Exam 14: People on the Move

Cultural anthropologists study how migration is related to __________.

Refugees are people who are forced to relocate.

About 40 percent of the economic niche of __________ in New York City is filled by "new immigrants" from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

In relationship to migration, the push-pull theory refers to __________.

A person who moved internationally since the 1960s, especially to the United States and Canada, is referred to as a ___________.

__________ are economic transfers of money from migrants to their family back home.

A major argument in anthropology and human rights policy about laborers who migrate to the Dominican Republic to cut cane concerns __________.

__________ is the fastest-growing category of involuntary migrants.

What are two categories of "displaced persons"? Give an ethnographical example of each explaining the cause of the displacement and the challenges the people face in their new location.

Among labor migrant workers, Asian men are the fastest growing category.

Asian women are the fastest growing category of __________.

Salvadoran migrants to the United States are mainly in the category of __________.

The study of Salvadoran immigrants on Long Island demonstrates that __________.

Most Maya people live in __________.

Forced migration that is a result of projects like dam building and mining is called __________.

A major challenge facing Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States is finding employment commensurate with their training and experience.

Discuss the theoretical debate in cultural anthropology between structurism and agency and describe how it plays out in the context of the bracero system of the Dominican Republic. Explore the strengths and weaknesses of both theoretical angles in terms of the evidence available.

Discuss the kinds of data collected by the applied research project that seeks to provide risk assessment and improved service delivery for pastoralists.

The United Nations has declared the "Right of Return" to be an inalienable human right.

The theory that says people often move from economically depressed rural areas to urban areas is called __________.