Anth101 Chapter 5
A WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS EXCEPT
A. it is useful for analyzing postcolonial conditions B. it highlights resistance at the periphery C. it lends itself readily to ethnographic methodology D. it explains how and why global capitalism has disrupted so many societies Answer is C
COCA-GLOBALIZATION: FOLLOWING SOFT DRINKS FROM NEW YORK TO NEW GUINEA
BY ROBERT J FOSTER
JAMES FERGUSON, WHO IS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST OF DEVELOPMENT, ARGUES THAT DEVELOPMENT EXISTS
C. to expand state power
THE PROCESS OF PROMOTING ONE CULTURE OVER OTHERS, THROUGH FORMAL POLICY OR LESS FORMAL MEANS, IS REFERRED TO AS
D. cultural imperialism
A KEY FEATURE OF FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION IS
D. the reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade
Cultural Convergence Theories (1983) suggest that local traditions are gradually fading as Western ideas replace those in non-Western communities. Another version of the theory is called "McDonaldization" Yet another version of the theory is called "Coca-Colonization" To whom is this theory attributed to?
Ernest Gellner
What is an example of Development Anthropology?
Gerald Murray worked to reduce deforestation in Haiti in the 1970s and 1980s.
Another key feature of the changing scale of globalization is the mobility of people.
Migrants Immigrants Refugees Exiles
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES OF GLOBAL INTEGRATION?
Promoters of globalization emphasize the "winners" of this interconnectedness (unprecedented prosperity, economic growth).Opponents emphasize the "losers" (poverty, widening gap between rich and poor). An anthropological analysis of globalization must explore cultural nuances of global interconnections: inequality, confrontation, domination, accommodation, and resistance.
Europe and the People Without History (1984) challenged popular stereotypes of indigenous people as isolated, passive "victims of progress" (Bodley, 1999). Who is this work attributed to>
Reic Wolf
What are some limitations to the Cultural Convergence Theories?
Shared foods, entertainment, and clothing do not necessarily mean that humans are culturally homogenous in other aspects. As such, one major limitation of convergence theories is that they equate material goods with cultural and personal identity
Anthropologists who look at the negative aspects of development are
The correct answer was: a. anthropologists of development.
Immigrants are people who
The correct answer was: a. leave their country with no expectation of returning.
A commodity chain is
The correct answer was: a. linked elements that contribute to the manufacture of an object.
Franco moved to the United States three years ago owing to conflict in his home country. He is a(n)
The correct answer was: a. refugee.
Transnationalism and globalization are
The correct answer was: a. synonyms.
Exiles are people who
The correct answer was: b. are expelled by the authorities of their home country.
U.S. president Harry Truman defined the world in what binary?
The correct answer was: b. developed-underdeveloped.
The idea that cultural characteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another is
The correct answer was: b. diffusionism.
Wanjira was an outspoken poet who had to leave her home country after publishing a dissenting play about the government. She is a(n)
The correct answer was: b. exile.
The reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade began in the 1880s and was the beginning of
The correct answer was: b. financial globalization.
By watching TV and consuming spaghetti noodles, people are participating in
The correct answer was: b. globalization.
Eric Wolf rejected the idea that
The correct answer was: b. people in the periphery were passive.
World systems theory posits
The correct answer was: b. rejection of 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 globe in new ways.
The expansion of capital accumulation and European colonialism had what affect on societies of that time?
The correct answer was: c. It disrupted them..
Localization is
The correct answer was: c. a phenomenon whereby greater global integration creates opportunity for local cultures to express themselves.
The theory of the clash of civilization
The correct answer was: c. argues that cultural differences have not disappeared and are dividing the world into civilizations in perpetual cultural tension with each other.
Hybridization theory emphasizes
The correct answer was: c. border crossing.
Frank and Wallerstein developed a theory that distinguishes between which types of countries?
The correct answer was: c. center and periphery.
Karen Tranberg Hansen studied the sale of what in sub-Saharan Africa?
The correct answer was: c. clothing.
Migrants are people who
The correct answer was: c. leave their home to work for a time in other regions or countries.
Strikes, protests, and spirit possession are examples of
The correct answer was: c. resistance.
Development is
The correct answer was: d. a set of institutions ostensibly aimed at alleviating problems.
When influential nations of the West impose their products and beliefs on less powerful nations, this is called
The correct answer was: d. cultural imperialism.
The expansion of capitalist markets is a feature of
The correct answer was: d. development.
Paula moved to New York City from Poland twenty years ago when she married her husband. She is planning on retiring in the Seychelles next year. She is a(n)
The correct answer was: d. immigrant.
The flip side of globalization is
The correct answer was: d. localization.
Refugees are people who
The correct answer was: d. migrate because of political oppression or war.
Cultural convergence theory
The correct answer was: d. posits that as globalization spreads cultural diversity will decline and local distinctions will gradually fade.
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?
The correct answer was: d. postcolonial.
Globalization is
The correct answer was: d. the contemporary widening of scale of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas.
Financial globalization began in the 1870s. Though it was interrupted by two world wars, it has accelerated over the last 70 years. Many transnational corporations have set up shop in countries with low hourly wages and/or lax environmental regulations. They have accumulated vast amounts of capital assets in the process. For example, if Walmart were a nation-state, it would have the world's 24th largest economy.
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Some anthropologists avoid the term "globalization" in favor of "transnational," which refers to relationships that extend beyond nation-state boundaries without assuming they cover the whole world.
True
The process of globalization affects us all, especially anthropologists who seek to understand the differences and similarities between human groups and cultures.
True
Today, most migrants stay within the same major region of the world in which they are born.
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