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Which of the following statements is true of the Jewish language(s)? a. The use of Hebrew texts in Jewish day schools has decreased. b. A measure of Jewishness is the ability to speak Yiddish. c. Jews across the world are […]

________ 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 ________ contributed to the emergence of the American notion that “a woman’s place is in the home.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It is important to establish rapport quickly to be an effective participant observer. Longitudinal ethnographic research is the long-term study of a particular culture or society, frequently based on repeated visits. 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. The cargo cults of Melanesia predated the arrival of Europeans in the region. Answer: FALSE Development anthropology refers to the branch of anthropology that […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to Aihwa Ong, spirit possession of female factory workers in Malaysia is A. an example of the interrelatedness of religion and economy. B. an unconscious protest against stressful and exploitive working conditions. C. the result of a gender-based division […]

Polygyny is A. a situation in which a woman has more than one husband at the same time. B. the custom whereby a wife marries the brother of her dead husband. C. the type of marriage that follows divorce. D. […]

The statement, __________, is not true. A. “one of the most valuable tools in applying anthropology is the ethnographic method” B. “many applied anthropologists have worked with development agencies such as the World Bank and USAID” C. “the application of […]

Anthropology is a holistic discipline because it A. has traditionally focused on nonindustrial societies. B. deals with human culture. C. does not attempt to make generalizations about humanity. D. now focuses on industrial societies. E. studies human biological, cultural, and […]

In chiefdoms, individuals were ranked according to seniority, but everyone was believed to have descended from a common set of ancestors. In the United States, attitudes regarding the role of women in the workplace have varied according to economic needs. […]

Lobola is insurance against divorce. Ethnology is the process of living with a culture for a long time to describe that one culture fully. Answer: FALSE Labov argued that all humans share a universal grammar. Answer: FALSE Although the productivity […]

Noam Chomsky used the term adaptive strategy to describe a society’s system of economic production. Cultural generalities may arise through independent invention, when people in different societies devise similar solutions to comparable problems or challenges. Answer: TRUE Belief in mana, […]

Modern technology plays an important role in both facilitating cultural imperialism and resisting it. States are complex systems of sociopolitical organization that aim to control and administer everything from conflict resolution to fiscal systems to population movements. Answer: TRUE The […]

Horticulture refers to low-intensity farming, including the use of slash-and-burn techniques. Continual expansion is one of the characteristic features of industrial economic systems. Answer: TRUE Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce. Answer: TRUE The residents of Newtok, Alaska, believe […]

The term protolanguage refers to the limited communication systems of nonhuman primates. Since bands lack formalized law, they have no means of settling disputes. Answer: FALSE Focal vocabularies are found only in non-Western societies. Answer: FALSE According to Tylor, religion […]

As capitalism has spread globally, the gap between rich and poor has decreased both within and between nations. National boundaries no long restrict forces influencing production and consumption. Answer: TRUE Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual […]

Sugar and cotton helped fuel the development of a capitalist world economy. Cross-culturally, there are only two specific genders. Answer: FALSE[/cpmembership] Historical linguists study similarities and differences between languages spoken today in order to make inferences about long-term linguistic change. […]

According to Karl Marx, classes are A. complementary, in that they each do different tasks necessary for the survival of the society. B. part of the original, preindustrial social system of humans. C. powerful collective forces that could mobilize human […]

This chapter mentions the work of Wolf and Mintz, both students of Julian Steward, as illustrations of approaches that A. put human agency at the center of cultural analysis. B. focus on the study of cultures as closed systems, untouched […]

Fundamentalists are correct in seeing a rise in secularism in contemporary North America. Which of the following statements about irrigation is NOT true? A. Irrigated fields typically increase in value through time. B. Irrigation is one of the defining characteristics […]

A policy of ethnic expulsion aims at removing from a country groups who are culturally different. There are many examples, including Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s; Uganda expelling 74,000 Asians in 1972; and so on. The neofascist parties of contemporary western […]

People have to eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how A. culture takes the natural biological urges we share with other animals and teaches us how to express them […]

The world’s linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years, and half of the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century. In the caste system […]

In bands, the leader occupies an official office with coercive control over the members of the community. Health care systems refers to the nationalized health care services that exist only in core industrial nations. Answer: False Rites of passage involve […]

Human biological differences are evident only to individuals who wrongfully sustain the validity of human races. Behaviors associated with sports fandom could be considered secular rituals. Answer: True In a study among the Hopi of northeastern Arizona, more than a […]

Cultural relativists believe that a culture should be judged only according to the standards and traditions of that culture and not according to the standards of other cultural traditions. Colonialism often involves dividing up ethnic groups to weaken their authority. […]

De facto discrimination occurs when laws exist that harm a specific group and its members. Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder. Answer: True One theory regarding the universality of the incest […]

Developmental anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimensions of, moral development. Traditionally, ethnographers have tried to understand the whole of a particular culture. Answer: True The reason students of non-Western […]

Anthropologists study only non-Western cultures. The origins of BEV are found mostly in West Africa, not in the dialects of the southern part of the United States. Answer: False Acculturation is the process by which people lose the culture that […]

The role of natural selection in producing variation in human skin color illustrates the explanatory approach to explaining human biological diversity. Globalization promotes intercultural communication, migration, and commerce, thereby increasing the opportunities for what the text describes as postmodern moments. […]

Radiative forcings work to warm and cool the earth. If these didn”t exist, there would be no global warming. mile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious effervescence. Anthropologists too have stressed the collective, social, shared, […]

Sociolinguistics has demonstrated that men lack the linguistic capacity to distinguish between slight changes in color. Hypodescent in the United States automatically determines the race of a child whose parents belong to different racial groups. Answer: True Although humans do […]

The art at Chav’n de Huantar includes A.polychrome vases fashioned on the pottery wheel. B.carved stone slabs covered with written texts. C.anthropomorphic figures that combine the features of different animal forms. D.posed human figures closely resembling those found in ancient […]

Field notes from archaeological surveys include A.the location of the site. B.the materials that were found. C.observations about the place. D.all of the above. E.none of the above. The principal theme of Maya inscriptions on carved stone monuments appears to […]

Prior to the establishment of Monte Albn, the largest site in the Valley of Oaxaca with a danzante was A.San Jos Mogote. B.Cuicuilco. C.San Lorenzo. D.Tikal. Discuss differences in the exchange systems that characterized later prehispanic polities in Middle and […]

Which of the following is considered to be the first major development in hominin evolution? A.increased brain capacity B.tool making C.bipedalism D.sexual dimorphism Which of the following would you expect to find at a Folsom site? A.domesticated squash, gourd, and […]

Gatecliff Shelter was NOT A.located in the western United States. B.excavated by David Hurst Thomas. C.an Archaic period site with evidence for the use of desert resources. D.the site of the first wall paintings in North America. Great Zimbabwe is […]

Compare key themes of early written texts in Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica. Answer:Answer will vary The most common technique for making stone tools at Olduvai was A.percussion. B.pressure. C.nucleation. D.addition. Which of the following were domesticated in South America? A.turkey and […]

The evidence from Franchthi Cave suggests that A.the area was unoccupied prior to the arrival of Neolithic farmers. B.the Mycenaean civilization began very early in this area. C.the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic was gradual. D.early pottery in Europe dates […]

The site of Borum Eshj is located in A.Denmark. B.Germany. C.England. D.Hungary. The Harappan civilization was characterized by all of the following except A.a written script found on soapstone seals. B.a standardized system of weights. C.planned settlements with streets and […]

Huaca del Sol is A.an Inca administrative center. B.a Moche deity often represented on pottery. C.a Late Horizon site noted for its finely cut and coursed masonry. D.a Tiwanaku outpost located on the South coast of Peru. E.a huge adobe […]

Which is true of Monte Albn? A.It had more temples than any other prehispanic Mesoamerican site. B.It had a residential pattern of houses built on terraces. C.It had several large round temples. D.The first chinampas are found there. E.It was […]