Cultural Anthropology 16th Edition

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE With unilineal descent, one's lineage affiliation is ascribed at birth, but with ambilineal descent, lineage affiliation is more fluid, because each member chooses his or her own descent group. Answer: TRUE

The overall trend in anthropological theory has been from theories that put human agency at the center of cultural dynamics to paradigms that see evolution as the main force behind cultural change. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Contemporary, applied ecological anthropologists work to plan and implement policies aimed at environmental preservation. They

In non-Western societies, artists tend to be iconoclastic and antisocial. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE "Greenwashing" describes a protest tactic used by militant eco groups, whereby they douse executives of multinational corporations in green paint. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Even though women represent more than half the U.S. workforce, single-parent families headed by

The status systems of chiefdoms and states are similar, in that both are based on differential access to resources. Nevertheless, a key distinction is that A.status is much more important to leaders in chiefdoms than in states. B.differential access in chiefdoms is still very much tied to kinship. C.stratum endogamy exists in chiefdoms

How did the Belgian colonizers of East Africa identify who was Tutsi and who was Hutu? A.individual self-identification B.the number of cattle owned C.previous census data D.phenotype, or how the individual physically looked E.unique tribal body modifications such as scar tattoos Answer: B. Answer: B. Answer: B. Found in a cave in Slovenia, the oldest

Which of the following statements about polyandry is most likely true? A.It is found only among fishing communities in Madagascar. B.It is a cultural adaptation to the high labor demands of rice cultivation. C.It is a cultural adaptation to mobility associated with male travel for trade, commerce, and warfare. D.It is almost always sororate. E.It is

Early anthropologists explained incest taboos as a reflection of "instinctive horror" of mating with close relatives. However, this explanation for incest taboos has been rejected because formal incest restrictions would be unnecessary if humans really do have an instinctive aversion to incest. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Exogamy is

Although anthropologists may be interested in contemporary global issues such as climate change, their perspective is necessarily limited to the local scale of their fieldwork. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Survey research is usually conducted through intensive personal contact with the study subjects. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE A functional explanation attempts to correlate

The children of your father's sister are called your cross cousins. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The U.S. government continues to subsidize its own corn farmers, who otherwise would go out of business. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Most band and tribal societies in the world today are completely

There is no difference between the biological and cultural definitions of race. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE In the Igbo women's war, women used song, dance, noise, and "in-your-face" behavior to attempt to subvert formal authority, but women did not gain any greater influence. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Health care systems refers only

Status in chiefdoms and states is based primarily on differential access to resources. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The cargo cults of Melanesia functioned to integrate Melanesians and set the stage for the formation of political parties and economic interest groups. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Human biological

The Samoan community living in Los Angeles has successfully used the matai system to deal with modern urban problems. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The term indigenous people gained legitimacy within international law with the creation in 1982 of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Answer: TRUE

Like race, kinship is a cultural construction, in that it exhibits considerable cultural diversity. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Behaviors associated with

A descent group consists only of a married couple and their children. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Among the classic works of processual approaches to culture is Edmund Leach's Political Systems of Highland Burma. This study made a tremendously important point by taking a regional rather than a local perspective. Answer: TRUE

What postmarital residence rule is most often found in societies with lineal kinship terminologies? A.ambilocal B.neolocal C.patrilocal D.matrilocal E.bilocal Answer: B. Answer: B. Answer: B. All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative, although precisely what constitutes a close relative varies across cultures. A.levirate B.sororate C.fraternal D.incest E.exogamy Answer: D. Answer: D. Answer: