Exam 13: Globalization, Culture, and Indigenous Societies

Mbuti Pygmies have adapted well to a lifestyle based on mining and farming.

Describe the five stages by which a traditional society undergoes modernization to reach a level of high economic growth.

"Ethnocide" refers to the physical extermination of a particular group of people.

What governmental policies contributed to the decline of Native American populations in the U.S.?

As the head of state of an underdeveloped nation, what are the public policies that you would implement if you wished to modernize your society?

Attempts by indigenous peoples to reinstitute traditional cultural values and beliefs are known as:

The adoption of the shotgun by Yanomamö hunters has resulted in:

Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands in the 19th century taught native children that their traditional cultural activities were:

Since the 1960s, the Ju/'hoansi or San have become:

Saudi Arabian control of the Al-Murrah Bedouins has been accomplished by making their traditional leader, the emir:

Describe some of the changes that have occurred within Ju/'hoansi society as a result of global industrialization. What are some of the ways that the negative effects of industrialization can be reversed?

Based on your own knowledge, do you agree with what modernization theory has to say about traditionalism? Do you believe that traditional attitudes of reciprocity will always work against the drive for individual economic success? Why or why not?

The term "Second World" refers to:

The Ju/'hoansi or San foragers inhabit the modern nations of:

Native Americans in the U.S. currently have the same standard of living as average middle class Americans.

Conflict between the Iroquois and other indigenous tribal groups in the 1600s was NOT due to:

Missionaries in Venezuela have helped preserve the Yanomamö culture.

Cargo cults were successful at:

The displacement of Native Americans from their tribal lands in the U.S. in order to make the land available to white settlers was:

Yanomamö populations have been increasing steadily since 1987.