Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 10th Edition

Good key cultural consultants generally end up recording most of the data needed to write an ethnography. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Sampling and statistical techniques are tools first used by sociologists. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Compared to questionnaires, interview schedules tend to be more indirect and impersonal. Answer: FALSE Answer:

The Human Terrain System is a GIS-based program to map the location of all living communities on Earth. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Racial classifications do not accurately represent the wide diversity of biological traits present among human populations. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The distinction between emic and etic perspectives

Malinowski found that the Trobriand Islanders used magic A.as a means of increasing social solidarity. B.to increase the bountifulness of the yam harvest. C.in psychologically stressful situations, such as sailing. D.as a means of leveling Europeans who refused to redistribute their wealth. E.to kill their adversaries during intertribal warfare. Answer: C. Answer: C. Answer: C.

UV radiation causes the destruction of folate. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The burakumin constitute an isolated breeding population that is genetically distinct from the majority Japanese population. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE The spread of malaria is linked to population growth and deforestation. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The

Cultural generalities may arise through independent invention, when people in different societies devise similar solutions to comparable problems or challenges. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Anthropologists today realize that no culture is isolated and that the ethnographic present is an unrealistic concept. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Cultural

BHP Billiton in Papua New Guinea A.increased the standard of living for the majority of the indigenous population. B.closed the mine that was not up to environmental standards. C.denied that they had made any negative environmental impacts. D.has caused flooding and pollution that has forced many indigenous families to move. E.began a reforestation project. Answer:

Noam Chomsky used the term adaptive strategy to describe a society's system of economic production. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Sociolinguistics has demonstrated that men lack the linguistic capacity to distinguish between slight variations in color. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Cultural resource management (CRM) refers to the efforts of peripheral nations to develop

Some nations legally recognize more than two genders. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Phonology is the study of speech sounds. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The elites of archaic states enjoyed restricted access to sumptuary goods. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Full-time priests are often found in

An examination of racial classifications from around the world indicates that A.all cultures classify races similarly. B.the classification of racial types is an arbitrary, culturally specific process. C.the best racial classifications are based solely on phenotypical traits. D.the best racial classifications are based solely on genotype. E.the best racial classifications are based on both genotype

It is important to establish rapport quickly to be an effective participant observer. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Longitudinal ethnographic research is the long-term study of a particular culture or society, frequently based on repeated visits. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce.

Compared to the 1960s, only 15% of working wives presently make more money than their husbands. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE The cargo cults of Melanesia predated the arrival of Europeans in the region. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Development anthropology refers to the branch of anthropology that uses data collected in local settings

________ refers to the different symbol-based patterns and traditions associated with particular groups within the same complex society. A.Subcultures B.Globalization C.Diffusion D.Hypodescent E.Pidgins Answer: A. Answer: A. Answer: A. ________ contributed to the emergence of the American notion that "a woman's place is in the home." A.European immigration around 1900 B.World War II C.Voting rights for women D.Inflation E.The Women's Rights