Question 1

French colonial strategies incorporated both direct and indirect rule.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was the Industrial Revolution,and how did life in that period differ from previous life in villages,towns,and cities? Why is this topic relevant to an anthropologist?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 3

Weber argued that the only true capitalists were Protestants,and people who believed in any other faith could never fully mature as capitalists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What changes did workers instigate in response to industrialization in England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Workers launched a proletarian revolution. 
B)  Workers barred women and children from working in factories. 
C)  Workers won the right to control production. 
D)  Workers organized to protected their interest. 
E)  Workers demanded the 8-hour work day and the Sabbath off. 
A)  Workers launched a proletarian revolution. 
B)  Workers barred women and children from working in factories. 
C)  Workers won the right to control production. 
D)  Workers organized to protected their interest. 
E)  Workers demanded the 8-hour work day and the Sabbath off.

Question 5

Who are indigenous peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)  people who live in autonomous, independent nation-states 
B)  peasants who are of the same ethnicity as the ruling elite 
C)  original inhabitants of particular areas 
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)  original inhabitants of particular areas 
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 6

Weber argued that without Catholic ethics and values,capitalism and industrialism would have never spread beyond England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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?

Accepted Answer

Ethnographic research in postsocialist s

Question 9

Many of the political,linguistic,religious,and economic distinctions among the countries of West Africa today are artifacts of colonialism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What does the term Columbian exchange refer to?

Accepted Answer

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

What is the world system perspective,and why is it important in anthropology?

Accepted Answer

The world-systems perspective is an anal

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

Accepted Answer

A)  a tremendous expansion in the strength of independent indigenous nations of Mexico and South America. 
B)  the development of a transatlantic slave trade. 
C)  the movement of sugar-producing nations from the periphery to the core of the world system. 
D)  the movement of capitalism, once a cultural trait specific to New Guinea (where sugar was first domesticated), to the rest of the world. 
E)  a long-term improvement in the distribution of wealth among the rural peasantry of England. 
A)  a tremendous expansion in the strength of independent indigenous nations of Mexico and South America. 
B)  the development of a transatlantic slave trade. 
C)  the movement of sugar-producing nations from the periphery to the core of the world system. 
D)  the movement of capitalism, once a cultural trait specific to New Guinea (where sugar was first domesticated), to the rest of the world. 
E)  a long-term improvement in the distribution of wealth among the rural peasantry of England.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The distinction between small-c communism and large-C Communism is an example of arbitrary concepts defined in the social sciences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Periphery nations

Accepted Answer

A)  export to the core but not to 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 to 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 17

The seeds of industrial society were planted well before the 18th century.For example,a knitting machine invented in England in 1589 was so far ahead of its time that it played a profitable role in factories two and three centuries later.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Trade and other economic relations between core and periphery disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 23: The World System and Colonialism

French colonial strategies incorporated both direct and indirect rule.

What was the Industrial Revolution,and how did life in that period differ from previous life in villages,towns,and cities? Why is this topic relevant to an anthropologist?

Weber argued that the only true capitalists were Protestants,and people who believed in any other faith could never fully mature as capitalists.

What changes did workers instigate in response to industrialization in England?

Who are indigenous peoples?

Weber argued that without Catholic ethics and values,capitalism and industrialism would have never spread beyond England.

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,

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?

Many of the political,linguistic,religious,and economic distinctions among the countries of West Africa today are artifacts of colonialism.

What does the term Columbian exchange refer to?

What is the world system perspective,and why is it important in anthropology?

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

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

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

The distinction between small-c communism and large-C Communism is an example of arbitrary concepts defined in the social sciences.

Periphery nations

The seeds of industrial society were planted well before the 18th century.For example,a knitting machine invented in England in 1589 was so far ahead of its time that it played a profitable role in factories two and three centuries later.

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

Trade and other economic relations between core and periphery disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core.

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

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The seeds of industrial society were planted well before the 18^th century.For example,a knitting machine invented in England in 1589 was so far ahead of its time that it played a profitable role in factories two and three centuries later.