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1
What term refers to changes that result when groups come into continuous firsthand contact?
A)Westernization
B)diaspora
C)cultural imperialism
D)hegemony
E)acculturation.
2
What term refers to the influence of Western expansion on native cultures?
A)Westernization
B)diaspora
C)cultural imperialism
D)hegemony
E)acculturation.
3
In cases where contact between indigenous societies and more powerful outsiders leads to destruction, a(n) _____________ often follows the initial encounter.
A)diaspora
B)hegemony
C)shock phase
D)acculturation moment
E)celebration
4
Some 700 to 1,000 different languages, about ____ of the total on Earth, are spoken in Papua New Guinea.
A)5%
B)10%
C)15%
D)20%
E)25%
5
During the Handsome Lake religious revival, the Iroquois adopted all of the following except:
A)European farming practices.
B)an emphasis on male agricultural labor.
C)communal longhouses.
D)nuclear family organization.
E)elements of Christianity.
6
What term refers to the spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others?
A)Westernization
B)diaspora
C)cultural imperialism
D)hegemony
E)acculturation.
7
Which of the following has increased the market for media, communications, and travel services targeted at specific ethnic, national, or religious audiences?
A)cultural imperialism
B)assimilation
C)diasporas
D)hegemony
E)Westernization
8
What term refers to the movement of people from a single homeland to many lands?
A)Westernization
B)diaspora
C)cultural imperialism
D)hegemony
E)acculturation.
9
All of the following are true about postmodernism except:
A)it describes a world in flux.
B)it describes "messy," more playful architecture.
C)it describes a world in which traditional standards, contrasts, groups, boundaries, and identities are opening up.
D)it describes the establishment of categories and cannons.
E)it describes modern movements in architecture, music, literature, and art.
10
The textbook makes the point that people are not likely to accept:
A)change.
B)television programming that is culturally alien.
C)new commodities.
D)hegemony.
E)new identities.
11
The concept of ____________ can be used to explain why people conform even without coercion.
A)postmodernity
B)resistance
C)hegemony
D)assimilation
E)ethnocide
12
Several national constitutions now recognize the rights of indigenous peoples to have
A)cultural hegeomony.
B)unsustainable development.
C)political representation
D)unlimited self-government.
E)All the above.
13
Non-governmental organizations specializing in development and human rights have come to see indigenous peoples as
A)in the way of real progress.
B)children in need of guidance.
C)bosses.
D)clients.
E)None of the above.
14
The process of viewing an identity as established, real, and frozen, so as to hide the historical processes and politics within which that identity developed is called
A)essentialism.
B)postmodernism.
C)text.
D)diaspora.
E)cultural imperialism.
15
Much of today's ethnographic research of North American Indians takes place in institutional settings such as museums, casinos, and cultural centers. These settings are ideal for the study of
A)self-representation.
B)self-determination.
C)repatriation.
D)economic development.
E)All the above.







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