Questions 50

Question 1 2 pts

The section, Gift-Giving and Exchange in Chapter 2 of the textbook, says which of the following?

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Anthropologists can give gifts to the people they are studying.

Gift-giving is never acceptable in an anthropological project because those to whom you do not give gifts in a community will feel cheated and may work against your research.

 

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Question 2 2 pts

Scenario: An anthropologist encountered a tribal village that had not previously been studied by anthropologists.  He found that the members of the village had an extremely unusual trading system, but he was afraid to tell them that he wanted to study their economic pattern, for fear that it would change their behavior.  Instead, the anthropologist told the tribe that he was interested in their marriage patterns, but he secretly observed and recorded the details of their system of trade.  He later published a report about their trading system, but never let the people in the tribe know that he had done so. 

Based on the section, Ethics and Collaborative Research in Chapter 2 of the textbook, did the anthropologist follow the ethical guidelines of anthropology?

 

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No

Yes

 

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Question 3 2 pts

The section, Ethics and Collaborative Research in Chapter 2 of the Miller textbook indicates what two historical events influenced the creation of the anthropological code of ethics more than forty years ago?

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The American Civil War and the Cold War

The Vietnam War and the effort to use anthropolgical data to influence political leadership in South America.

The Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II.

 

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Question 4 2 pts

Which of the following is not listed as a technique for selecting a topic for a research project in the section, Project Selection in Chapter 2 of the Miller textbook? 

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Focusing on an applied or "real life" problem to produce usable results for a governments or other institution.

Reading previous research reports to see where there is a gap in anthropological knowledge.

Having your faculty adviser tell you what you must research.

Using a current event, such as the AIDS epidemic as a focal point for a study.

 

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Question 5 2 pts

Based on the section, Participant Observation in Chapter 2 of the Miller textbook, the "father" of this field practice is:

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John Stuyvesant

Bronislaw Malinowski

Ruth Benedict

 

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Question 6 2 pts

The Anthropology Works section "What's for Breakfast in California" in Chapter 2 of your textbook is an example of what type of anthropology?

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Doing a statistical study of products on the market and trying to predict a "gap" in the needs of the public - and designing a product to fill that gap.

Identifying what people actually do in their lives to develop a product for the commercial market.

 

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Question 7 2 pts

Scenario:  An anthropologist goes into the field to study an aboriginal village in Brazil, where she carries out informal observation, collects traditional stories, records myths and observes religious rituals. 

Based on the section, Deductive and Inductive Research in Chapter 2 of the Miller textbook, this is:

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Deductive research that produces emic data

Inductive research that produces emic data

Deductive research that produces etic data

Inductive research that produces etic data

 

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Question 8 2 pts

The Eye on The Environment section in Chapter 2 of the Miller textbook, "Inuit Place Names and Landscape Knowledge," is about:

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Illustrating how western place names have replaced the original Inuit names in many areas.

Documenting how place names figure in the names given to children at birth.

Preserving indigenous knowledge

 

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Question 9 2 pts

According to the section, Participant Observation in Chapter 2 of your textbook, which of the options listed below qualifies as anthropological participant observation?

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Paying internet "visits" to a remote village via a satellite link for two hours every Friday afternoon over a period of two months.

Living in a culture continuously for a year while you gather data.

All of the options listed here qualify as anthropological participant observation.

Visiting a cultural group and gathering data periodically over a period of a month.

 

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Question 10 2 pts

Based on the sections, Foraging as a Sustainable System and The Sustainability of Agriculture in Chapter 3, which is more sustainable, Foraging or Agriculture?

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Neither - they are equally sustainable

Agriculture

Foraging

 

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Question 11 2 pts

The section, "Race" and Children's Shopping in New Haven, Connecticut in Chapter 3 describes the research of Elizabeth Chin who found that: 

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When shopping, children from poor neighborhoods almost invariably bought things for themselves, not their families, with their meager resources.

Many children from poor neighborhoods bought gifts for others in their family when shopping.

 

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Question 12 2 pts

The Culturama section, The Kwakwaka'wakw of Canada in Chapter 3 of the Miller Textbook describes the fact that native cultural traditions in this group are being revived after a period of cultural loss during Colonial times.

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True

False

 

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Question 13 2 pts

Scenario:  Two friends meet regularly over a cup of coffee.  Sometimes one pays for the coffee of both and other times the other friend pays for the coffee.  Neither keeps exact track of who has paid what, but they assume their expenses will be equal in the end.  Based on the sections Balanced Exchange and Unbalanced Exchange in Chapter 3 of your textbook, this is an example of:

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Unbalanced exchange

Balanced exchange

 

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Question 14 2 pts

The section, Division of Labor, which is repeated in several sections of Chapter 3 in your textbook concerns:

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How social factors suchas age and gender figure into the determination who does different tasks in an economy.

How among aboriginal groups, labor is often divided up between nuclear families, extended families, and lineages.

 

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Question 15 2 pts

Sustainability in an economy, as discussed in the sections, Foraging as a Sustainable System and The Sustainability of Agriculture in Chapter 3 of the textbook has to do with:

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How well a population sustains its size in the face of warfare, disease, and famine, among other problems.

The degree to which an environment regenerates resources sufficient to support a population.

 

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Question 16 2 pts

The section, How Cultures Create Kinship in Chapter 6 of the Miller textbook indicated that:

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In every society, kinship is always second in importance to institutions such as the military, educational systems, and political offices.

Kinship is the most important organizing principle in some societies

 

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Question 17 2 pts

Figure 6.3 in your textbook illustrates the character of two kinship systems, those of the Iroquois and the Eskimo.  In which system could someone use the term "mother" for more than one individual?  

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Iroquois

Both

Eskimo

Neither

 

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Question 18 2 pts

Based on the sections, Unilineal Descent, Bilineal Descent, and the Culturama section (on "The Minangkabau of Indonesia") in Chapter 6 of your textbook, the Minangkabau are:

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Patrilineal and Bilineal

Matrilineal and Unilineal

Patrilineal and Unilineal

Matrilineal and Bilineal

 

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Question 19 2 pts

According to the section, Forms of Marriage in Chapter 6 of the Miller textbook, the practice of one man being married to multiple women  is common in the world, but one women being married to multiple men has not yet been encountered by anthropologists.

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True

False

 

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Question 20 2 pts

The section, Toward a Definition in Chapter 6 of your textbook, is referring to the definition of:

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Culture

Descent

Marriage

 

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Question 21 2 pts

The introductory section to Chapter 8 in your textbook, Public Power: Political Organization and Leadership makes the point that tribes, chiefdoms, states and bands are just four of what may be hundreds of types of political organization that have been identified by anthropologists. The textbook names and describes at length several dozen of them, but to keep things simple, the author chose to focus on just four.

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True

False

 

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Question 22 2 pts

According to the sections, Tribes, States, Chiefdoms, and Bands in Chapter 8, which of these political units practices foraging as  its primary livelihood?

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Tribes

Bands

States

Chiefdoms

All four political levels

 

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Question 23 2 pts

Regarding Tribes, States, Chiefdoms, and Bands in sections named after each in Chapter 8 of the Miller textbook, which of these is sufficiently powerful to maintain a standing army?

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Tribes

States

Chiefdoms

Bands

 

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Question 24 2 pts

The section, Public Power: Political Organization and Leadership in Chapter 8 of your textbook discusses the terms power, authority, and influence and tells the reader that these three words mean exactly the same thing.

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True

False

 

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Question 25 2 pts

The video, The Women's Kingdom is often discussed as an example of a culture in which there is no true institution of marriage, at least as much of the rest of the world defines this term, but the remarkable thing about this culture politically is that:  

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it was one of the world's first known totalitarian political regimes.

it is a matriarchy

 

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Question 26 2 pts

Based on the sections, Tribes, States, Chiefdoms, and Bands in Chapter 8, which of these types of political organization have a centralized political system?

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Bands and States

Tribes and States

Chiefdoms and Bands

Chiefdoms and States

 

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Question 27 2 pts

The Anthropology Works section, "Mapping African Pastoralists' Movements for Risk Assessment and Service Delivery" in Chapter 12 is about: 

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Military assessment of the threat posed by animal herders to national governments in countries that are politically unstable.

Tracking the movement of animal herders so that food and other aid can be given to them in times of crisis.

 

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Question 28 2 pts

 

Changing Kinship and Household Dynamics, a section in Chapter 6 of the Miller textbook credits changes in these two institutions to Colonialism and:

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The Effects of Warfare around the world.

Globalization

Climate Change

 

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Question 29 2 pts

The section, Chain Migration of Dominicans in Chapter 12 is about:

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A "chain" -- which figuratively refers to the "chain" or blockage that many countries have put across their borders to keep out immigrants, including Dominicans

Immigration to a country by a group that later brings in their relatives and friends.

The process of immigrants moving to one country and later to another and yet later to another country, without establishing a permanent home along the way.

 

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Question 30 2 pts

The section, Change in Marriage in Chapter 6 indicates that around the world, as a result of globalization:

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Arranged marriage is decreasing, the average age of first marriage is rising, and unemployment is keeping many people from marrying at all.

Arranged marriages are increasing, the age of first marriage is declining, and increasing employment is causing a rise in the number of marriages worldwide.

 

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Question 31 2 pts

The section, Globalization and Changing Economies in Chapter 3 of your textbook makes the point that:

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There are efforts being made to insure the survival of local, sustainable markets.

Local markets are moving toward extinction and are expected to be completely replaced by global markets by the year 2050.

 

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Question 32 2 pts

Changing Households, one of the last sections in Chapter 6 of the Miller text discusses several changes in households that appear to be taking place as a result of globalization. One of these is:

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The decline in the number of extended family households and the rise in the number of nuclear family households.

The decline in nuclear family households and the increase in the number of extended family households.

 

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Question 33 2 pts

Migration and Human Rights, one of the sections in Chapter 12 concerning globalization, focuses largely on the critical issue of:

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The right of migrants to seek political asylum in foreign countries.

The right of return for displaced peoples.

 

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Question 34 2 pts

The Video, Cricket the Trobriand Way, brings to the fore the issues of cultural borrowing and cultural appropriation, two components of globalization.  If the Trobriand Cricket Players indicated to an anthropologist that they changed Cricket just to denigrate the game the British had introduced to them (and therefore insult the British), then Cricket, as played by the Trobriand Islanders would be:

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An example of cultural borrowing

An example of cultural appropriation

 

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Question 35 2 pts

Changing Patterns of Consumption Among Hong Kong Chinese, one of the sections of Chapter 12 in your textbook about the effects of globalization, indicates that:

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The Chinese from Hong Kong who have migrated to Canada have managed to maintian much of their native Chinese culture in Canada.

Chinese fleeing Hong Kong have been culturally absorbed by Canada to such a degree that many immigrants have lost the ability to speak Chinese and the next generation of Chinese in Canada has become culturally more Canadian than Chinese.

 

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Question 36 2 pts

The section, Theories and Models of Development in Chapter 13 and its various subsections discusses five theories regarding how development should occur.  Which of the following development theories best fits the Interpretive perspective discussed in the Three Debates section of Chapter 1?

 

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Human Development

Sustainable Development

Growth-Oriented Development

 

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Question 37 2 pts

The section, Theories and Models of Development in Chapter 13 and its various subsections discusses five theories regarding how development should occur.  Which of the following development theories best fits the Cultural Materialist perspective discussed in the Three Debates section of Chapter 1?

 

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Human Development

Sustainable Development

Growth-Oriented Development

 

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Question 38 2 pts

Revitalization Movements , as described in a section of the same name in Chapter 10:

 

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Have been identified in western culture, but among no other groups.

Have not occurred for centuries, if at all – some scholars believe they never really took place.

Are described by Miller as characteristic of a number of Native American (First Peoples) tribes.

 

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Question 39 2 pts

Based on the section, the section, The Origins and History of Language in Chapter 9 of the Miller textbook:

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Language rarely changes and does so only under extreme circumstances, such as war or famine.

Human language appears to have originated about 6 million years ago in Africa.

Language does change, but in an irregular fashion and those who have tried to trace its history have largely given up and declared the effort too random to decipher.

None of the options presented here are correct.

 

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Question 40 2 pts

Critical Discourse Analysis... , as described in a section of the same name in Chapter 9:

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Is focused on inequality

Was a technique used by linguists in the 19th century, which is no longer used today

Is used to apprehend criminals

Analyzes historical patterns in spoken consonants and vowels

 

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Question 41 2 pts

In the Anthropology Works section in Chapter 13 of the Miller textbook, “The Saami, Snowmobiles, and Social Impact Analysis,” the social impact analysis indicated that the results of the introduction of snowmobiles to the Saami’s herding economy was uniformly positive.

 

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True

False

 

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Question 42 2 pts

Based on the major section in Chapter 10, World Religions and Local Variations , plus its various subsections, which of the following is not identified by a section bearing its name? 

 

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African Religions

South American Religions

Ras Tafari

 

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Question 43 2 pts

Based on the section, Adolescence: A Universal Life Cycle Stage ? in Chapter 4

 

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Puberty is culturally defined and Adolescence is defined biologically

There is fairly uniform agreement among scholars that all cultures recognize adolescence as a stage of development.

Adolescence is the same thing as Puberty

None of the Options presented here are correct.

 

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Question 44 2 pts

The basic theoretical argument that is discussed in the section, Sexual Identity and Gender Pluralism in Chapter 4 of your Miller textbook occurs between Cultural Constructionists who believe that gender is culturally created and biological determinists who believe that sexual preference is directly the result of hormones, genes and other biological factors.

 

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True

False

 

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Question 45 2 pts

As indicated by the section, Gender in Infancy in Chapter 4 of your textbook, from an anthropological perspective:  

 

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Studying to what degree gender “is naturally determined” in infants is difficult because culture may have an effect on infants as early as their time in the womb.

Someone’s Sex is culturally defined.

Gender, which is a purely biological concept, is fixed at birth.

 

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Question 46 2 pts

Based on the Perspectives… text, the fact that anthropologists avoid judging other cultures negatively because of those cultures’ ways of doing things and values is a sign of:

 

 

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Ethnicity

None of the options here are correct

Anthropologists being trained to avoid conflict

Holism

 

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Question 47 2 pts

The Perspectives textbook defines “racial formation” as:

 

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A biological process involving evolution on a genetic level that produces traits considered, at least by some, to be racial indicators.

A cultural process in which concepts of race are shaped by social, economic, and political factors, among others.

 

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Question 48 2 pts

According to the Perspectives textbook “ethnogenesis” refers to:

 

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The way ethnic identities gradually take shape in a culture because of changing social circumstances.

A process that is specifically legal, in which legislation is passed that defines racial characteristics that would be recognized in a court of law.

 

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Question 49 2 pts

The Perspectives textbook discusses at length three processes associated with immigrant populations in the United States.  Which of the following is not  among them?

 

 

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Rejection

Multiculturalism

Assimilation

 

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Question 50 2 pts

According to the Perspectives textbook:

 

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Ethnic identity is innate and unchanging, as expressed by the term, “ethnic stasis.”

Ethnic identities can vary within a group of people over time.