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1
Which of the following is not mentioned in the textbook as an example of an empire?
A)French empire
B)British empire
C)Yanomami empire
D)Egyptian empire
E)Greek empire
2
Which of the following countries was not colonized by Great Britain?
A)Brazil
B)Canada
C)India
D)Australia
E)New Zealand
3
At its peak about 1914, the British Empire covered _____ of the world's land surface and ruled _____ of its population.
A)half, half
B)all, all
C)3/4, 1/4
D)1/5, 1/4
E)1/4, 1/5
4
What was the intervention philosophy of Great Britain?
A)manifest destiny
B)white man's burden
C)fifty-four forty or fight
D)civilizing mission
E)forty acres and a mule
5
What was the primary factor behind the expansion of the British Empire?
A)the church
B)the military
C)business interests
D)the crown
E)the parliament
6
When did the French empire begin to fall apart?
A)after the French and Indian War
B)after the French Revolution
C)after World War I
D)after World War II
E)after the Sino-Japanese War
7
What were the two forms of colonial rule used by the French empire?
A)peripheral and tangential rule
B)autonomous and semiautonomous rule
C)autochthonous and indigenous rule
D)direct and indirect rule
E)sequential and simultaneous rule
8
What was the intervention philosophy of France?
A)c'est la vie
B)mission civilisatrice
C)vive la France
D)voulez-vous couchez avec moi
E)le roi est mort
9
Traditionally, what was the difference between Hutus and Tutsis?
A)Hutus were foragers while the Tutsis were pastoralists.
B)Hutus lived in cities while the Tutsis lived in the countryside.
C)Hutus were agriculturalists while the Tutsis were pastoralists.
D)Hutus were fishermen while the Tutsis were pastoralists.
E)Hutus lived in the countryside while the Tutsis lived in cities.
10
Which of the following is not one of the common questions addressed in postcolonial studies?
A)How did colonization affect colonized people?
B)How can colonization be made more efficient in the future?
C)How did colonized groups resist colonial control?
D)How do gender, race, and class function in postcolonies?
E)How have colonial education systems influenced the postcolonies?
11
Which of the following is not true about Neoliberalism?
A)It is a new form of an old economic liberalism laid out by Adam Smith's manifesto, The Wealth of Nations.
B)Neoliberalism has been spreading globally.
C)Neoliberalism advocates more government regulations.
D)Neoliberalism places more emphasis on "individual responsibility."
E)Neoliberalism came about after the fall of communism.
12
What is an intervention philosophy?
A)An ideological justification not to intervene in foreign affairs.
B)An ideological justification to intervene in the personal lives of collateral relatives in trouble.
C)An ideological justification to intervene in the subsistence strategies of a person's extended family.
D)An ideological justification for outsiders to ignore native groups.
E)An ideological justification for outsiders to guide native groups in specific directions.
13
What is development anthropology?
A)The branch of biological anthropology that focuses on human development.
B)The branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, economic development.
C)The branch of medical anthropology that focuses on the social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, childbirth.
D)The branch of cultural anthropology that focuses on the social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, how oral traditions develop.
E)The branch of linguistic anthropology that focuses on the development of language.
14
What commonly happens as the result of introducing new technologies into traditional economies with a preexisting uneven distribution of resources?
A)There is greater equity in the community.
B)There is a decrease in social stratification.
C)There is no change in social stratification.
D)Wealth disparities within the community increase.
E)These technologies are incorporated without changing any aspect of the community.
15
What is the most humane and productive strategy for development programs in non-Western communities?
A)Base the social design for innovation on cooperative models from former socialist countries.
B)Base the social design for innovation on models that generate individual cash wealth through exports.
C)Base the social design for innovation on traditional social forms in each target area.
D)Base the social design for innovation on models that eradicate local traditions.
E)Nations of the First World should leave non-Western communities alone and stop trying to introduce development programs.







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