Many large corporations—Walmart, General Motors, and others— routinely operate
larger numbers of factories in places like China to take advantage of very cheap wages,
putting workers in their home country out of a job. This is an example of: - flexible
accumulation
The scientific discipline that looks at genetics, evolution, the fossil record, and our
closest relatives in the animal kingdom in order to gain a greater understanding of
humans is known as: - physical anthropology
An anthropologist looking to understand the impact humans have had on the
environment by studying rock formations, polar ice caps and glaciers is most likely
practicing what kind of anthropology? - archaeology
What would we call an anthropologist working alongside a Native American group to
map their spoken language into a written form? - descriptive linguist
Audrey Richards conducted a detailed ethnography of the coming-of-age rituals of the
Bemba, and is often credited with opening the door to the study of health and nutrition
among women and children. Which of the four fields of anthropology was Richards
working in? - cultural anthropology
What is one possible consequence of oil spills and other forms of mass water pollution?
- It will kill off edible sea life completely by 2048.
Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time. This
kind of study requires a(n) - belief that other cultures are normal.
What key dynamic of globalization is characterized by the movement of people, not only
between countries but also within the individual countries themselves? - increasing
migration
Human beings have long been migrant, moving themselves, their material goods, and
even ideas from one part of the world to another. What makes this process, which is
now called globalization, seem so different today than in the past? - intensification
Participant observation as a research strategy is an essential part of which subfield of
anthropology? - cultural anthropology
What do we call the belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and natural and
the practices of other people are abnormal and unnatural? - ethnocentrism
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