As this chapter's Appreciating Anthropology segment notes, around the world many contemporary nations are repeatingat an accelerated ratethe process of resource depletion that started in Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Fortunately, however,
A. this resource depletion is very localized, since extractive enterprises have been using new technologies that completely eliminate negative externalities.
B. the money made from this resource depletion always benefits the host communities and countries.
C. resource depletion now is more than 80 percent sustainable.
D. today's world has some environmental watchdogsmany of them anthropologistswho did not exist during the first centuries of the Industrial Revolution.
E. anthropologists are increasingly being consulted prior to the start of new resource extraction projects.
Question 2
By promoting rural-to-urban migration, industrialization hastened the process of proletarianization, which is
A. elite domination of the means of communication, schools, and other key institutions.
B. personal identification with one's own economic group.
C. the separation of workers from the means of production.
D. a form of communism.
E. the shift from mills and factories to cottages and farms.
The World’s Muddiest River
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s
Luna Park at Coney Island was a vast living theater in which strollers were both spectators and acto
Example of the Tabular List and instructional notes (conventions).
Climate—The “Dry World”
World Mean Sea-Level Temperatures in January