As This Chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" Segment Notes,around the World Many

question 47

Multiple Choice

As this chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" segment notes,around the world many contemporary nations are repeating-at an accelerated rate-the 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 watchdogs-many of them anthropologists-who 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.

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