Ambilineal descent groups such as Samoans, Maori, and Hawaiians are sometimes
referred to as:
a. unilineal descent groups.
b. polylineal descent groups.
c. cognatic descent groups.
d. monolineal descent groups.
e. bilineal descent groups.
Which of the following is defined as the anthropological approach that views society as
consisting of various parts that fit together with each part having its unique function
within the larger structure?
a. functional culturalism
b. cultural structuralism
c. structural functionalism
d. functional structuralism
e. cultural functionalism
To categorize, differentiate, and attribute a particular racial character to a person or
group of people is referred to as:
a. stereotyping.
b. racial ideology.
c. discrimination.
d. prejudice.
e. racialization.
Which of the following characteristics is commonly identified as female rather than
male behavior in the United States?
a. aggressiveness
b. competitiveness
c. emotion
d. strength
e. drive
Surgical procedures are a component of ________ that are not a component of all
health-care traditions.
a. the biomedical model
b. cultural competency
c. a microbiome
d. ethnomedicine
e. illness narratives
Early feminist anthropological studies focused on identifying:
a. the myth of matriarchy in prehistoric societies.
b. the underlying roots of universal male dominance.
c. gender equality in industrialized societies.
d. sources of female power in nonindustrialized cultures.
e. gender stratification in U.S. schools.
According to the textbook, which of the following statements about the “N-word” is
false?
a. It has been used as a derogatory word throughout much of U.S. history.
b. In 1962, the U.S. government started using the word “Negro.”
c. It has been revived among African American youth involved in hip-hop music.
d. Most older African Americans advocate the use of the “N-word.”
e. Many young people carefully say “niggah,” taking an edge off the meaning of the
word.
Economic resources that are transferred from migrants to their families or institutions in
their country of origin are called:
a. brain drain.
b. social capital.
c. transaction costs.
d. duty-free goods.
e. remittances.
The process of adoption:
a. provides further evidence that kinship is constructed rather than biologically
inherited.
b. is not affected by norms and values or by political and economic values.
c. has been made easier and more affordable by globalization.
d. favors Latino, Native American, and African American babies.
e. is not one of the methods by which kinship is constructed.
Ethnography written for government agencies and nongovernmental organizations that
addresses problems in the community is known as ________ anthropology.
a. unethical
b. reflexive
c. authoritative
d. experimental
e. public
The Summer Institute of Linguistics:
a. is a secular institution with the mission of preserving indigenous religious practices.
b. sends missionaries into the field to create written versions of indigenous languages
with the goal of disseminating the Christen Bible in those languages.
c. has attempted to wipe out indigenous languages and replace them with English.
d. promotes tourism to remote areas by establishing programs that teach local languages
to wealthy hobbyists.
e. has attempted to create written records of less widely spoken languages by
transcribing ritual language and songs connected to indigenous religion.
The marriage practice in which one woman is married to two or more men is
considered:
a. polyandry
b. monogamy
c. polymandry
d. polygyny
e. monyandry
Which of the following is among the nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophers
who deeply influenced anthropological theories of religion?
a. Ruth Benedict
b. Alfred Kroeber
c. Margaret Mead
d. Franz Boas
e. Max Weber
To investigate the focal vocabulary of a language in a particular community, a linguistic
anthropologist might:
a. search for genetic evidence for the origin of syntax and grammar.
b. try to discover words that offer sophisticated ways to describe local cultural realities.
c. set up experiments that show how men and women use language differently.
d. focus on the dialects that are present within the group.
e. identify local customs that determine the meaning of body movements and gestures.
Which of the following lists our human ancestors in chronological order, from oldest to
youngest?
a. Australopithecus afarensis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Homo erectus, Homo hablis,
Homo sapiens
b. Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Homo hablis, Homo erectus,
Homo sapiens
c. Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo hablis, Australopithecus afarensis, Ardipithecus
ramidus
d. Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Homo erectus, Homo hablis,
Homo sapiens
e. Australopithecus afarensis, Homo hablis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Homo sapiens,
Homo erectus
What country only exists during the ninety minutes its team plays a soccer match?
a. Puerto Rico
b. England
c. Ghana
d. Monaco
e. Luxembourg
South Korea has developed amazingly, with huge corporations making vast amounts of
money and giving everyone there a high standard of living, while the vast majority of
people in the Central American nation of Guatemala are plagued by extreme poverty,
violence, and poor living conditions. This is an example of:
a. uneven development.
b. neocolonialism.
c. marginalization.
d. differential monetization.
e. elitism.
The most effective strategy humans have developed to form stable, reliable, separate,
and deeply connected groups that can last over time and through generations is termed:
a. heredity.
b. family.
c. marriage.
d. descent.
e. kinship.
As discussed in the text, ________ are a critical form of media that allows Chinese
immigrants and those at home to remain in contact.
a. letters
b. telephones
c. books
d. newspapers
e. videos
Which of the following theories contends that religious practices have likely developed
in response to very practical problems as people sought to adapt to the natural
environment?
a. Marvin Harris
b. Karl Marx
c. Max Weber
d. Emile Durkheim
e. Victor Turner
Initiation ceremonies among the Sambia of Papua New Guinea involve the transfer of
semen between:
a. older men and young men.
b. young men and their wives.
c. young men and older women.
d. young men and other men in their age cohort.
e. older men and other men in their age cohort.
The process of diminishing the diversity of the world’s cultures as a result of foreign
influences inundating local practices, products, and ways of thinking is considered:
a. colonization.
b. missionization.
c. homogenization.
d. industrialization.
e. democratization.
The process though which new immigrants and their children enculturate into the
dominant national culture but retain a distinct ethnic culture is referred to as:
a. assimilation.
b. biculturalism.
c. multiculturalism.
d. negotiation.
e. naturalization.
The radiopotassium dating technique is applied to:
a. fossilized bone.
b. stone of volcanic origin.
c. organic remains.
d. bones and teeth.
e. limestone.
Ethnomusicologists would be most likely to study:
a. portraits in National Geographic.
b. communication through social media.
c. the use of playground rhymes by U.S. rap artists.
d. the marketing of oceanic arts.
e. identity formation among Latin American wood carvers.
The United States has been described as a “melting pot” for immigrants, but not all
immigrant groups follow the same trajectory. In a brief essay, compare and contrast the
experiences of Italian, Jewish, Greek, or other European immigrants with those of
immigrants from China or India.
French sociologist Emile Durkheim argued that which of the following was key to
allowing a society to regenerate its sense of social solidarity?
a. ritual
b. sacrifice
c. holiness
d. sainthood
e. worship
What study claims to be a science, but in reality only promotes the idea that biological
races exist and favors one race over others?
a. fascism
b. Zionism
c. eugenics
d. institutional racism
e. segregation
Anthropologist Patty Kelly found that men who visited the brothel in Chiapas were
mostly:
a. local working-class men.
b. local wealthy men.
c. foreign middle-class men.
d. foreign wealthy men.
e. foreign working-class men.
Sociologist Mignon Moore found that the intersection of ________ and ________ most
impacted the identities of the women in her book Invisible Families (2011).
a. class; age
b. race; age
c. sexuality; religion
d. class; gender
e. race; sexuality
During the planning stages of a fieldwork project, it is typical to:
a. identify key informants.
b. establish rapport.
c. chart kinship networks.
d. conduct a literature review.
e. map the research community.