Anthropological criticism of modernization theory includes all of the following EXCEPT it ______
a. is ethnocentric
b. assumes that modern traits are superior to traditional ones
c. assumes that traditional people should adopt more modern ways of thinking and acting
d. should be based on economic rules developed among foraging societies
e. assumes that economic development will improve people’s lives
ANSWER:
d
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The technology of hunter-gatherers is distinctive in that it
A) requires high energy input from outside their habitat. B) is so rudimentary that hunter-gatherers struggle endlessly for mere subsistence. C) is nonexistent; hunter-gatherers do not depend on technology. D) is limited in energy capture, but requires much knowledge about the environment. E) is able to harness high levels of energy from a poor environment.
Consider the value of writing and literacy to a society. What limitations can you imagine would be present in everyday life in a completely illiterate society? How does a difference in writing and literacy affect overall social inequality?
What will be an ideal response?
The eugenics movement:
a. formed the basis for notions of racial equality in Nazi Germany
b. was popular throughout the 1970s.
c. is a now discredited view of racial purity
d. was begun by Charles Darwin
e. is supported in biological data
Most transnational communities are found in
a. Central and South America. b. India and East Asia. c. Western Europe and the U.S. d. the countries of the Middle East.