Anthropology Test Questions Chapter 6

friction syncretism creolization

A synonym for hybridization is

globalization

According to anthropologists, ___________ is the contemporary widening of scale of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas.

false

Anthropologists are generally ignored by "development" experts at institutions like the World Bank.

isolation of communities

Cultural differences are often caused by

imperialism

Cultural_____________ occurs when influential nations of the West impose their products and beliefs on less powerful nations

advocates of poor and marginalized people

Development anthropologists often think of themselves as

history

Eric Wolf encouraged anthropologists to consider what in their field studies?

corporations to move factories from one country to another

Financial globalization has allowed for

diffusionists

Franz Boas and his students were __________, emphasizing that cultural ch aracteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another.

expand state power

James Ferguson, who is an anthropologist of de velopment, argues that development exists

true

Localization is the flip side of globalization.

transitional

Often, anthropologists use the term___________ rather than "globalization" to refer to the "global" circulation of goods and people.

false

People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.

consuming coca cola watching tv migrating to distant cities for work (all of the above)

People participate in globalization by

migrants

People who leave their homes to work for a time in other regions or countries are called

mean that people in remote places can be in contact with people all over the world

Rapid increases in the scale and amount of communication

commodity chain

The linked elements that contribute to the manufacture of an object like a T-shirt is called a_________

improving health expanding capitalism markets alleviating poverty (all of the above)

The major goal of "development" is

true

The processes of capital accumulation and the expansion of European colonialism disrupted many societies.

clash if civilizations theory

The theory that explains why cultural differences have not disappeared because cultural consciousness is increasingly bringing people together around cultural similarities is

false

When people consume the same clothes, food, and goods they eventually think and behave the same

all of the above

Which of the following are areas of social activity that globalization affects?

exiles

________ are people who are expelled by the authorities of their home countries.