Throughout the Many Years That Kottak Has Been Doing Research

question 20

Multiple Choice

Throughout the many years that Kottak has been doing research among the nonindustrial Betsileo of Madagascar,he has witnessed the impact of globalization on their livelihood.All of the following have threatened the traditional fabric of Betsileo life EXCEPT

• A) agricultural intensification caused by population pressure.
• B) the breakdown of social and political order, fueled by an increasing demand for cash.
• C) the growing threat of cattle thieves, some of them relatively well-educated young men looking to make some cash.
• D) the increased presence of anthropologists collaborating with local leaders to preserve their ancestral lands.
• E) emigration.

---

Definitions:

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as cash and goods, used by a business to produce goods and services and create wealth.

Labor

The use of human labor, be it physical or intellectual, in generating goods and services.

MRTS

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution. It's the rate at which one input can be reduced for every increase in another input, keeping output constant.

Labor

The application of human physical and mental efforts in the creation and offering of goods and services.