Question 1

What term refers to the ideological justification for outsiders to guide native groups in specific directions?

Accepted Answer

A)   development ideology
B)   intervention philosophy
C)   coercive philosophy
D)   development philosophy
E)   intrusive ideology B

Question 2

Belgian colonial administrators were careful to use culturally significant differences to distinguish between the Hutus and Tutsis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

This chapter's "Focus on Globalization" discusses outsourcing jobs to countries outside the United States. What is an outcome of this outsourcing?

Accepted Answer

A)   decreased profits for U.S. corporations
B)   an increase in union membership within the U.S.
C)   corporations realizing the importance of workers' rights
D)   fewer jobs in the U.S., as they are replaced by machines and outsourced jobs
E)   more incentives for illegal immigration D

Question 4

The British notion "white man's burden" is similar to the French concept mission civilisatrice in that both were racist ideologies used to justify the colonial efforts of their respective countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How did the views of Marx and Weber on stratification differ? Relate their views to the modern global stratification system.

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did the views of Marx and...

Question 6

What is the world capitalist economy? When did it originate, and what are its features? What are core, semiperiphery, and periphery? What is their relationship to world capitalism?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Sugar and cotton helped fuel the development of a capitalist world economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Who are the groups known as indigenous peoples? What is their situation in the world system today?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

What is the name of the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time?

Accepted Answer

A)   apartheid
B)   colonialism
C)   alienation
D)   petty capitalism
E)   industrialization

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

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 14

In anthropology, history, and literature, the field of postcolonial studies has gained prominence since the 1970s. Postcolonial refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized.
B)   the period succeeding the slave trade.
C)   a moral stance toward oppressed peoples.
D)   the study of social movements that, instead of rejecting colonialism, actually embraced it and transformed it for their own benefit.
E)   an up-and-coming subfield in sociology.

Question 15

According to Marx, the bourgeoisie is made up of the people who must sell their labor to survive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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.

Question 17

Neoliberalism refers to a revival of Adam Smith's classic economic liberalism, which suggests that governments should not regulate private enterprise and that free market forces should rule.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

French colonial strategies incorporated both direct and indirect rule.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Occupy movement, which began on Wall Street and spread to other U.S. and Canadian cities, recognizes the disparity between the rich and the poor. Which of the following statements about U.S. wealth as of the year 2009 is NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   The top 1% of American households hold over one-third the nation's wealth.
B)   The net worth of the top 1% is 225 times greater than the typical household's net worth.
C)   The net worth of the top 1% compared to the typical household is the highest ratio on record.
D)   The bottom 90% of income-earning households control half of all net worth.
E)   The top 1% owns more than the bottom 90% combined.

Question 20

Based on the way the text defines imperialism and colonialism, do you think that they describe phenomena of the past? These terms have been used recently to describe current international affairs. Find an example of this, and compare the use of the term to its definition in the text.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 23: The World System and Colonialism

What term refers to the ideological justification for outsiders to guide native groups in specific directions?

Belgian colonial administrators were careful to use culturally significant differences to distinguish between the Hutus and Tutsis.

This chapter's "Focus on Globalization" discusses outsourcing jobs to countries outside the United States. What is an outcome of this outsourcing?

The British notion "white man's burden" is similar to the French concept mission civilisatrice in that both were racist ideologies used to justify the colonial efforts of their respective countries.

How did the views of Marx and Weber on stratification differ? Relate their views to the modern global stratification system.

What is the world capitalist economy? When did it originate, and what are its features? What are core, semiperiphery, and periphery? What is their relationship to world capitalism?

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.

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

Sugar and cotton helped fuel the development of a capitalist world economy.

Who are the groups known as indigenous peoples? What is their situation in the world system today?

What is the name of the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time?

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

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

In anthropology, history, and literature, the field of postcolonial studies has gained prominence since the 1970s. Postcolonial refers to

According to Marx, the bourgeoisie is made up of the people who must sell their labor to survive.

The growth of a market for sugar in Europe spurred

Neoliberalism refers to a revival of Adam Smith's classic economic liberalism, which suggests that governments should not regulate private enterprise and that free market forces should rule.

French colonial strategies incorporated both direct and indirect rule.

The Occupy movement, which began on Wall Street and spread to other U.S. and Canadian cities, recognizes the disparity between the rich and the poor. Which of the following statements about U.S. wealth as of the year 2009 is NOT correct?

Based on the way the text defines imperialism and colonialism, do you think that they describe phenomena of the past? These terms have been used recently to describe current international affairs. Find an example of this, and compare the use of the term to its definition in the text.