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How does the text define the field of anthropology?

What is the primary purpose of Horace Miner's article, 'Body Ritual among the Nacirema'?

What is the term for the anthropological commitment to look at the whole picture of human life, including culture, biology, history, and language, across space and time?

According to genetic studies cited in the text, what percentage of DNA do humans share with chimpanzees?

Which specialization within biological anthropology traces the history of human evolution through the study of the fossil record?

Which area of archaeology focuses on reconstructing human behavior in the distant past from artifacts, before the existence of written records?

What term does the textbook use for the worldwide intensification of interactions and increased movement of money, people, goods, and ideas within and across national borders?

The theory that rapid innovation in communication and transportation technologies has transformed the way people think about space and time is known as what?

What term describes the corporate strategies that use flexible strategies to accumulate profits in an era of globalization, enabled by innovative communication and transportation technologies?

According to the United Nations data cited in the text, recent globalization has spurred the international migration of more than how many people?

What is the term for the current historical period in which human activity is so extensive that it is reshaping the planet in permanent ways?

What research strategy involves conducting fieldwork in more than one location to understand the full scope of a social issue and the linkages between communities?

Which early twentieth-century anthropologist became deeply involved in U.S. immigration debates and conducted studies showing physical changes in the children of immigrants?

Audrey Richards's 1930s ethnography, 'Chisungu', which studied the coming-of-age rituals of young Bemba women, is credited with opening a pathway for what area of study in anthropology?

What proportion of anthropologists today work in applied anthropology, applying their skills to current world problems outside of academic settings?

What is the term for the strong human tendency to use one's own cultural norms to evaluate and judge the cultural beliefs and practices of others?

What is the primary research strategy that cultural anthropologists use, which involves living with a community of people over an extended period to better understand their lives?

The 'four-field approach' in United States anthropology constitutes a holistic method for examining humanity by integrating biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and which other field?

What is the name of the specialization within biological anthropology that studies living, nonhuman primates and primate fossils to understand human evolution and behavior?

Regarding human genetic variation, what do studies in biological anthropology consistently show about so-called 'racial' groups?

Which specialization within linguistic anthropology studies how language changes over time within a culture and as it moves across cultures?

What is the definition of ethnology in cultural anthropology?

Which key dynamic of globalization is characterized by the unequal distribution of its benefits, such as the disparity in Internet access between developed and developing countries?

According to the World Bank data cited in the text, nearly 700 million people live in extreme poverty, which is defined as surviving on less than what amount of money per day?

The chapter's feature on the vanilla bean from Madagascar is used to illustrate the anthropological study of 'material culture,' also referred to as what?

In her work in the Marshall Islands, featured in 'Anthropologists Engage the World,' what two major issues does anthropologist Holly Barker primarily focus on?

Driven by the burning of fossil fuels, scientists cited in the text predict a rise in average global temperatures of what range by the year 2100?

The text suggests that instead of homogenization, globalization often results in a mixing and reworking of cultural influences. What is this process called in a later chapter?

The research of the author, Kenneth Guest, on Chinese immigrants who maintain strong ties between Fuzhou, China, and New York City is presented as an example of what?

In the opening vignette about the iPhone and coltan, the network of miners, traders, factory workers, and designers across more than 200 companies and dozens of countries is described as a what?

The roots of anthropology are described as lying in the increased global contact that resulted from which historical process?

In Horace Miner's article on the Nacirema, who are the 'holy-mouth men' that people visit for ritual advice?

Unlike sociologists or economists who primarily analyze broad trends and national policies, cultural anthropologists are distinct because they typically start their research with whom?

The anthropological approach that considers the life experiences of people in every part of the world, comparing and contrasting cultural beliefs and practices to understand human similarities and differences on a global scale, is known as what?

What term refers to the central role of individuals and groups in determining their own lives, even when they are faced with overwhelming structures of power?

Modern humans, Homo sapiens, are believed to have evolved in Africa approximately how long ago?

Historic archaeology is distinct from prehistoric archaeology because it explores the more recent past by combining the examination of physical artifacts with what other types of records?

Which type of linguist would be most likely to study how factors such as race, gender, age, or class affect how people use language in different situations?

What is the primary goal of the anthropological process of ethnology?

The corporate strategy of flexible accumulation, a key dynamic of globalization, involves moving production facilities around the world primarily in search of what?

What is the term for the practice of shifting part of a company's work to employees in other parts of the world, such as hiring technicians in the Philippines to answer customer service calls?

Human activities have caused profound changes to the planet. According to the text, humans have planted, grazed, paved, excavated, and built on at least what percentage of Earth’s surface?

The text cites a National Aeronautics and Space Administration prediction that a sea-level rise of what range by 2100 is entirely possible, largely due to melting glaciers?

The 'Toolkit' section at the end of the chapter suggests that the story of the young coltan miners in Congo provides a powerful image to challenge students to do what?

During the 18th and 19th centuries, what was the primary source of information about other cultures for early European anthropologists?

How did Franz Boas's work on immigrants in the early 20th century challenge the prevailing racialized views of his time?

The unique anthropological perspective focuses on the details of human life in a local community and then examines what?

In the section on Biological Anthropology, what percentage of DNA do humans and gorillas share?

In addition to the more than 258 million international migrants, the text provides an estimate of how many internal migrants there are moving within their own countries?