Question 1

What is the name of the Brazilian danceplay that reenacts the Portuguese discovery of Brazil?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arembepeiros 
B)  Chegança 
C)  Parantíns 
D)  Carnaval 
E)  Dia do Descobrimento 
A)  Arembepeiros 
B)  Chegança 
C)  Parantíns 
D)  Carnaval 
E)  Dia do Descobrimento

Question 2

Ethnoecology is any society's set of environmental practices and perceptions-that is,its cultural model of the environment and its relation to people and society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

To Arjun Appadurai (1990),"________" describes the linkages in the modern world that have both enlarged and erased old boundaries and distinctions.

Accepted Answer

A)  postmodern 
B)  ethnocentric 
C)  translocal 
D)  essentialized 
E)  diasporic 
A)  postmodern 
B)  ethnocentric 
C)  translocal 
D)  essentialized 
E)  diasporic

Question 4

What is environmental anthropology? What can be its contribution to addressing environmental threats around the world?

Accepted Answer

Environmental anthropology is a subfield

Question 5

In Spanish-speaking Latin America,social scientists and politicians now favor the term indio over indígena when referring to Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The last 30 years have seen a dramatic shift in the conditions of indigenous peoples in Latin America,where the drive by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  political reforms involving a restructuring of the state. 
B)  their cultural distinctiveness. 
C)  an implicit call for excluding strangers. 
D)  limited self government. 
E)  sustainable development and political representation. 
A)  political reforms involving a restructuring of the state. 
B)  their cultural distinctiveness. 
C)  an implicit call for excluding strangers. 
D)  limited self government. 
E)  sustainable development and political representation.

Question 7

Cultural forces are indigenized when native traditions are presented to and appreciated by the former colonialists,who acknowledge these forces as indigenous or native.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

________ refers to the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others,or its imposition on other cultures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Diasporation 
B)  Symbolic domination 
C)  Cultural imperialism 
D)  Conquest 
E)  Colonialism 
A)  Diasporation 
B)  Symbolic domination 
C)  Cultural imperialism 
D)  Conquest 
E)  Colonialism

Question 9

What Caribbean people did Grasmuck and Pessar characterize as living "between two islands?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Dominicans 
B)  Puerto Ricans 
C)  Cubans 
D)  Jamaicans 
E)  Trinidadians 
A)  Dominicans 
B)  Puerto Ricans 
C)  Cubans 
D)  Jamaicans 
E)  Trinidadians

Question 10

What is the difference between postmodernity and postmodernism? How has postmodernity affected the units of anthropological study?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernity and postmodernism are ofte

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT true of postmodernism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The term originally referred to a style and movement in architecture. 
B)  It rejects rules, geometric order, and austerity. 
C)  It has a clear and functional design or structure. 
D)  It draws on a diversity of styles from different times and places. 
E)  It extends value well beyond classic, elite, Western cultural forms. 
A)  The term originally referred to a style and movement in architecture. 
B)  It rejects rules, geometric order, and austerity. 
C)  It has a clear and functional design or structure. 
D)  It draws on a diversity of styles from different times and places. 
E)  It extends value well beyond classic, elite, Western cultural forms.

Question 12

________ refers to the blurring and breakdown of established canons-rules,standards,categories,distinctions,and boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chaos 
B)  Entropy 
C)  Postmodern 
D)  Agoraphobia 
E)  Diaspora 
A)  Chaos 
B)  Entropy 
C)  Postmodern 
D)  Agoraphobia 
E)  Diaspora

Question 13

In Latin America,the drive by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized their autochthony,with an implicit call for excluding strangers from their communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Global warming is primarily due to increased solar radiation,not human activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The spread of environmentalism may expose radically different notions about the rights and values of plants and animals versus humans.Fortunately,it is clear to everyone that certain animal rights trump other rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Cases of local communities using modern technology to preserve and revise their traditions

Accepted Answer

A)  are examples of hidden ethnocide. 
B)  are becoming more common. 
C)  contradict Gramsci's theory of hegemony. 
D)  are becoming increasingly rare, due to the cost of this technology. 
E)  suggest that modern technology is always an agent of cultural imperialism. 
A)  are examples of hidden ethnocide. 
B)  are becoming more common. 
C)  contradict Gramsci's theory of hegemony. 
D)  are becoming increasingly rare, due to the cost of this technology. 
E)  suggest that modern technology is always an agent of cultural imperialism.

Question 17

Vietnamese children learning French history in French colonial schools is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  bilingual education. 
B)  diffusion. 
C)  cultural borrowing. 
D)  cultural imperialism. 
E)  ethnocide. 
A)  bilingual education. 
B)  diffusion. 
C)  cultural borrowing. 
D)  cultural imperialism. 
E)  ethnocide.

Question 18

Unlike indigenous peoples,the term ________ highlights the prominence that the exclusion of strangers has assumed in day-to-day politics worldwide and has been claimed by majority groups in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A)  indigenous people 
B)  autochthon 
C)  mestizo 
D)  Euroindio 
E)  freedom fighter 
A)  indigenous people 
B)  autochthon 
C)  mestizo 
D)  Euroindio 
E)  freedom fighter

Question 19

TV programming that is culturally alien tends to outperform native programming when the alien programming comes from the United States,Great Britain,or France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How has the community of Newtok,Alaska,been affected by global climate change? What are some of the challenges this community faces in the near future as they try to rebuild?

Accepted Answer

The community of Newtok, Alaska has been

Exam 24: Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

What is the name of the Brazilian danceplay that reenacts the Portuguese discovery of Brazil?

Ethnoecology is any society's set of environmental practices and perceptions-that is,its cultural model of the environment and its relation to people and society.

To Arjun Appadurai (1990),"________" describes the linkages in the modern world that have both enlarged and erased old boundaries and distinctions.

What is environmental anthropology? What can be its contribution to addressing environmental threats around the world?

In Spanish-speaking Latin America,social scientists and politicians now favor the term indio over indígena when referring to Native Americans.

The last 30 years have seen a dramatic shift in the conditions of indigenous peoples in Latin America,where the drive by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized all of the following EXCEPT

Cultural forces are indigenized when native traditions are presented to and appreciated by the former colonialists,who acknowledge these forces as indigenous or native.

________ refers to the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others,or its imposition on other cultures.

What Caribbean people did Grasmuck and Pessar characterize as living "between two islands?"

What is the difference between postmodernity and postmodernism? How has postmodernity affected the units of anthropological study?

Which of the following is NOT true of postmodernism?

________ refers to the blurring and breakdown of established canons-rules,standards,categories,distinctions,and boundaries.

In Latin America,the drive by indigenous peoples for self-identification has emphasized their autochthony,with an implicit call for excluding strangers from their communities.

Global warming is primarily due to increased solar radiation,not human activity.

The spread of environmentalism may expose radically different notions about the rights and values of plants and animals versus humans.Fortunately,it is clear to everyone that certain animal rights trump other rights.

Cases of local communities using modern technology to preserve and revise their traditions

Vietnamese children learning French history in French colonial schools is an example of

Unlike indigenous peoples,the term ________ highlights the prominence that the exclusion of strangers has assumed in day-to-day politics worldwide and has been claimed by majority groups in Europe.

TV programming that is culturally alien tends to outperform native programming when the alien programming comes from the United States,Great Britain,or France.

How has the community of Newtok,Alaska,been affected by global climate change? What are some of the challenges this community faces in the near future as they try to rebuild?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

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