The principle of linguistic relativity
a. has been largely disproven through ethnographic research.
b. is widely accepted today.
c. requires that we accept the fact that our language controls our organization of the world.
d. is disproven by the fact that we can learn other languages and translate from one language to another.
b
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Inuit place naming is an example of __________
A) indigenous knowledge B) cultural relativism C) globalization D) leveling mechanism
The exchange of goods and services of a specified value at a specified time and place is called __________
a. generalized reciprocity b. barter c. exchange d. balanced reciprocity
In 2008, people from which world region constituted most of the United States' foreign-born population?
a. Asia b. Middle East c. Africa d. Latin America and Caribbean
More recent approaches in historical anthropology, while sharing an interest in power with world-system theorists, have focused more on
A. local agency, the transformative actions of individuals and groups within colonized societies. B. the structural causes of colonialism. C. how anthropological theory can aid NGOs in writing an alternate history of oppressed peoples. D. the state's role in denying some of its citizens a place in history. E. the role of colonial bureaucracies in shaping international culture.