Exam 11: The Global Economy

One of the ways that human beings have established societies that flourish is through the cultural adaptation to the environment,which is also known as

The concept of flexible accumulation describes an overall strategy of multinational corporations to increase profitability.One of the keys to the success of this strategy is the use of

Why does the nation of Bangladesh illustrate the problems of development and how it relates to environmental challenges?

The author discusses that the Chinese restaurant workers who enter the United States through New York

One outgrowth of European colonialism was driven in part by the vast inflow of raw materials-sugar,cotton,and more-as well as labor,seen as expendable.As this economy grew,it led to the development of faster,cheaper processing methods,all of which led to

The text tells us that early evidence of agriculture appears in numerous places around the globe,including the Indus River in South Asia,the Yellow River in China,the Nile valley in Egypt and,of course,the Fertile Crescent region in Mesopotamia.Southern Africa is notably absent,and this may be because

Explain where and when the so-called Triangle Trade occurred,identifying the three primary commodities the text discusses in this exchange network.Contrast the production and exchanges that occurred in the Caribbean plantation economy with the exchanges occurring between European trappers and Native American populations in North America.

Did you get a tax refund last year? If you did,you have experienced one of the side effects of redistribution that we understand as

Generalized reciprocity-the exchange of goods and services among those of relatively equal status-provides a means to share resources,but it is also significant because it

The text suggests that globalization has challenged the neat categories of Wallerstein's world systems theory,in that the flow of goods and ideas is less predictable,and the uneven development persists in much of the world.According to the world systems theory,this is likely because

How does the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement fit with the ideas behind neoliberal economic policies?

The process of "closing a deal" in business can be a cutthroat one,with both parties (think of a corporate merger)trying to get the best deal they possibly can.This can be analyzed by anthropologists as a form of

Prior to the European exploration of the Americas,trade routes between China and Europe were accomplished via

Critics of modernization suggest that underdevelopment is the result of postcolonialism,and that poor countries today cannot participate in the global economy because it is structured to transfer ________ to developed nations.

One critique of modernization argues that colonialism has not gone away and that the underlying economic interrelationships in the world today are

Contrast the perspectives of modernization and dependency theories.First,define modernization theory and explain two objectives of economic development projects.Then discuss the criticisms of this approach that have emerged in Latin America.Why did Latin American theorists argue that Latin American nations could not be competitive in the global economic system? What did they suggest that underdeveloped nations do?

What distinguishes Wallerstein's notions of core,peripheral,and semiperipheral nations? Define each,and explain how they correlate to the concepts of colonial and postcolonial nations.After explaining the role of each in production or exchange networks,explain-using the example of Appalachia from the text-how a peripheral area can exist within a core.Provide a second example of how a core can exist within a periphery.How does the author account for this phenomenon?

Discuss where and when agricultural production is first seen in the historical record.What technologies does this subsistence strategy entail? Identify and explain changes that occur with the transition to the agricultural subsistence strategy.Provide a total of three examples of social,political,and demographic changes in societies practicing agriculture with food production that is not seen in horticultural,pastoral,or foraging lifestyles.

Agriculture is defined as

Keynes advanced the position that capitalism works best when