Question 1

Modern technology plays an important role in both facilitating cultural imperialism and resisting it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What term 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 3

Discuss why the term indigenous people has great political weight.What have indigenous movements in Latin America emphasized in their drive for self-determination?

Accepted Answer

The term "indigenous people" carries gre

Question 4

The deliberate physical extinction of a group is known as

Accepted Answer

A) ethnocide. 
B) genocide. 
C) indigenocide. 
D) cultural imperialism. 
E) acculturation. 
A) ethnocide. 
B) genocide. 
C) indigenocide. 
D) cultural imperialism. 
E) acculturation.

Question 5

Which of the following is one of the proofs given by scientists that the current climate change is human driven?

Accepted Answer

A) Humans always destroy their environment. 
B) The foraging way of life the humans have followed for most of their existence encourages exponential population growth. 
C) The media has shown that humans are responsible for climate change. 
D) The rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has correlated with the rise in surface temperature. 
E) Sea level rising has correlated with the rise in surface temperature. 
A) Humans always destroy their environment. 
B) The foraging way of life the humans have followed for most of their existence encourages exponential population growth. 
C) The media has shown that humans are responsible for climate change. 
D) The rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has correlated with the rise in surface temperature. 
E) Sea level rising has correlated with the rise in surface temperature.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Postmodernity and postmodernism are ofte

Question 7

The indigenous rights movement has brought about full equality in all Latin American countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What does Kottak say is the greatest obstacle to slowing climate change?

Accepted Answer

A) Curbing population growth 
B) Providing enough food 
C) Ensuring that each culture is considered in any plan to halt climate change 
D) Stopping deforestation 
E) Meeting energy needs 
A) Curbing population growth 
B) Providing enough food 
C) Ensuring that each culture is considered in any plan to halt climate change 
D) Stopping deforestation 
E) Meeting energy needs

Question 9

Conservation projects have traditionally been sensitive to the ethnoecologies of indigenous people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Forces influencing production and consumption are no longer restricted by national boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which is the term that many scientists prefer instead of global warming to describe changes in the environment?

Accepted Answer

A) Deforestation 
B) Climate change 
C) Diaspora 
D) Arctic melting 
E) Global temperature change 
A) Deforestation 
B) Climate change 
C) Diaspora 
D) Arctic melting 
E) Global temperature change

Question 12

Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is the term for our contemporary world in flux, with people on the move, in which established groups, boundaries, identities, contrasts, and standards are reaching out and breaking down?

Accepted Answer

A) Postmodernity 
B) Indigenization 
C) Diaspora 
D) Hegemony 
E) Globalization 
A) Postmodernity 
B) Indigenization 
C) Diaspora 
D) Hegemony 
E) Globalization

Question 14

What term refers to changes that result when groups come into continuous firsthand contact?

Accepted Answer

A) Acculturation 
B) Hegemony 
C) Enculturation 
D) Diaspora 
E) Colonialism 
A) Acculturation 
B) Hegemony 
C) Enculturation 
D) Diaspora 
E) Colonialism

Question 15

Discuss the evidence for climate change and the specific evidence that climate change is at least partially human driven.What human factors influence climate change?

Accepted Answer

The evidence for climate change is overw

Question 16

What is the natural phenomenon that keeps the Earth's surface warm?

Accepted Answer

A) Atmosphere 
B) Global warming 
C) Ocean currents 
D) Hothouse effect 
E) Greenhouse effect 
A) Atmosphere 
B) Global warming 
C) Ocean currents 
D) Hothouse effect 
E) Greenhouse effect

Question 17

Westernization has most often been described as a form of what kind of cultural change?

Accepted Answer

A) Exodus 
B) Postmodernism 
C) Acculturation 
D) Enculturation 
E) Migration 
A) Exodus 
B) Postmodernism 
C) Acculturation 
D) Enculturation 
E) Migration

Question 18

Explain the difference between acculturation and indigenization, citing examples of each.

Accepted Answer

Acculturation and indigenization are two

Question 19

Which of the following is not true of postmodernism?

Accepted Answer

A) It originally described 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, and Western cultural forms. 
A) It originally described 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, and Western cultural forms.

Question 20

What is a priority issue to the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar?

Accepted Answer

A) Human poverty 
B) Lemur extinction 
C) Deforestation 
D) Getting local television programming that reflects their culture 
E) Lemur interference at airports 
A) Human poverty 
B) Lemur extinction 
C) Deforestation 
D) Getting local television programming that reflects their culture 
E) Lemur interference at airports

Modern technology plays an important role in both facilitating cultural imperialism and resisting it.

What term refers to the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others, or its imposition on other cultures?

Discuss why the term indigenous people has great political weight.What have indigenous movements in Latin America emphasized in their drive for self-determination?

The deliberate physical extinction of a group is known as

Which of the following is one of the proofs given by scientists that the current climate change is human driven?

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

The indigenous rights movement has brought about full equality in all Latin American countries.

What does Kottak say is the greatest obstacle to slowing climate change?

Conservation projects have traditionally been sensitive to the ethnoecologies of indigenous people.

Forces influencing production and consumption are no longer restricted by national boundaries.

Which is the term that many scientists prefer instead of global warming to describe changes in the environment?

Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce.

What is the term for our contemporary world in flux, with people on the move, in which established groups, boundaries, identities, contrasts, and standards are reaching out and breaking down?

What term refers to changes that result when groups come into continuous firsthand contact?

Discuss the evidence for climate change and the specific evidence that climate change is at least partially human driven.What human factors influence climate change?

What is the natural phenomenon that keeps the Earth's surface warm?

Westernization has most often been described as a form of what kind of cultural change?

Explain the difference between acculturation and indigenization, citing examples of each.

Which of the following is not true of postmodernism?

What is a priority issue to the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar?

What Is Anthropology

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Exam 13: Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Modern technology plays an important role in both facilitating cultural imperialism and resisting it.

What term refers to the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others, or its imposition on other cultures?

Discuss why the term indigenous people has great political weight.What have indigenous movements in Latin America emphasized in their drive for self-determination?

The deliberate physical extinction of a group is known as

Which of the following is one of the proofs given by scientists that the current climate change is human driven?

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

The indigenous rights movement has brought about full equality in all Latin American countries.

What does Kottak say is the greatest obstacle to slowing climate change?

Conservation projects have traditionally been sensitive to the ethnoecologies of indigenous people.

Forces influencing production and consumption are no longer restricted by national boundaries.

Which is the term that many scientists prefer instead of global warming to describe changes in the environment?

Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce.

What is the term for our contemporary world in flux, with people on the move, in which established groups, boundaries, identities, contrasts, and standards are reaching out and breaking down?

What term refers to changes that result when groups come into continuous firsthand contact?

Discuss the evidence for climate change and the specific evidence that climate change is at least partially human driven.What human factors influence climate change?

What is the natural phenomenon that keeps the Earth's surface warm?

Westernization has most often been described as a form of what kind of cultural change?

Explain the difference between acculturation and indigenization, citing examples of each.

Which of the following is not true of postmodernism?

What is a priority issue to the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Filters