1. ________________ are people who leave their homes to work for a time in other regions or countries
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Migrants
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2. ________ occurs in all human societies.
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Puberty
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3. _____ is an international agency that provides technical assistance and loans to promote international trade and economic development, especially to poor nations.
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Both a and b
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4. Sweatshops is a pejorative term for factories with working conditions that may include low wages, long hours, inadequate ventilation, and _____ abuse.
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Any of these
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5. Structural Adjustment is a development policy promoted by Western nations, particularly the United States, that requires poor nations to pursue free-market reforms to get new loans from the _____
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Both a and b
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6. A corporation that owns business enterprises or plants in more than one nation is known as_____
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Multinational Corporation
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7. Modernization Theory is a model of development that predicts _____ societies will move in the social and technological direction of industrialized nations.
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Nonindustrial
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8. Members of societies that have occupied a region for a long time and are recognized by other groups as its original (or very ancient) inhabitants are known as_____
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Indigenous People
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9. Demographic Transition is the tendency for family size and fertility to decline as societies transition from majorities that are poor and rural to majorities that have_____
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More wealth and urban
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10. Basic Human Needs Approach refers to projects aimed at providing access to _____ for the poorest of the world’s people.
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All of these
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11. Tirailleurs Sénégalais was composed largely of soldiers from _____ West African colonies led by officers from Metropolitan France.
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French
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12. Tirailleurs Sénégalais was a regiment of Senegalese riflemen that existed from 1857 to_____.
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1960
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13. Pillage means to strip an area of _____ through the threat or use of physical violence.
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Any of these
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14. Monoculture Plantation means the agricultural plantations specializing in the _____ production of a single crop to be sold on the market.
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Large-scale
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15. A firm that is managed by a centralized board of directors but owned by its shareholders is known as Joint Stock Company.
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True
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16. The members of the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company are known as_____
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Heeren XVII
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17. Dutch East India Company is a joint stock company chartered by the Dutch government to control all Dutch trade in the_____ Oceans.
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Both a and b
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18. Corvée Labor is the paid labor required by a governing authority.
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False
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19. Colonies are the territories under the _____ political control of a nation–state.
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Immediate
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20. The active possession of a foreign territory and the maintenance of political domination over that territory is known as_____
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Colonialism
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21. The notion that colonialism was a duty for _____ and a benefit for the colonized is known as Civilizing Mission.
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European
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22. Which of the following statements best reflects anthropology’s role in addressing the major problems faced by the world today?
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Anthropology can develop frameworks to analyze and understand events and processes.
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23. What significant lesson should be understood from the Norwegian government’s relationship with the Saami?
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Even benevolent governments can’t assure the safety of indigenous groups.
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24. Which of the following statements best reflects how global warming will impact parts of the globe in different ways?
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It will hit poor nations hardest as they have fewer resources to cope with the impact.
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25. Which of the following has been an effect of China’s one-child policy on the population of that country?
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It has led to an increase in sex-selective abortions.
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26. Where are most of the “high fertility” countries (those where women have an average of five or more children) located in the world?
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Africa
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27. Anthologist Ulf Hannerz coined the phrase “urban swirl” to explain ______.
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The flow of ideas and culture in cities
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28. The spread of multinational corporations and the brands the sell ______.
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Often leads to less cultural variation
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29. Where did the worst sweatshop disaster in world history occur?
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
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30. Which type of nation is most vulnerable to having their governments influences by multinational corporations?
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Poor nations
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31. Which of the following is a major route for a stream of migrants in the world today?
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Through the Mediterranean Sea into Italy
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32. Migrants from less developed countries tend to leave their homes for more developed countries because they ______.
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Are seeking better working conditions and pay
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33. In which of the following places has economic inequality grown the fastest in recent years?
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The United States
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34. The Brookings Institute estimates that there are approximately ______ people in the “global” middle class.
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3.2 billion
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35. Thanks to the World Health Organization’s efforts, which of the following diseases has been virtually eliminated from threatening human populations across the globe?
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Smallpox
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36. The failure of development policies throughout the 1950s to the 1970s in Africa meant that by the 1980s, about ______ of countries in that region had experienced some form of military intervention.
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84%
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37. Most European colonies gained independence by about what time?
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The 1970s
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38. How did World War II affect European colonialism?
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It weakened European countries and made it more difficult for them to sustain colonies.
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39. Anthropologists in the colonial era tended to study ______.
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In the colonies controlled by their own country
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40. Which of the following trends is associated with both the rise of anthropology and European colonialism?
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Enlightenment rationality
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41. How did countries with imperial power force their colonies to participate in a market economy?
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Taxation
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42. At the turn of the 19th century, the native colonized people of the Congo were ordered to give ______ hours of labor each month to their Belgian colonizers.
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40
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43. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
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It was for European nations to partition Africa into colonies.
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44. The era of colonialism was marked by ______.
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Active possession of other areas by European nations
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45. Which of the following joint stock companies was known for committing a massacre of almost 1,000 Chinese merchants and traders?
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Dutch East India Company
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46. Monoculture plantations made possible which of the following changes in British lifestyle?
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A dramatic increase in the consumption of sugar
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47. More than 7 million African slaves were transported by non-Europeans to ______.
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The Islamic world
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48. The European pillaging of art and wealth affected ______.
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Every region it encountered
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49. Between 1500 and 1660, the Spanish extracted at least ______ tons of gold from their colonies in the Americas.
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300
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50. The European system of colonization meant that people in Europe enjoyed a rising standard of living. For those in the rest of the world, it typically meant ______.
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Being systematically impoverished and exploited
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51. Before the rise of Europe to global influence, the wealthiest and most powerful nation was probably ______.
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China
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