Question 1

What are the primary strengths of world systems theory? Give an example of a project in which you might employ it.

Accepted Answer

For several decades, world systems theor

Question 2

Push-pull factors

Accepted Answer

A)  describe the factors that contribute the elevation of tides worldwide. 
B)  explain why colonists adventured to the new world. 
C)  provide the foundation for determining the difference between core and periphery nations. 
D)  describe the factors that "push" people to migrate from their homes and that "pull" them to host countries. 
A)  describe the factors that contribute the elevation of tides worldwide. 
B)  explain why colonists adventured to the new world. 
C)  provide the foundation for determining the difference between core and periphery nations. 
D)  describe the factors that "push" people to migrate from their homes and that "pull" them to host countries.

Question 3

Globalization is the

Accepted Answer

A)  idea that cultural characteristics result from internal historical dynamism. 
B)  process of relationships being limited to those within nation-state boundaries. 
C)  field that studies the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism. 
D)  widening scale of cross-cultural interactions caused by the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas within nations and across national boundaries. 
A)  idea that cultural characteristics result from internal historical dynamism. 
B)  process of relationships being limited to those within nation-state boundaries. 
C)  field that studies the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism. 
D)  widening scale of cross-cultural interactions caused by the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas within nations and across national boundaries.

Question 4

Hybridization is about

Accepted Answer

A)  maintaining distinct ethnic boundaries. 
B)  technological inequality. 
C)  defining a direction for change. 
D)  cultural mixing. 
A)  maintaining distinct ethnic boundaries. 
B)  technological inequality. 
C)  defining a direction for change. 
D)  cultural mixing.

Question 5

People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A limitation of convergence theories is that they underestimate variability and plasticity as key features of human culture and evolutionary history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Zapatistas in Mexico are examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  globalization. 
B)  immigration. 
C)  localization. 
D)  migration. 
A)  globalization. 
B)  immigration. 
C)  localization. 
D)  migration.

Question 8

Multi-sited ethnography is a strategy of following connections, associations, and putative relationships from place to place

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are the primary strengths of world systems theory? Give an example of a project in which you might employ it.

Push-pull factors

Globalization is the

Hybridization is about

People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.

A limitation of convergence theories is that they underestimate variability and plasticity as key features of human culture and evolutionary history.

The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Zapatistas in Mexico are examples of

Multi-sited ethnography is a strategy of following connections, associations, and putative relationships from place to place

Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity

Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives

Ethnography: Studying Culture

Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture

Foodways: Foinding, Making, and Eating Food

Environmental Anthropology: Relating to the Natural World

Economics: Working, Sharing, Buying

Politics: Cooperation, Conflict, and Power Relations

Race, Ethnicity, and Class: Understanding Identity and Social Inequality

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: the Fluidity of Maleness and Femaleness

Kinship, Marriage, and the Family: Love, Sex, and Power

Religion: Ritual and Belief

The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness

Materiality: Constructing Social Relationships and Meanings With Things

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Exam 5: Globalization and Culture: Understanding Global Interconnections

What are the primary strengths of world systems theory? Give an example of a project in which you might employ it.

Push-pull factors

Globalization is the

Hybridization is about

People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.

A limitation of convergence theories is that they underestimate variability and plasticity as key features of human culture and evolutionary history.

The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Zapatistas in Mexico are examples of

Multi-sited ethnography is a strategy of following connections, associations, and putative relationships from place to place

Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity

Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives

Ethnography: Studying Culture

Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture

Foodways: Foinding, Making, and Eating Food

Environmental Anthropology: Relating to the Natural World

Economics: Working, Sharing, Buying

Politics: Cooperation, Conflict, and Power Relations

Race, Ethnicity, and Class: Understanding Identity and Social Inequality

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: the Fluidity of Maleness and Femaleness

Kinship, Marriage, and the Family: Love, Sex, and Power

Religion: Ritual and Belief

The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness

Materiality: Constructing Social Relationships and Meanings With Things

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