Urban Anthropology MCQs

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Q71.
The use of 'indentured labor' in the nineteenth century involved

a.

people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond

b.

The sale of African people through the slave trade in the 'Atlantic triangle

c.

selecting the most skilled workers in factories to promote their employer's company overseas

d.

Extracting the teeth of the laziest workers to stop them from talking

Discuss
Answer: (a).people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond
Q72.
The capitalist world economy is what Wallenstein (1974) would call a 'world system' this term refers to

a.

A means of transporting money between different areas of a country

b.

An empire with a bureaucratic administration but no political centre

c.

An awareness of risks and dangers that affect the environment as a whole

d.

A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups

Discuss
Answer: (d).A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups
Q73.
The most extreme, coerciv abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality people are treated as property

a.

Poor

b.

Law income

c.

Slavery

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (c).Slavery
Q74.
The term 'over-urbanization' means that

a.

life in modern Western cities is so far removed from that of the Third World that we find it diffic

b.

in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas

c.

The extent to which urbanization affects development has been exaggerated

d.

Governments are so preoccupied with urbanization in the West that they forget to attend to problems

Discuss
Answer: (b).in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas
Q75.
In anthropology there are two type of dimensions theoretical anthropology and academic anthropology both of them are called

a.

Cultural anthropology

b.

Applied anthropology

c.

Linguistic anthropology

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (b).Applied anthropology
Q76.
In anthropology the studies forms of musical expression on a worldwide basis, is epically related to anthropology is known as

a.

Ethnology

b.

Ethnography

c.

Ethnoscience

d.

Ethnomusicology

Discuss
Answer: (d).Ethnomusicology
Q77.
The study of language and it's social and cultural context, across space and over time is called

a.

Applied anthropology

b.

Cultural anthropology

c.

Kinship anthropology

d.

Linguistic anthropology

Discuss
Answer: (d).Linguistic anthropology
Q78.
To work for international development agencies, such as the World Bank and USAID the job of such development anthropologists is called

a.

Physical anthropology

b.

Psychological anthropology

c.

Applied anthropology

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (c).Applied anthropology
Q79.
In anthropology the study of people's accounts of their own histories is called

a.

Ethnology

b.

Ethnohostory

c.

Ethnoscience

d.

Ethnomusicology

Discuss
Answer: (b).Ethnohostory
Q80.
After the Upper Paleolithic, people began to utilize the food resources of the environment more extensively. This period is known as the

a.

Mesolithic

b.

Neolithic

c.

Modernolithic

d.

The Greater Paleolithic

Discuss
Answer: (a).Mesolithic
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