What is the primary purpose of practicing applied anthropology?
a. It provides case studies to determine the accuracy of new anthropological theories.
b. It establishes new fieldsites where future anthropologists can work.
c. It allows the use of anthropological knowledge to solve practical problems.
d. It allows anthropologists to work with non-governmental agencies to establish
democracy.
e. It provides students with areas where they can practice doing fieldwork.
The most important symbolic aspect of culture is
a. art.
b. language.
c. religion.
d. money.
e. politics.
An extended unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common
ancestor but who cannot trace their genealogical links to that ancestor is called a(n)
a. family.
b. totem.
c. lineage.
d. kindred.
e. clan.
A residence pattern in which a married couple may choose to live in the husband’s
father’s or wife’s mother’s place of residence is called
a. avunculocal.
b. neolocal.
c. ambilocal.
d. patrilocal.
e. matrilocal.
Approximately how many languages are spoken today?
a. 12,000
b. 10,000
c. 6,000
d. 3,000
e. 1,750
A language in which the sound pitch of a spoken word is an essential part of its
pronunciation and meaning is called a
a. paralinguistic language.
b. tonal language.
c. linguistic subfamily.
d. dialect.
e. displacement.
If an anthropologist studies religion and interviews church leaders about how they were
called to their positions, attends various rites of passage, writes down impressions and
beliefs of the practitioners, and uses nonstatistical descriptions of the religion as a way
of presenting information, the anthropologist is employing what type of data collection?
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Inductive
d. Deductive
e. Conversive
Cross-cultural studies show that in many non-Western cultures mother-infant
“co-sleeping” is the rule. Which of the following is not a benefit of mother-infant
co-sleeping?
a. Infants nurse more often
b. Infants receive more stimuli
c. Infants are less susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome
d. Mother gets at least as much sleep as mothers who do not sleep with infants
e. Infant begins to adapt to separation of space and individual identity
Of all the world’s states, ____ is one of the very few where pluralism really has worked
out to the satisfaction of all parties to the arrangement.
a. the United States
b. Canada
c. Switzerland
d. France
e. Australia
For redistribution to be possible, a society must have
a. a cultural emphasis on generosity.
b. an egalitarian social order.
c. a centralized system of political organization.
d. an informal economy.
e. industrialization and urbanization.
Marriage within a particular group of individuals is called
a. incest.
b. exogamy.
c. endogamy.
d. polygamy.
e. monogamy.
Lincoln Keiser was treated with great disdain and suspicion in his field site in _____
because of his study focus on feuding.
a. Myanmar
b. China
c. India
d. Pakistan
e. Burma
Cultural anthropology is the study of patterns of human behavior. These standards
a. are biologically inherited.
b. operate only when people are unconscious.
c. can be studied only by sociologists.
d. focus on humans as culture producing and re-producing creatures.
e. are inherited and are studied initially by physical anthropologists.
An archaeologist studies material remains and environmental data to understand
a. geological time periods.
b. fossils and the process of preservation.
c. human culture.
d. adaptation and the formation of future species.
e. how oil is formed from ancient plants.
Which of the following is not a major form of establishing spiritual lineage?
a. Apprenticeship personally to a religious leader, as among Sufis
b. Election by religious elders, as among Catholics
c. Following a new charismatic prophet, as among the Raelians
d. Seeking a divinely appointed individual through revelation, as among Tibetan
Buddhists
e. Claiming biological descent from a common ancestor, as among Israelites
Ota Benga was exhibited in the Bronx Zoo in 1906. Who was Ota Benga?
a. A chimpanzee
b. A Malayan
c. A Mbuti pygmy
d. An Ilongot headhunter
e. A Yanomamo
In-depth descriptive studies of specific cultures are called
a. ethnologies.
b. ethnobotanies.
c. biologies.
d. ethnographies.
e. anthropologies.
What is evolutionary medicine?
a. A branch of medical anthropology that uses evolutionary principles to contribute to
human health
b. A branch of forensic anthropology that traces the development of human medicinal
interventions over time
c. The study of the development of science and its effect on human culture
d. The use of early medical interventions for contemporary human problems, especially
focusing on diet and nutrition
e. The study of nutrition and health across primate species
The Gulabi Gang, dressed in pick saris, is primarily made up of Dalits who are fighting
for civil rights in India.
One of the first advocacy projects in anthropology was among the Meskwaki (or, Fox
Indians) in Iowa.
The central and most highly developed human system of communication is
a. kinesics.
b. proxemics.
c. body language.
d. pheromones.
e. language.
Mass food production is a characteristic of which type of food production?
a. Swidden
b. Slash and burn
c. Industrial
d. Horticultural
e. Pastoralism
The mode of distribution called reciprocity refers to the exchange of goods and services
a. between people in hierarchical relationships.
b. for the purpose of maintaining social relationships and gaining prestige.
c. to make a profit.
d. to embarrass the person who gave the least.
e. of unequal value.
Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England, adultery was
considered
a. prescribed for many different kinds of illness.
b. a source of community gossip.
c. a serious crime.
d. a personal offense to the woman’s family.
e. culturally acceptable.
Anthropologists doing fieldwork typically involve themselves in many different
experiences.They try to investigate not just one aspect of culture (such as the political
system) but how all aspects relate to each other (for example, how the political system
fits with economic institutions, religious beliefs, etc.). This perspective is called
a. holism.
b. ethnology.
c. comparison.
d. participation.
e. culture-boundedness.
Jennifer Neptune was asked by a Native American elder to make a reproduction of a
clothes item from the late 18th century seen in a photograph of material artifacts from
his tribe. This work allowed the current tribal members to appreciate the rich cultural
past of their own tribe. What was this item that she reproduced?
a. Pants (leggings)
b. Hat
c. Skirt
d. Collar
e. Waistcoat
How is a theocracy distinct from a democracy and an aristocracy?
a. It is a state within a single ethnic group within the nation
b. It is a state whose legitimacy is based on ancestry
c. It is a state that claims legitimacy based on representation of its citizens
d. It is a state headed by a single ruler
e. It is a state whose legitimacy is proclaimed by sacred doctrine
John Locke’s theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not
a. focus on the individual, only the group.
b. take genetic contributions into account.
c. address any society except Europe.
d. consider that culture and environment are important.
e. explain why language is so important to development.
Johan Blumenbach developed a human racial scheme in the late 1700s based the
comparison of human skulls. Which of the following is not one of his “categories of
human”?
a. Mongolian
b. Caucasian
c. African
d. Malay
e. Ethiopian
In which of the following circumstances would you expect to find the custom of bride
price?
a. A bride and groom leave the community after marriage and set up their own
household in a distant city or village area
b. A bride and groom go to live with the bride’s people
c. A bride and groom go to live with the groom’s people
d. A bride and groom go to live with the bride’s mother’s brother
e. A bride and groom live in separate houses and do not cohabitate
Describe how evolution works.
Answer:Will vary
Rosita Worl is a Native American anthropologist who now works to encourage
traditional communities to enter the global market and put aside their less
profit-oriented economic ventures.
Take a broad view of anthropology over its first century of practice. What challenges
and changes has it faced? How are fieldwork and theory different today?
Answer:Will vary
The most important anthropological research tool by far is participant observation.
Explain the difference of internalized controls in comparison to externalized controls
when maintaining political order in society.
Answer:Will vary
So great is the power of global corporations that they increasingly hamper the wishes of
governments.
Arapaho is a Native American indigenous language.
Discuss the differences between cultural evolution and progress, giving at least three
specific examples.
Answer:Will vary
DNA studies prove that the Maori origin myths about migration routes from northern
Africa are correct.
What is social impact assessment? Give an example.
Answer:Will vary
Identify the world’s major global corporations. Give at least four corporations.
Answer:Will vary
Music plays an important role in cultural preservation.
Describe a typical Turkish immigrant’s life in the Netherlands, paying particular
attention to the concept of “honor killings” and the reasons for their existence culturally.
What challenges does the nation-state face as diasporic communities develop
worldwide?
Answer:Will vary
Among the traditional Igbo of Midwestern Nigeria, women were not allowed positions
in the administrative hierarchy.
What are the functions of art? Name, discuss, and give examples for at least five
functions. Be creative as you develop this discussion and think of examples from your
own life.
Answer:Will vary
In general, why do women usually have less involvement in common-interest
associations than men?
Answer:Will vary
Briefly identity the two early anthropologists, Franz Boas and Matilda Coxe Stevenson.
Answer:Will vary
Explain the relationship of art to globalization and cultural survival.
Answer:Will vary
Both Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson were pioneers in the method of field
mapping.
Raw materials, labor, and technology are the productive resources used by all societies.