Culture, Change, and the Modern World MCQs
Culture, Change, and the Modern World MCQs
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1: Before the rise of Europe to global influence, the wealthiest and most powerful nation was probably ______.
A. The United States
B. Asante
C. China
D. India
2: The European system of colonization meant that people in Europe enjoyed a rising standard of living. For those in the rest of the world, it typically meant ______.
A. A rising standard of living as well
B. Increased profits from trade with Europe
C. Being systematically impoverished and exploited
D. Very little because few were colonized
3: Between 1500 and 1660, the Spanish extracted at least ______ tons of gold from their colonies in the Americas.
A. 50
B. 300
C. 1,000
D. 3,000
4: The European pillaging of art and wealth affected ______.
A. Predominantly Native Americans
B. Every region it encountered
C. The poor of the colonized nations
D. Religious artifacts and not secular ones
5: More than 7 million African slaves were transported by non-Europeans to ______.
A. China
B. The Islamic world
C. South America
D. Canada
6: Monoculture plantations made possible which of the following changes in British lifestyle?
A. A dramatic increase in the consumption of sugar
B. Greater variety of wool fabrics for clothing
C. Increased wealth for all social classes
D. Fewer people died from overwork while farming
7: Which of the following joint stock companies was known for committing a massacre of almost 1,000 Chinese merchants and traders?
A. Dutch East India Company
B. British East India Company
C. Massachusetts Bay Company
D. Hudson’s Bay Company
8: The era of colonialism was marked by ______.
A. Advances in medicine in the Islamic World
B. Unusually peaceful global interactions
C. Active possession of other areas by European nations
D. A population decline in Europe
9: What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
A. It was to negotiate a cease-fire between Europeans and African Nations.
B. It was for European nations to partition Africa into colonies.
C. It was to regulate the behavior of joint stock companies.
D. It was so European countries could define the “civilizing mission.”
10: At the turn of the 19th century, the native colonized people of the Congo were ordered to give ______ hours of labor each month to their Belgian colonizers.
A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
11: How did countries with imperial power force their colonies to participate in a market economy?
A. Taxation
B. Forced labor
C. Slavery
D. Education
12: Which of the following trends is associated with both the rise of anthropology and European colonialism?
A. Enlightenment rationality
B. Monoculture agriculture
C. Civilizing mission
D. Monroe Doctrine
13: Anthropologists in the colonial era tended to study ______.
A. Europeans and not any colonized groups
B. In colonies controlled by countries other than their own
C. In the colonies controlled by their own country
D. Societies in a way that supported colonialism
14: How did World War II affect European colonialism?
A. It weakened European countries and made it more difficult for them to sustain colonies.
B. The scale of violence turned Europeans away from the violent practices needed to maintain colonies.
C. World War II has a far smaller effect on colonialism than World War I did.
D. It created a number of refugees in Europe coming from colonized areas.
15: Most European colonies gained independence by about what time?
A. The 1890s
B. Around World War I
C. Around World War II
D. The 1970s
16: The failure of development policies throughout the 1950s to the 1970s in Africa meant that by the 1980s, about ______ of countries in that region had experienced some form of military intervention.
A. 50%
B. 72%
C. 84%
D. 100%
17: Thanks to the World Health Organization’s efforts, which of the following diseases has been virtually eliminated from threatening human populations across the globe?
A. HIV/AIDS
B. Influenza
C. Lymphatic filariasis
D. Smallpox
18: The Brookings Institute estimates that there are approximately ______ people in the “global” middle class.
A. 1 billion
B. 2.5 billion
C. 3.2 billion
D. 4.1 billion
19: In which of the following places has economic inequality grown the fastest in recent years?
A. Europe
B. China
C. The United States
D. Southeast Asia
20: Migrants from less developed countries tend to leave their homes for more developed countries because they ______.
A. Are in conflict with their families
B. Want to retire somewhere nice
C. Don’t like the weather where they live
D. Are seeking better working conditions and pay
21: Which of the following is a major route for a stream of migrants in the world today?
A. Through the Mediterranean Sea into Italy
B. From Canada into the United States
C. From the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa
D. Between China and Japan
22: Which type of nation is most vulnerable to having their governments influences by multinational corporations?
A. Wealthy nations
B. European nations
C. Multiethnic nations
D. Poor nations
23: Where did the worst sweatshop disaster in world history occur?
A. New York City, United States
B. Dhaka, Bangladesh
C. Chengdu, China
D. Olinda, Brazil
24: The spread of multinational corporations and the brands the sell ______.
A. Are mainly food and textiles
B. Has not arrived in poor countries
C. Often leads to less cultural variation
D. Has been slow over the last decade
25: Anthologist Ulf Hannerz coined the phrase “urban swirl” to explain ______.
A. How easy it is to get lost in big cities
B. The flow of ideas and culture in cities
C. His perception of migration patterns
D. The way people create distance in urban settings
26: Where are most of the “high fertility” countries (those where women have an average of five or more children) located in the world?
A. North America
B. Europe
C. Asia
D. Africa
27: Which of the following has been an effect of China’s one-child policy on the population of that country?
A. It has led to massive population growth.
B. It has led to an increase in sex-selective abortions.
C. It has created an urban to rural migration chain.
D. It has produced the least educated generation in Chinese history.
28: Which of the following statements best reflects how global warming will impact parts of the globe in different ways?
A. It will impact all parts of the globe in an equal fashion.
B. It will be more impactful on wealthy countries due to their latitudes.
C. It will have less effect on warm climates than colder climates.
D. It will hit poor nations hardest as they have fewer resources to cope with the impact.
29: What significant lesson should be understood from the Norwegian government’s relationship with the Saami?
A. Indigenous groups maintain an unsustainable relationship with land.
B. Even benevolent governments can’t assure the safety of indigenous groups.
C. Indigenous groups are unlikely to survive the perils of global warming.
D. It is unwise for indigenous groups to form relationships with nation–states.
30: Which of the following statements best reflects anthropology’s role in addressing the major problems faced by the world today?
A. Anthropology is the one discipline that holds the key to solving those problems.
B. Anthropologists have much more data to analyze before they can propose real solutions.
C. Anthropology can develop frameworks to analyze and understand events and processes.
D. Anthropologists hold few real answers to global challenges since it is mostly a descriptive practice.
31: The notion that colonialism was a duty for _____ and a benefit for the colonized is known as Civilizing Mission.
A. American
B. Asian
C. African
D. European
32: The active possession of a foreign territory and the maintenance of political domination over that territory is known as_____
A. Civilization
B. Colonization
C. Capitalism
D. Colonialism
33: Colonies are the territories under the _____ political control of a nation–state.
A. Indirect
B. Immediate
C. Direct
D. Both a and b
34: Corvée Labor is the paid labor required by a governing authority.
A. True
B. False
35: Dutch East India Company is a joint stock company chartered by the Dutch government to control all Dutch trade in the_____ Oceans.
A. Indian
B. Pacific
C. Atlantic
D. Both a and b
36: The members of the board of directors of the Dutch East India Company are known as_____
A. Heeren XII
B. Heeren XVI
C. Heeren XVII
D. Heeren XVIII
37: A firm that is managed by a centralized board of directors but owned by its shareholders is known as Joint Stock Company.
A. True
B. False
38: Monoculture Plantation means the agricultural plantations specializing in the _____ production of a single crop to be sold on the market.
A. Small-scale
B. Intermediate-scale
C. Large-scale
D. Both a and b
39: Pillage means to strip an area of _____ through the threat or use of physical violence.
A. Money
B. Goods
C. Raw materials
D. Any of these
40: Tirailleurs Sénégalais was a regiment of Senegalese riflemen that existed from 1857 to_____.
A. 1860
B. 1960
C. 1970
D. 1980
41: Tirailleurs Sénégalais was composed largely of soldiers from _____ West African colonies led by officers from Metropolitan France.
A. French
B. German
C. Italian
D. Both a and b
42: Basic Human Needs Approach refers to projects aimed at providing access to _____ for the poorest of the world’s people.
A. Clean water
B. Education
C. Health care
D. All of these
43: Demographic Transition is the tendency for family size and fertility to decline as societies transition from majorities that are poor and rural to majorities that have_____
A. Less wealth and urban
B. More wealth and urban
C. Less wealth and not urban
D. More wealth and not urban
44: Members of societies that have occupied a region for a long time and are recognized by other groups as its original (or very ancient) inhabitants are known as_____
A. Ancestors
B. Indigenous People
C. Traditional People
D. Native People
45: Modernization Theory is a model of development that predicts _____ societies will move in the social and technological direction of industrialized nations.
A. Industrial
B. Nonindustrial
C. Agricultural
D. All of these
46: A corporation that owns business enterprises or plants in more than one nation is known as_____
A. National Corporation
B. International Corporation
C. Multinational Corporation
D. Any of these
47: Structural Adjustment is a development policy promoted by Western nations, particularly the United States, that requires poor nations to pursue free-market reforms to get new loans from the _____
A. International Monetary Fund
B. World Bank
C. National Bank
D. Both a and b
48: Sweatshops is a pejorative term for factories with working conditions that may include low wages, long hours, inadequate ventilation, and _____ abuse.
A. Physicl
B. Mental
C. Sexual
D. Any of these
49: _____ is an international agency that provides technical assistance and loans to promote international trade and economic development, especially to poor nations.
A. World Bank
B. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
C. International Monetary Fund
D. Both a and b
50: ________ occurs in all human societies.
A. Cluster Effect
B. Exclusion from labor force
C. Crack cocaine
D. Puberty
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