Question 1

Describe how changes in transportation technology in the nineteenth century led to the development of anthropology.

Accepted Answer

Advances in transportation technology rapidly transformed long-distance movement of people and goods.This allowed regular travel and trade to new and varied places.Merchants,missionaries,and government officials came back with tales and artifacts of the incredible diversity of human cultures and appearances they had encountered.Anthropology developed as people began to try to understand this diversity.

Question 2

Nepali workers building roads in India,Filipino maids in Saudi Arabia,and Turkish street repairmen in Germany are examples of which global dynamic?

Accepted Answer

A)  time-space compression 
B)  uneven development 
C)  international migration 
D)  increasing migration 
A)  time-space compression 
B)  uneven development 
C)  international migration 
D)  increasing migration D

Question 3

Research that compares multiple communities to examine links between them is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-linked. 
B)  multisited. 
C)  globalized. 
D)  bilocational. 
A)  cross-linked. 
B)  multisited. 
C)  globalized. 
D)  bilocational. B

Question 4

An anthropologist who has conducted fieldwork on Mormon fundamentalists and their marriage patterns wants to now compare those patterns to those of Muslim tradition.This would require

Accepted Answer

A)  conducting ethnological analysis. 
B)  undertaking comprehensive holistic analysis. 
C)  carrying out additional ethnographic fieldwork. 
D)  locating informants who are both Mormon and Muslim. 
A)  conducting ethnological analysis. 
B)  undertaking comprehensive holistic analysis. 
C)  carrying out additional ethnographic fieldwork. 
D)  locating informants who are both Mormon and Muslim.

Question 5

Global forces are expanding rapidly and moving into local communities everywhere.The author notes that many people in local communities respond with

Accepted Answer

A)  active resistance. 
B)  religious zeal. 
C)  immigration restrictions. 
D)  violence. 
A)  active resistance. 
B)  religious zeal. 
C)  immigration restrictions. 
D)  violence.

Question 6

Describe how local communities react to global forces influencing and mingling with local cultures.Support your description with an example from class.

Accepted Answer

People in local communities redefine man

Question 7

Time-space compression is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain just exactly what time-space compression is and how it works,and give an example.

Accepted Answer

Time-space compression is the result of

Question 8

South Korea has developed very rapidly-huge corporations make vast amounts of money and most workers enjoy a high standard of living.At the same time,the vast majority of people in Guatemala are plagued by extreme poverty,violence,and poor living conditions.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  uneven development. 
B)  differential monetization. 
C)  elitism. 
D)  marginalization. 
A)  uneven development. 
B)  differential monetization. 
C)  elitism. 
D)  marginalization.

Question 9

Cultural anthropologists employ the process of ethnology to

Accepted Answer

A)  challenge ethnocentrism. 
B)  challenge ethnographic authority. 
C)  change other cultures. 
D)  compare cultures. 
A)  challenge ethnocentrism. 
B)  challenge ethnographic authority. 
C)  change other cultures. 
D)  compare cultures.

Question 10

The belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and natural,and viewing the different practices of other people as strange and unnatural,is called

Accepted Answer

A)  myopia. 
B)  relativism. 
C)  narrow-mindedness. 
D)  ethnocentrism. 
A)  myopia. 
B)  relativism. 
C)  narrow-mindedness. 
D)  ethnocentrism.

Question 11

The study of fossils and ancient DNA to trace changes in human ancestors over time involves which specialization of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  prehistoric archaeology 
B)  forensic anthropology 
C)  paleoanthropology 
D)  historic archaeology 
A)  prehistoric archaeology 
B)  forensic anthropology 
C)  paleoanthropology 
D)  historic archaeology

Question 12

Which subfield of anthropology traces the history of human evolution in fossils?

Accepted Answer

A)  prehistoric archaeology 
B)  primatology 
C)  evolutionary archaeology 
D)  paleoanthropology 
A)  prehistoric archaeology 
B)  primatology 
C)  evolutionary archaeology 
D)  paleoanthropology

Question 13

Human beings have long been migrant,moving themselves,their material goods,and even ideas from one part of the world to another.This process,which today we call globalization,seems different than in the past due in part to

Accepted Answer

A)  time-space compression. 
B)  increasing migration. 
C)  intensification. 
D)  technology. 
A)  time-space compression. 
B)  increasing migration. 
C)  intensification. 
D)  technology.

Question 14

The text notes that increasing migration is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain where people are moving and why.What effect is this having on people around the world?

Accepted Answer

People are moving in vast numbers within

Question 15

The dramatic transformations of economics,politics,and culture are characteristic of what dynamic of contemporary globalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  uneven development 
B)  dynamic expansion 
C)  rapid change 
D)  time-space compression 
A)  uneven development 
B)  dynamic expansion 
C)  rapid change 
D)  time-space compression

Question 16

When companies move their production facilities around the world to take advantage of cheaper labor and lower taxes,this is called

Accepted Answer

A)  marginal exploitation. 
B)  technological migration. 
C)  labor-tax compression. 
D)  flexible accumulation. 
A)  marginal exploitation. 
B)  technological migration. 
C)  labor-tax compression. 
D)  flexible accumulation.

Question 17

In the study of immigration,anthropologists look at physical differences between populations,how the groups involved conceive of themselves and others,what they say about those other groups,and how these groups relate to others in the past.This is an example of what aspect of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnology 
B)  globalization 
C)  elitism 
D)  holism 
A)  ethnology 
B)  globalization 
C)  elitism 
D)  holism

Question 18

In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration,many scholars and government officials privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe,such as Italians and Greeks,because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with primitive ways.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  elitism. 
B)  ethnocentrism. 
C)  genocide. 
D)  ethnocide. 
A)  elitism. 
B)  ethnocentrism. 
C)  genocide. 
D)  ethnocide.

Question 19

Compare and contrast how historic and prehistoric archaeologists investigate past human life,and explain what insights can be gained.

Accepted Answer

Both prehistoric and historic archaeolog

Question 20

Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time,which requires a strong

Accepted Answer

A)  belief in the value of other cultures. 
B)  belief in one's own culture. 
C)  belief in the value of globalization. 
D)  ability to evaluate others on the basis of one's own beliefs. 
A)  belief in the value of other cultures. 
B)  belief in one's own culture. 
C)  belief in the value of globalization. 
D)  ability to evaluate others on the basis of one's own beliefs.

Describe how changes in transportation technology in the nineteenth century led to the development of anthropology.

Nepali workers building roads in India,Filipino maids in Saudi Arabia,and Turkish street repairmen in Germany are examples of which global dynamic?

Research that compares multiple communities to examine links between them is referred to as

An anthropologist who has conducted fieldwork on Mormon fundamentalists and their marriage patterns wants to now compare those patterns to those of Muslim tradition.This would require

Global forces are expanding rapidly and moving into local communities everywhere.The author notes that many people in local communities respond with

Describe how local communities react to global forces influencing and mingling with local cultures.Support your description with an example from class.

Time-space compression is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain just exactly what time-space compression is and how it works,and give an example.

South Korea has developed very rapidly-huge corporations make vast amounts of money and most workers enjoy a high standard of living.At the same time,the vast majority of people in Guatemala are plagued by extreme poverty,violence,and poor living conditions.This is an example of

Cultural anthropologists employ the process of ethnology to

The belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and natural,and viewing the different practices of other people as strange and unnatural,is called

The study of fossils and ancient DNA to trace changes in human ancestors over time involves which specialization of anthropology?

Which subfield of anthropology traces the history of human evolution in fossils?

Human beings have long been migrant,moving themselves,their material goods,and even ideas from one part of the world to another.This process,which today we call globalization,seems different than in the past due in part to

The text notes that increasing migration is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain where people are moving and why.What effect is this having on people around the world?

The dramatic transformations of economics,politics,and culture are characteristic of what dynamic of contemporary globalization?

When companies move their production facilities around the world to take advantage of cheaper labor and lower taxes,this is called

In the study of immigration,anthropologists look at physical differences between populations,how the groups involved conceive of themselves and others,what they say about those other groups,and how these groups relate to others in the past.This is an example of what aspect of anthropology?

Compare and contrast how historic and prehistoric archaeologists investigate past human life,and explain what insights can be gained.

Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time,which requires a strong

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Exam 1: Anthropology in a Global Age

Describe how changes in transportation technology in the nineteenth century led to the development of anthropology.

Nepali workers building roads in India,Filipino maids in Saudi Arabia,and Turkish street repairmen in Germany are examples of which global dynamic?

Research that compares multiple communities to examine links between them is referred to as

An anthropologist who has conducted fieldwork on Mormon fundamentalists and their marriage patterns wants to now compare those patterns to those of Muslim tradition.This would require

Global forces are expanding rapidly and moving into local communities everywhere.The author notes that many people in local communities respond with

Describe how local communities react to global forces influencing and mingling with local cultures.Support your description with an example from class.

Time-space compression is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain just exactly what time-space compression is and how it works,and give an example.

South Korea has developed very rapidly-huge corporations make vast amounts of money and most workers enjoy a high standard of living.At the same time,the vast majority of people in Guatemala are plagued by extreme poverty,violence,and poor living conditions.This is an example of

Cultural anthropologists employ the process of ethnology to

The belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and natural,and viewing the different practices of other people as strange and unnatural,is called

The study of fossils and ancient DNA to trace changes in human ancestors over time involves which specialization of anthropology?

Which subfield of anthropology traces the history of human evolution in fossils?

Human beings have long been migrant,moving themselves,their material goods,and even ideas from one part of the world to another.This process,which today we call globalization,seems different than in the past due in part to

The text notes that increasing migration is one of the key dynamics of globalization.Explain where people are moving and why.What effect is this having on people around the world?

The dramatic transformations of economics,politics,and culture are characteristic of what dynamic of contemporary globalization?

When companies move their production facilities around the world to take advantage of cheaper labor and lower taxes,this is called

In the study of immigration,anthropologists look at physical differences between populations,how the groups involved conceive of themselves and others,what they say about those other groups,and how these groups relate to others in the past.This is an example of what aspect of anthropology?

Compare and contrast how historic and prehistoric archaeologists investigate past human life,and explain what insights can be gained.

Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time,which requires a strong

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Politics and Power

Religion

Health and Illness

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