Chapter 5 Student Quiz 2

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. The reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade began in the 1870s and was the beginning of

globalization. correct incorrect

financial globalization. correct incorrect

development. correct incorrect

imperialism. correct incorrect

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. The expansion of capitalist markets is a feature of

globalization. correct incorrect

imperialism. correct incorrect

colonialism. correct incorrect

development. correct incorrect

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. World systems theory posits

all nation-states are equally capable of becoming global leaders. correct incorrect

that capitalism has expanded on the basis of unequal exchange throughout the world, creating a global market and global division of labor, dividing the world between a dominant "core" and a dependent "periphery." correct incorrect

that cultural differences have not disappeared because cultural consciousness is increasingly bringing people together around cultural similarities. correct incorrect

that as globalization spreads cultural diversity will decline and local distinctions will gradually fade. correct incorrect

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. Cultural convergence theory

argues that the promotion of one culture over others through formal policy or informal means is inevitable. correct incorrect

rejects the idea that global interconnections are anything new, identifying the late fifteenth century as the beginning of a new capitalist world order that connected different parts of the world in new ways. correct incorrect

argues that cultural differences have not disappeared because cultural consciousness is increasingly bringing people together around cultural similarities. correct incorrect

posits that as globalization spreads cultural diversity will decline and local distinctions will gradually fade. correct incorrect

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. Eric Wolf rejected the idea that

globalization is part of culture. correct incorrect

people in the periphery were passive. correct incorrect

cultural contact was a good thing. correct incorrect

capitalism created inequality. correct incorrect

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. An anthropologist who is studying how a former British colony looks at the way unequal power relations are shaped because of imperialism is which type of scholar?

archival correct incorrect

transnational correct incorrect

ethnohistorical correct incorrect

postcolonial correct incorrect

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. The expansion of capital accumulation and European colonialism affected societies of that time by __________ them.

interconnecting correct incorrect

equalizing correct incorrect

disrupting correct incorrect

destroying correct incorrect

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. The idea that cultural characteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another is

transnationalism. correct incorrect

diffusionism. correct incorrect

globalization. correct incorrect

immigration. correct incorrect

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. World culture refers to

the push-pull factors that move cultural subjects across national boundaries. correct incorrect

the proliferation of similar norms and knowledge shared across national boundaries. correct incorrect

the similarities in cultural practice across history. correct incorrect

formal cultural policies enforced by global ruling bodies. correct incorrect

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. One important reason that a Congolese sapeur wears high-end fashion is

to sell the clothes he wears at a high mark-up. correct incorrect

to accumulate prestige. correct incorrect

to migrate to Europe. correct incorrect

to promote European designers in Africa. correct incorrect

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. An anthropologist of development would be most interested in which of the following projects?

how the International Monetary Fund decides how to distribute aid money to development projects correct incorrect

what push-€“pull factors motivate Central American citizens to come to the United States correct incorrect

how miners resist oppressive working conditions set by multinational mining corporations correct incorrect

the emergence of an Afrofuturist fashion industry in Senegal correct incorrect

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. What have anthropologists learned about globalization?

It is producing a rapidly homogenizing world. correct incorrect

Globalization is eliminating possibilities for marginalized people to resist major multinational powers. correct incorrect

Multisited ethnography is quickly becoming the only useful research method in anthropology. correct incorrect

Global integration creates opportunities for local cultures to express themselves. correct incorrect

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. Hip-life music, a blending of Ghanaian high-life and American hip-hop, is an example of

modernization. correct incorrect

cultural homogeneity. correct incorrect

hybridization. correct incorrect

developmentalism. correct incorrect

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. Development anthropologists are least interested in which of the following?

local perspectives and voices correct incorrect

efficient and successful implementation of programs meant to improve the conditions of people's daily lives correct incorrect

national and international investment in local development projects correct incorrect

major theoretical advancements within the field of anthropology correct incorrect

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. Financial globalization has resulted in

the elimination of gift economies. correct incorrect

the reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade. correct incorrect

greater economic opportunity for those in rural communities. correct incorrect

the homogenization of economic class experiences globally. correct incorrect