Question 1

One effect of the spread of industrialization has been

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A)  a decrease in global power. 
B)  the destruction of indigenous economies, ecologies, and populations. 
C)  the incorporation of indigenous communities into industrial projects. 
D)  an increased awareness among industrialists and states of the need for environmental protection. 
E)  an increase in the equitable distribution of wealth. 
A)  a decrease in global power. 
B)  the destruction of indigenous economies, ecologies, and populations. 
C)  the incorporation of indigenous communities into industrial projects. 
D)  an increased awareness among industrialists and states of the need for environmental protection. 
E)  an increase in the equitable distribution of wealth.

Question 2

With the spread of industrialization, the existence of indigenous economies, ecologies, and populations has become threatened all over the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?

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A)  the modern world system 
B)  industrialization 
C)  an open class system 
D)  socioeconomic stratification 
E)  capital 
A)  the modern world system 
B)  industrialization 
C)  an open class system 
D)  socioeconomic stratification 
E)  capital

Question 4

The United States originally started out as a peripheral nation, but by 1900 it had asserted itself as a member of the industrialized core.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The current world stratification system features a substantial contrast between capitalists and workers in the core nations, and workers on the periphery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Who are indigenous peoples?

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A)  people who live in autonomous, independent nation-states 
B)  peasants who are of the same ethnicity as the ruling elite 
C)  descendants of tribespeople who live on as culturally distinct, colonized peoples, many of whom aspire to autonomy 
D)  any population living in a nation-state on the periphery of the world system 
E)  people who have emigrated to a new country 
A)  people who live in autonomous, independent nation-states 
B)  peasants who are of the same ethnicity as the ruling elite 
C)  descendants of tribespeople who live on as culturally distinct, colonized peoples, many of whom aspire to autonomy 
D)  any population living in a nation-state on the periphery of the world system 
E)  people who have emigrated to a new country

Question 7

According to Wallerstein (1982, 2004), what are the three structural positions of the modern world system?

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A)  core, periphery, and semiperiphery 
B)  metropole, satellite, and semisatellite 
C)  state, nation-state, and nation 
D)  wealth, power, and prestige 
E)  preliterate, nonliterate, and literate 
A)  core, periphery, and semiperiphery 
B)  metropole, satellite, and semisatellite 
C)  state, nation-state, and nation 
D)  wealth, power, and prestige 
E)  preliterate, nonliterate, and literate

Question 8

Ethnocide refers to the intentional destruction of an ethnic group's traditional customs, beliefs, and behaviors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Industrial Revolution did not begin in France, because the French domestic manufacturing system could produce satisfactorily without innovating.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What does the term Columbian exchange refer to?

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A)  the exchange of culture that occurred among Native Americans and Europeans that eventually led to the first great civilizations in the Americas and, in Europe, the first classless societies 
B)  the general reciprocity that characterized the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans during the first 15 years after initial contact 
C)  the spread of people, resources, products, ideas, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after contact 
D)  the spread of European notions and technologies of warfare to Native Americans, who never engaged in massive violent campaigns prior to the 1500s 
E)  the peaceful exchange among Europeans and Native Americans of native edible plant species 
A)  the exchange of culture that occurred among Native Americans and Europeans that eventually led to the first great civilizations in the Americas and, in Europe, the first classless societies 
B)  the general reciprocity that characterized the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans during the first 15 years after initial contact 
C)  the spread of people, resources, products, ideas, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after contact 
D)  the spread of European notions and technologies of warfare to Native Americans, who never engaged in massive violent campaigns prior to the 1500s 
E)  the peaceful exchange among Europeans and Native Americans of native edible plant species

Question 11

When indigenous peoples are incorporated into modern nation-states, they usually become part of the impoverished classes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements about Karl Marx is NOT true?

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A)  He analyzed 19th-century industrial production capitalism. 
B)  He viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests. 
C)  He called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie. 
D)  He called the people who sold their own labor the proletariat. 
E)  He emphasized class consciousness. 
A)  He analyzed 19th-century industrial production capitalism. 
B)  He viewed socioeconomic stratification in terms of several classes with different but complementary interests. 
C)  He called the owners of the means of production the bourgeoisie. 
D)  He called the people who sold their own labor the proletariat. 
E)  He emphasized class consciousness.

Question 13

What best typifies the intervention philosophy of the French empire?

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A)  carte blanche 
B)  savoir-faire 
C)  coup d'état 
D)  mission civilisatrice 
E)  nom de plume 
A)  carte blanche 
B)  savoir-faire 
C)  coup d'état 
D)  mission civilisatrice 
E)  nom de plume

Question 14

All of the following are true about neoliberalism EXCEPT that it

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A)  places more emphasis on individual responsibility than on the common good. 
B)  characterizes the type of policies designed by powerful international financial institutions. 
C)  has been spreading globally. 
D)  refers to a recent revival of economic liberalism. 
E)  is characterized by the policy that environmental protection and job safety are too important to be left unregulated. 
A)  places more emphasis on individual responsibility than on the common good. 
B)  characterizes the type of policies designed by powerful international financial institutions. 
C)  has been spreading globally. 
D)  refers to a recent revival of economic liberalism. 
E)  is characterized by the policy that environmental protection and job safety are too important to be left unregulated.

Question 15

Life in nations in the periphery is characterized by high percentages of poverty and frequent food shortages brought on by a high level of stratification between a small number of large landowners and landless workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ethnographic research in postsocialist societies is thriving. What are some of the common problems typical of these societies? Why would an ethnographic approach be advantageous to addressing these problems?

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Ethnographic research in postsocialist s

Question 17

Colonialism refers to the solicitation by peripheral countries of political and financial assistance from core nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Periphery nations

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A)  export to the core but not the semiperiphery. 
B)  lack industrialization. 
C)  are isolated from the world economy. 
D)  have economies that disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core. 
E)  have little incentive to interact with nations of the core. 
A)  export to the core but not the semiperiphery. 
B)  lack industrialization. 
C)  are isolated from the world economy. 
D)  have economies that disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core. 
E)  have little incentive to interact with nations of the core.

Question 19

How is the world stratification system related to the structural positions within the world capitalist economy? What about the modern stratification system within the United States?

Accepted Answer

The world stratification system is close

Question 20

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Fortunately, however,

Accepted Answer

A)  this resource depletion is very localized, since extractive enterprises have been using new technologies that completely eliminate negative externalities. 
B)  the money made from this resource depletion always benefits the host communities and countries. 
C)  resource depletion now is more than 80 percent sustainable. 
D)  today's world has some environmental watchdogs-many of them anthropologists-who did not exist during the first centuries of the Industrial Revolution. 
E)  anthropologists are increasingly being consulted prior to the start of new resource extraction projects. 
A)  this resource depletion is very localized, since extractive enterprises have been using new technologies that completely eliminate negative externalities. 
B)  the money made from this resource depletion always benefits the host communities and countries. 
C)  resource depletion now is more than 80 percent sustainable. 
D)  today's world has some environmental watchdogs-many of them anthropologists-who did not exist during the first centuries of the Industrial Revolution. 
E)  anthropologists are increasingly being consulted prior to the start of new resource extraction projects.

Exam 23: The World System and Colonialism

One effect of the spread of industrialization has been

With the spread of industrialization, the existence of indigenous economies, ecologies, and populations has become threatened all over the world.

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?

The United States originally started out as a peripheral nation, but by 1900 it had asserted itself as a member of the industrialized core.

The current world stratification system features a substantial contrast between capitalists and workers in the core nations, and workers on the periphery.

Who are indigenous peoples?

According to Wallerstein (1982, 2004), what are the three structural positions of the modern world system?

Ethnocide refers to the intentional destruction of an ethnic group's traditional customs, beliefs, and behaviors.

The Industrial Revolution did not begin in France, because the French domestic manufacturing system could produce satisfactorily without innovating.

What does the term Columbian exchange refer to?

When indigenous peoples are incorporated into modern nation-states, they usually become part of the impoverished classes.

Which of the following statements about Karl Marx is NOT true?

What best typifies the intervention philosophy of the French empire?

All of the following are true about neoliberalism EXCEPT that it

Life in nations in the periphery is characterized by high percentages of poverty and frequent food shortages brought on by a high level of stratification between a small number of large landowners and landless workers.

Ethnographic research in postsocialist societies is thriving. What are some of the common problems typical of these societies? Why would an ethnographic approach be advantageous to addressing these problems?

Colonialism refers to the solicitation by peripheral countries of political and financial assistance from core nations.

Periphery nations

How is the world stratification system related to the structural positions within the world capitalist economy? What about the modern stratification system within the United States?

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Fortunately, however,

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