While dark skin pigmentation has enjoyed a selective advantage in the tropics, the opposite is true in northern latitudes, where skins have generally been lightly pigmented. This light pigmentation enables the weak ultraviolet radiation of northern latitudes to penetrate the skin and stimulate formation of:
a. melanin.
b. niacin.
c. vitamin B.
d. vitamin D.
e. vitamin E.
d
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Some theorists, including Jonathon Friedman, have suggested that a new global identity is emerging that is based primarily on __________
a. religion b. race c. nationality d. class
The Basseri are a pastoral society in __________
a. Syria b. Iran c. Algeria d. Turkey
Which of the following was NOT a typical model of European expansion?
a. Develop educational facilities to improve lives of natives b. Establish permanent settlements for colonizers c. Develop commercial establishments in colonies to use inexpensive native labor d. Gain maritime control in order to control trade e. Acquire colonies to exploit raw materials
In recent years, scholars have begun seeing that globalization is leading to ______
a. a global culture b. a more homogeneous world c. the stimulation of local cultures d. the dissolution of the nation-state e. the development of much greater numbers of cultures worldwide