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ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 EXAM #3
(FINAL) DR. BERK 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
World System - correct answer -interdependent system of
countries linked by economic and political competition; the spread
of European empires and the development of industrialism in the
world system's core led to the demise of independent
nonindustrial states; this led to the movement of peoples, things,
and systems
1) Slavery, Immigration, Colonization (moved people
2) Sugar, Cotton, Coffee, Cattle, Potatoes (moved plants,
animals, and their products)
3) Nation-States, Firms/Corporations, Markets (moved and
remade political and economic systems
World-Systems Theory - correct answer -Theory originated by
Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three-tier structure,
proposing that social change in the developing world is
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inextricably linked to the economic activities of the developed
world. Core, Semi-Periphery, and Periphery
Core - correct answer -dominant position, includes the strongest,
most powerful, and technically most advanced industrial nations
Semi-Periphery - correct answer -intermediate between the core
and periphery; contemporary nations are industrialized; like core
nations, they export industrial goods and commodities, but lack
the power and economic dominance of core nations
Periphery - correct answer -includes the world's least privileged
and powerful countries; economic activities are less mechanized
than those in the core and semi-periphery; some industrialization;
produce raw materials, agricultural commodities, and human labor
for export to the core and semi-periphery
Internal Peripheries (Bourgois) - correct answer -peripheral zones
within nation states that have less privilege (ex: water in Flint,
Michigan; Harlem in NYC)
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States, Communities, Firms in the World System - correct answer
-Everywhere, these zones are administered by a
triangular relationship between states, communities (groups of
people), and firms (markets, employees, customers)
Metaphors for the World System - correct answer -world system is
a kind of virus, almost everyone has been exposed and many
killed; those who survived must find a place in one of its three
zones
The Noble Savage - correct answer -- tied to nature
- pure
- noble
- peaceful
- pristine
- childlike
- naive
- living in harmony with one's surroundings
- static/unchanging
- inevitability of disappearance
ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 EXAM #3
(FINAL) DR. BERK 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
World System - correct answer -interdependent system of
countries linked by economic and political competition; the spread
of European empires and the development of industrialism in the
world system's core led to the demise of independent
nonindustrial states; this led to the movement of peoples, things,
and systems
1) Slavery, Immigration, Colonization (moved people
2) Sugar, Cotton, Coffee, Cattle, Potatoes (moved plants,
animals, and their products)
3) Nation-States, Firms/Corporations, Markets (moved and
remade political and economic systems
World-Systems Theory - correct answer -Theory originated by
Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three-tier structure,
proposing that social change in the developing world is
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inextricably linked to the economic activities of the developed
world. Core, Semi-Periphery, and Periphery
Core - correct answer -dominant position, includes the strongest,
most powerful, and technically most advanced industrial nations
Semi-Periphery - correct answer -intermediate between the core
and periphery; contemporary nations are industrialized; like core
nations, they export industrial goods and commodities, but lack
the power and economic dominance of core nations
Periphery - correct answer -includes the world's least privileged
and powerful countries; economic activities are less mechanized
than those in the core and semi-periphery; some industrialization;
produce raw materials, agricultural commodities, and human labor
for export to the core and semi-periphery
Internal Peripheries (Bourgois) - correct answer -peripheral zones
within nation states that have less privilege (ex: water in Flint,
Michigan; Harlem in NYC)
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States, Communities, Firms in the World System - correct answer
-Everywhere, these zones are administered by a
triangular relationship between states, communities (groups of
people), and firms (markets, employees, customers)
Metaphors for the World System - correct answer -world system is
a kind of virus, almost everyone has been exposed and many
killed; those who survived must find a place in one of its three
zones
The Noble Savage - correct answer -- tied to nature
- pure
- noble
- peaceful
- pristine
- childlike
- naive
- living in harmony with one's surroundings
- static/unchanging
- inevitability of disappearance
