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Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing…

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing she discovered when moving from her rural Philippine village to attend high school in Manila, which was that her teachers and classmates embraced her tribal identity so warmly, she became a minor celebrity because of that Igorot wisdom passed down from time immemorial.

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Globalization is defined in different ways, as presented in…

Globalization is defined in different ways, as presented in our lecture about the process, taken from Steger (2010). Which one is NOT one of those definitions?  

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Bodley described various ways that colonial governments and…

Bodley described various ways that colonial governments and even social scientists demonstrated ethnocentrism that ranged from paternalism to outright racism toward the ‘tribal’ peoples they encountered.  Identify which factor is NOT one of those?  

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The earliest human societies that survived through foraging,…

The earliest human societies that survived through foraging, as well as horticultural groups, represent the longest time frame of human existence.  Bodley described their lifeways as a process of _____________________

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In Mander & Tauli-Corpuz, a recurrent theme is the tremendou…

In Mander & Tauli-Corpuz, a recurrent theme is the tremendous irony of native people’s treatment by colonial forces (and modern multinational corporations as well).  Which of the following is not one of those outcomes?

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On January 1st, 1994, in the Chiapas region of southern Mexi…

On January 1st, 1994, in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico, a rag-tag group of armed and masked Mayan rebels took over several government buildings in San Cristobal.  Why is that event significant to our class?

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In the South Seas, this cruel practice was legal, because it…

In the South Seas, this cruel practice was legal, because it did not include chattel slavery, and was supposed to be equivalent to indentured servitude prevalent in Europe  among the poor.  It centered around the novelty of Western sailing ships, and basically was kidnapping of Island peoples to become forced workers on the plantations of  Fiji and north Queensland.  It was known as [BLANK-1].

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Even anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism rega…

Even anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism regarding the need for native peoples to “improve” or “develop” lifestyles and values that were part of the “modern” world, such as Lord Raglan and Arthur Hippler, who were disturbed by ‘backwards superstitions’ and the “terrors of shamanism.”  

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[BLANK-1] was the phrase describing the initial stage in dis…

[BLANK-1] was the phrase describing the initial stage in dispossessing and depopulating the tribal peoples during the beginning of European global expansion in the 16th century, which included a rapid influx of those who sought new land, natural resources, souls to save, or cheap workers to enslave, and lacking any formal restraint of law enforcement due to distance, communication methods, and attitudes toward ‘natives’.

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The ‘hot-hand phenomenon’ is an example of which of the foll…

The ‘hot-hand phenomenon’ is an example of which of the following?

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