Exam 19: Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World 

Deforestation is a global concern. Forest loss can lead to increased greenhouse gas production, which contributes to global warming. The destruction of tropical forests is also a major factor in the loss of global biodiversity. The global scenarios of deforestation include all of the following EXCEPT

Because our planet's climate is always changing, the key question becomes: How much of global warming is caused by human activities versus natural climate variability? On this issue, most scientists agree that the causes are mainly

Unlike indigenous peoples, the term ________ highlights the prominence that the exclusion of strangers has assumed in day-to-day politics worldwide and has been claimed by majority groups in Europe.

________ refers to the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others, or its imposition on other cultures.

How does acculturation differ from diffusion, or cultural borrowing?

Social movements worldwide have adopted which term as a self-identifying label based on past oppression but now legitimizing a search for social, cultural, and political rights?

Which of the following is NOT one of the key points of the American Anthropological Association's "Statement on Humanity and Climate Change"?

Modern technology plays an important role in both facilitating cultural imperialism and resisting it.

Which is the single greatest obstacle to slowing climate change?

In Spanish-speaking Latin America, social scientists and politicians favor which term over indio (Indian), the colonial term that the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors used to refer to the native inhabitants of the Americas?

What is the name of the Brazilian dance play that reenacts the Portuguese discovery of Brazil?

TV programming that is culturally alien tends to outperform native programming when the alien programming comes from the United States, Great Britain, or France.

Contemporary, applied ecological anthropologists work to plan and implement policies aimed at environmental preservation. They also advocate for people who are at risk, actually or potentially. One of the roles for today's environmental anthropologist is to assess the extent and nature of risk perception and to harness that awareness to combat environmental degradation.

In Spanish-speaking Latin America, social scientists and politicians now favor the term indio over indígena when referring to Native Americans.

Diseases that spread from animals to humans are known as zoonotic diseases.

Cases of local communities using modern technology to preserve and revive their traditions

The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that keeps the earth's surface warm. Without greenhouse gases-water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons, and ozone-life as we know it wouldn't exist. The current problem is that

Diaspora refers to the hegemonic policy of dominators to isolate individuals who publicly resist from the rest of the population.

Development projects usually fail when they try to replace indigenous institutions with culturally alien concepts.

Forces influencing production and consumption are no longer restricted by national boundaries.