lewis, are:

Most anthropologists now agree that:

A "closed peasant community" is one in which peasants produce agricultural goods primarily for:

Native American civilizations of Mexico and Central and South America were eventually conquered by: A. English and French B. Chinese and Japanese C. Dutch and Germans D. Spanish and Portuguese

The development of economies based on the export of cash crops usually accelerates:

An example of religious syncretism would be the:

In open peasant communities, crops are raised primarily for:

Slavery was made illegal in the United States before it became illegal in Brazil.

The principal motivation for the conquest of the New World by Europeans was: