ANTHROPOLOGY 230 TEST LATEST
UPDATED
When did the term globalization come into widespread use? - ANSWER 1990s
What are the 3 terms Globalization refers to? - ANSWER Increase trade,
transnational economic activity, Faster & denser communications networks
What does Erikson (author of your text) mean when he says, "Globalization has
become a basket concept"? - ANSWER Globalization, the term is over used for
many complex issues
What are three phenomena that led to the growth in international trade in the
19th century? - ANSWER industrial development, colonial expansion,
technological change
Long before the internet, what are three advancements that revolutionized
Communication Technology? - ANSWER Telegraph, radio, transporting (mail,
boats, airplanes)
What happened in the Post-War decades that spurned global connectedness? -
ANSWER The growth of transnational companies, number of NGO, and United
Nations becomes important
What key concept did Immanuel Wallerstein develop? - ANSWER World
systems theory
Is Globalization a new word for economic imperialism or cultural
westernization? (Yes or No). - ANSWER no
Briefly explain disembedding - ANSWER It is lifted out of social relations to
one context to another, it gets out of its context.
What does 'Global Modernity' refer to? - ANSWER series of disembodying
process with transnational/ global reach
UPDATED
When did the term globalization come into widespread use? - ANSWER 1990s
What are the 3 terms Globalization refers to? - ANSWER Increase trade,
transnational economic activity, Faster & denser communications networks
What does Erikson (author of your text) mean when he says, "Globalization has
become a basket concept"? - ANSWER Globalization, the term is over used for
many complex issues
What are three phenomena that led to the growth in international trade in the
19th century? - ANSWER industrial development, colonial expansion,
technological change
Long before the internet, what are three advancements that revolutionized
Communication Technology? - ANSWER Telegraph, radio, transporting (mail,
boats, airplanes)
What happened in the Post-War decades that spurned global connectedness? -
ANSWER The growth of transnational companies, number of NGO, and United
Nations becomes important
What key concept did Immanuel Wallerstein develop? - ANSWER World
systems theory
Is Globalization a new word for economic imperialism or cultural
westernization? (Yes or No). - ANSWER no
Briefly explain disembedding - ANSWER It is lifted out of social relations to
one context to another, it gets out of its context.
What does 'Global Modernity' refer to? - ANSWER series of disembodying
process with transnational/ global reach
