Test Bank for Essentials of Cultural Anthropology A Toolkit for a Global Age, 3rd Edition
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Test Bank for Essentials of Cultural Anthropology A
Toolkit for a Global Age, 3rd Edition
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1. Many associate globalization with rapid economic development and the conveniences of
digital media; however, these are not all its consequences. Make an argument for the fact
that globaliz...
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Test Bank for Essentials of Cultural Anthropology A
Toolkit for a Global Age, 3rd Edition by Kenneth J Guest,
ISBN: 9780393428537, ISBN: 9780393420142
,chapter 1
1. Many associate globalization with rapid economic development and the conveniences of
digital media; however, these are not all its consequences. Make an argument for the fact
that globalization also has negative consequences. Support your argument with at least
three pieces of evidence from the text.
2. Student activists at your university are demanding a complete ban on electronic devices
that use Congolese coltan because of the armed conflict, child exploitation, and large-
scale displacement of civilian families. However, based on what you read, the solution to
the problem is not so cut-and-dried. Based on what you have learned in Chapter 1, craft
an argument that explains why simply banning electronics may not immediately benefit the
Congolese in the regions associated with coltan mining and explain what other kinds of
solutions are currently being used to tackle these negative effects of the global demand for
coltan.
3. Explain how anthropologists have had to adapt to the impact of global forces on the
communities they study. What tools or new approaches have they developed to help them
do their work in a globalized world?
4. Define the term Anthropocene and use it to explain one phenomenon mentioned in the
text.
5. Globalization is also affecting the world’s environment. Identify three effects of human
activity on the environment, and then choose one and discuss its consequences.
6. One aspect of globalization is uneven development. Explain what this means and how it
affects the world. Provide an example.
, 7. Explain how globalization has enabled flexible accumulation and how flexible
accumulation works. Provide an example from class.
8. The text notes that increasing migration is one of the key dynamics of globalization.
Explain where people are moving and why. What effect is this having on people around
the world?
9. Time-space compression is one of the key dynamics of globalization. Explain what time-
space compression is, how it works, and give an example.
10. Bronislaw Malinowski spent two years in the early 1900s doing participant observation
among the people of the Trobriand Islands, where he learned about the islanders’ beliefs
and customs regarding trade, warfare, marriage, sex, death, and more. What kind of
anthropologist was Malinowski? Explain how an anthropologist conducts participant
observation and what kind of information it provides. Name another topic you could study
this way and how you would do it.
11. Explain the difference between a descriptive linguist and a sociolinguist. If you knew the
last living speaker of a language and wanted to preserve that language, which one would
you call on, and why?
12. Compare and contrast how historic and prehistoric archaeologists investigate past human
life and explain what insights can be gained from each perspective.
13. Explain why anthropologists study nonhuman primates like apes and monkeys.
14. Describe how changes in transportation technology in the nineteenth century led to the
development of anthropology.
, 15. When the author of your textbook, cultural anthropologist Ken Guest, traveled to the
remote village of Fuzhou, China, some villagers laughed and said: “Go back to New York!
Most of our village is there already!” What does this anecdote illustrate?
a. time-space compression
b. offshoring
c. flexible accumulation
d. outsourcing
16. The advantages and disadvantages of globalization are often the subject of heated
debate. Which of the following would be hailed as a positive effect of globalization?
a. decreased exposure to diversity
b. job opportunities for people in developing nations
c. cultural homogenization
d. distribution of wealth
17. Global forces are expanding rapidly and transforming local communities everywhere.
According to the author, people in local communities respond to these global forces by
a. working to reshape encounters with these forces to their own benefit.
b. strengthening and renewing traditional religious practices.
c. overturning immigration restrictions.
d. acting with violence and rebellion to destroy these forces.
18. What does an anthropologist call the type of research that compares multiple communities
in order to examine links between them?
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