ANTH 045N L14 Quiz

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L14 Quiz Score for this quiz: 30 out of 40 * Question 1 3 / 3 pts Described in this week's readings, the Malagasy development program described in this chapter illustrates the importance of: replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. the local government's ability to improve the lives of its citizens, when committed to doing so. the top-down strategies developed by the UN. breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation with more modern ones. Question 2 3 / 3 pts Development projects should aim to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT: respecting local traditions. preserving local systems while working to make them better. promoting change, but not overinnovation.

developing strategies with little input from the local communities. drawing models of development from indigenous practices. Question 3 3 / 3 pts Which of the following is NOT an appropriate responsibility or function for an applied anthropologist? Working as participant observers, taking part in the events they study in order to understand local thought and behavior. Advocating for local cultural values above the values of all other people. Working with people to design culturally appropriate and socially sensitive change. Protecting local people from harmful policies and projects that might threaten them. Figuring out which areas of change are perceived of as important to local people. Question 4 3 / 3 pts Which of the following was NOT part of Gerald Murray’s plan to encourage rural Haitian peasants to plant trees in an effort to slow down the process of deforestation?

Work through local representatives and NGO's to ensure implementation of the project. Provide small seedlings to farmers that could be planted quickly and easily. Provide money to large Haitian institutions so that they could run the program. Provide an economic rationale that peasants could use to judge the merits of the program on their own, by introducing the trees as cash crops owned by peasants themselves. Question 5 3 / 3 pts All of the following illustrates the kinds of work that applied anthropologists do except: borrowing from fields such as history and sociology to broaden the scope of theoretical anthropology. using the tools of medical anthropology to work as cultural interpreters in public health programs. helping the Environmental Protection Agency address environmental problems. working for or with international development agencies, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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