Question 1

What was the purpose of the El Dorado Task Force?

Accepted Answer

This was a committee formed and charged by the American Anthropological Association in order to investigate Tierney's accusations against Chagnon regarding the latter's research among the Yanömamo.

Question 2

A large percentage of Mexican tomatoes are imported by the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The belief that the unregulated market is a far better regulator of economic (ansocial and cultural) life than the state is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  neoliberalism 
B)  globalization 
C)  globalized labor 
D)  cultural negotiation 
A)  neoliberalism 
B)  globalization 
C)  globalized labor 
D)  cultural negotiation A

Question 4

What are the two major dimensions of neoliberalism?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the two major dimensions of...

Question 5

Clearly, globalization is pushing the world toward a more homogeneous culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to Passel (2006), the Pew Hispanic Research Center estimates that thapproximate number of unauthorized migrants in the United States from Mexico is:

Accepted Answer

A)  more than 10 million 
B)  more than 8 million 
C)  more than 6 million 
D)  less than 5 million 
A)  more than 10 million 
B)  more than 8 million 
C)  more than 6 million 
D)  less than 5 million

Question 7

In the past twenty years, global travel has increased fourfold.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is meant by a "remittance" on the global labor market?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is meant by a "remittance" on...

Question 9

Maquiladoras are found in Mexico only.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the Amazon area the colonial practice of shifting cultivation was the prime causof the deforestation witnessed today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In many areas of the United States women migrants find work more easily thamen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not a frequent cause of misunderstanding betweemigrant nannies and their employers?

Accepted Answer

A)  type of food provided to children 
B)  types of discipline or lack of it 
C)  wasting of food 
D)  cultural enrichment provided 
A)  type of food provided to children 
B)  types of discipline or lack of it 
C)  wasting of food 
D)  cultural enrichment provided

Question 13

What is meant by the term "biosprospecting"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a search for commercially useful plant genetic material for the international drug market 
B)  a search for indigenous plant materials in order to obtain new genetic material for stem cell research programs 
C)  the harvesting of both plant and animal materials for zoos and other conservation programs 
D)  a form of excavation and analysis that allows indigenous communities joint venture involvement in the development and exploitation of native-produced goods 
A)  a search for commercially useful plant genetic material for the international drug market 
B)  a search for indigenous plant materials in order to obtain new genetic material for stem cell research programs 
C)  the harvesting of both plant and animal materials for zoos and other conservation programs 
D)  a form of excavation and analysis that allows indigenous communities joint venture involvement in the development and exploitation of native-produced goods

Question 14

A prime cause of the recent deforestation suffered in Central America is due tdemand for export goods and resources from these economies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

About one half of the 500,000 Salvadorans living in the United States are in tharea of:

Accepted Answer

A)  New York City 
B)  Atlanta 
C)  Los Angeles 
D)  Miami 
A)  New York City 
B)  Atlanta 
C)  Los Angeles 
D)  Miami

Question 16

An approach that stresses conflictive relationships between members of differensocial categories with unequal access to productive resources and economic and political power is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  political economy 
B)  political ecology 
C)  systemic violence 
D)  gendered global division of labor 
A)  political economy 
B)  political ecology 
C)  systemic violence 
D)  gendered global division of labor

Question 17

Some itinerant Mexican farmworkers are in the United States legally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which area has suffered the most devastating losses of forest cover due tdeforestation in the past decade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mesoamerica 
B)  Central America 
C)  Amazonia 
D)  Andean region 
A)  Mesoamerica 
B)  Central America 
C)  Amazonia 
D)  Andean region

Question 19

Describe and discuss the invention of tradition that is ongoing in contemporarCusco, Peru.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe and discuss the invention of tradition...

Question 20

In maquiladoras transnational corporations:

Accepted Answer

A)  work to make shop-floor culture attractive to both men and women in order to maximize production 
B)  employ primarily female managers to improve hiring practices, shop-floor culture and productivity 
C)  work to feminize productivity through language, shop-floor culture, and hiring practices 
D)  work to overcome the feminized labor culture that exists in the factories due to women's natural ability in assembly work 
A)  work to make shop-floor culture attractive to both men and women in order to maximize production 
B)  employ primarily female managers to improve hiring practices, shop-floor culture and productivity 
C)  work to feminize productivity through language, shop-floor culture, and hiring practices 
D)  work to overcome the feminized labor culture that exists in the factories due to women's natural ability in assembly work

What was the purpose of the El Dorado Task Force?

A large percentage of Mexican tomatoes are imported by the United States.

The belief that the unregulated market is a far better regulator of economic (ansocial and cultural) life than the state is called:

What are the two major dimensions of neoliberalism?

Clearly, globalization is pushing the world toward a more homogeneous culture.

According to Passel (2006), the Pew Hispanic Research Center estimates that thapproximate number of unauthorized migrants in the United States from Mexico is:

In the past twenty years, global travel has increased fourfold.

What is meant by a "remittance" on the global labor market?

Maquiladoras are found in Mexico only.

In the Amazon area the colonial practice of shifting cultivation was the prime causof the deforestation witnessed today.

In many areas of the United States women migrants find work more easily thamen.

Which of the following is not a frequent cause of misunderstanding betweemigrant nannies and their employers?

What is meant by the term "biosprospecting"?

A prime cause of the recent deforestation suffered in Central America is due tdemand for export goods and resources from these economies.

About one half of the 500,000 Salvadorans living in the United States are in tharea of:

An approach that stresses conflictive relationships between members of differensocial categories with unequal access to productive resources and economic and political power is called:

Some itinerant Mexican farmworkers are in the United States legally.

Which area has suffered the most devastating losses of forest cover due tdeforestation in the past decade?

Describe and discuss the invention of tradition that is ongoing in contemporarCusco, Peru.

In maquiladoras transnational corporations:

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

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Exam 10: Perspectives in Globalization

What was the purpose of the El Dorado Task Force?

A large percentage of Mexican tomatoes are imported by the United States.

The belief that the unregulated market is a far better regulator of economic (ansocial and cultural) life than the state is called:

What are the two major dimensions of neoliberalism?

Clearly, globalization is pushing the world toward a more homogeneous culture.

According to Passel (2006), the Pew Hispanic Research Center estimates that thapproximate number of unauthorized migrants in the United States from Mexico is:

In the past twenty years, global travel has increased fourfold.

What is meant by a "remittance" on the global labor market?

Maquiladoras are found in Mexico only.

In the Amazon area the colonial practice of shifting cultivation was the prime causof the deforestation witnessed today.

In many areas of the United States women migrants find work more easily thamen.

Which of the following is not a frequent cause of misunderstanding betweemigrant nannies and their employers?

What is meant by the term "biosprospecting"?

A prime cause of the recent deforestation suffered in Central America is due tdemand for export goods and resources from these economies.

About one half of the 500,000 Salvadorans living in the United States are in tharea of:

An approach that stresses conflictive relationships between members of differensocial categories with unequal access to productive resources and economic and political power is called:

Some itinerant Mexican farmworkers are in the United States legally.

Which area has suffered the most devastating losses of forest cover due tdeforestation in the past decade?

Describe and discuss the invention of tradition that is ongoing in contemporarCusco, Peru.

In maquiladoras transnational corporations:

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

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