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Question 61. Which of the following is not a consequence of global tourism?

Decreased rates of prostitution and sex tourism
Developing countries can depend on it as a crucial source of income
The exploitation of cheap, unregulated labor in poor countries
We have become more aware of 'other' societies and ways of living

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Decreased rates of prostitution and sex tourism
Answer: (a).Decreased rates of prostitution and sex tourism

Question 62. The capitalist world economy is what Wallenstein (1974) would call a 'world system' this term refers to

A means of transporting money between different areas of a country
An empire with a bureaucratic administration but no political centre
An awareness of risks and dangers that affect the environment as a whole
A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups

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Answer: Option D. -> A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups
Answer: (d).A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups

Question 63. According to anthropology closed hereditary system of stratification, often dictated by religion hieratchical social status is ascribed at birth, so that people are locked into their parents social position is called as

Tribe system
Caste system
Clan system
Kinship system

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Answer: Option B. -> Caste system
Answer: (b).Caste system

Question 64. The theory of development which suggests that societies move from traditional to modern, industrial forms of organization is called

Westernization theory
Modernization theory
Industrialization theory
Dependency theory

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Answer: Option B. -> Modernization theory
Answer: (b).Modernization theory

Question 65. The use of 'indentured labor' in the nineteenth century involved

people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond
The sale of African people through the slave trade in the 'Atlantic triangle
selecting the most skilled workers in factories to promote their employer's company overseas
Extracting the teeth of the laziest workers to stop them from talking

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Answer: Option A. -> people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond
Answer: (a).people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond

Question 66. The most extreme, coerciv abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality people are treated as property

Poor
Law income
Slavery
None of the above

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Answer: Option C. -> Slavery
Answer: (c).Slavery

Question 67. The term 'over-urbanization' means that

life in modern Western cities is so far removed from that of the Third World that we find it diffic
in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas
The extent to which urbanization affects development has been exaggerated
Governments are so preoccupied with urbanization in the West that they forget to attend to problems

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Answer: Option B. -> in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas
Answer: (b).in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas

Question 68. Environmentalist social movements are global in the sense that

They increase our awareness of risks that affect the whole planet
They appeal to universal values and human rights
They use global media to generate publicity
All of the above

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Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d).All of the above

Question 69. According to anthropologists dominant structural position in the world system consists of the strongest and most powerful states with advanced systems of production is called as

World system
Globalization
Migration
Core

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Answer: Option D. -> Core
Answer: (d).Core

Question 70. Frank (1967) made the claim that 'underdeveloped' societies were

Insufficiently involved in the international capitalist economy
Reluctant to surrender their traditional ways of life
Economically dependent on the wealthy countries that exploited them
The 'metropolis' to which 'satellite' countries were attached

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Answer: Option C. -> Economically dependent on the wealthy countries that exploited them
Answer: (c).Economically dependent on the wealthy countries that exploited them