Tattoos communicate through all of the following except:
a. manner of execution.
b. verbal words.
c. style.
d. sign-to-meaning correspondence.
e. color.
The widespread occurrence of shamanism and the remarkable similarities between
shamanistic traditions wherever found are consequences of
a. culture.
b. universal neurological inheritance.
c. similar ecclesiastical organization.
d. diffusion.
e. effects of hallucinatory drugs.
Which Native American group did Jennifer Neptune study and assist?
a. Navajo
b. Gros Ventre
c. Assiniboine
d. Penobscot
e. Cherokee
The woman-woman marriage custom found in sub-Saharan Africa is associated with all
of the following except:
a. enables a woman without sons to inherit a share of her husband’s property.
b. confers legitimacy on the children of a woman who had been unable to find a
husband.
c. enables the woman who adopts a male identity to raise her status.
d. enables the woman who is the wife of the female husband to raise her status and live
a more secure life.
e. enables the women to engage in sexual activity with each other.
In the Americas, the crop complex that was most adaptive and typical was
a. wheat, barley, flax, rye, and millet.
b. rice, yam, and taro.
c. maize, beans, and squash.
d. manioc, wheat, and cotton.
e. rhubarb, rice, and turnips.
Which of the following is not a goal of the contemporary Qullasuyu revitalization
movement in Bolivia?
a. Protecting indigenous cultural sites
b. Restoring indigenous customs
c. Overthrowing the national Bolivian government
d. Reclaiming pre-colonial sacred rituals
e. Recognizing the continuity among humans, animals, and plants
What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?
a. Doing preparatory research
b. Choosing a research question
c. Participant observation on site
d. Gathering data
e. Choosing a theoretical approach
Americans are familiar with the story of Cinderella. Similar stories may be found
throughout the world: a poor, beautiful girl, downtrodden by her stepmother, receives
supernatural aid to win the hand of a noble prince who is searching for a bride.
Although the circumstances differ (the girl may be a rural peasant or a servant in a great
house, the supernatural helper may be a fairy godmother or a goldfish, the prince may
belong to European feudalism or the Aztec empire), all the stories exhibit the same
basic
a. motif.
b. tonality.
c. legend.
d. mythological structure.
e. epic.
What are the long-term goals of the Chantek Project?
a. To free all primates from zoos and labs and return them to the wild
b. For Chantek and other enculturated apes to live in culture-based preserves instead of
zoos or research centers.
c. To teach all primates how to use American Sign Language
d. To begin teaching primates how to write
e. To work with Chantek so that they can collect and write down original gorilla
language
Among the _____ of the Amazon, men not only work apart from women, but eat and
sleep separately as well.
a. Mundurucu
b. Kapauku
c. Ju/”hoansi
d. Iroquois
e. Ibo
The Turkish honor killings that van Eck studied were occurring in which country?
a. Denmark
b. Sweden
c. France
d. Netherlands
e. Canada
Molecular evidence indicates that the division between humans and African apes took
place
a. 1-3 million years ago.
b. 4-6 million years ago.
c. 5-8 million years ago.
d. 7-10 million years ago.
e. more than 12 million years ago.
Which system was adopted widely as a result of the French military expansion under
Napoleon?
a. Monarchy
b. Democracy
c. Metric
d. Decimal
e. Dewey decimal
All of the following statements about cargo cults are correct except:
a. the cult promised resurrection of dead ancestors.
b. cargo cult believers tended to be rich natives and colonizers.
c. many cargo cults occurred in Melanesia.
d. the cult was based on the premise that Western riches would come to the natives.
e. cargo cult doctrine said that the rich white man would magically disappear through
natural catastrophe.
While the phonologist is making an inventory of permissible sounds in a language, the
_____ is deciphering the groups or combinations of sounds that have meaning, or that
are actually used to convey information.
a. phoneticist
b. morphologist
c. grammaticist
d. glottochronologist
e. consultant
_____ is the distinctive way a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
a. Normative orientation
b. Individuality
c. Self-awareness
d. Personality
e. Temperament
The systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language
is called
a. grammar.
b. morphology.
c. linguistics.
d. phonetics.
e. phonemes.
Acculturation differs from other types of processes of change because it always
involves an element of
a. improvement.
b. progress.
c. coercion.
d. innovation.
e. religious change.
If a farmer leaves his land behind and comes to the city to seek work, this is classified
as which type of migration?
a. External
b. Internal
c. Interstate
d. Civil
e. National
Why is human race not a valid concept? All of the following are reasons why race as a
biological construct does not translate to humans except:
a. it is an arbitrary category.
b. the differences between individuals are greater than the sum of differences between
groups.
c. no one race has exclusive possession of any particular genes.
d. actual human variation does not exist.
e. there are no fixed racial groups in our species.
Anthropologists advise that
a. it is best to do your first fieldwork as part of a team of researchers, some of them
experienced.
b. it is best to do your first fieldwork in your own culture so that you become
experienced.
c. it is best to do your first fieldwork in a culture other than your own.
d. it is best to work in societies that are different from your own but now located very
far away from where you live.
e. it is best to study peasants as part of your first fieldwork experience.
Sadhu is a
a. kind of mental illness.
b. Hindu ascetic monk.
c. Native American “two-spirit.”
d. fierce Yanomamo warrior.
e. psychosomatic disorder.
A society in which older people are treated with high levels of respect as repositories of
great cultural wisdom and teachings is most likely to be associated with which of the
following?
a. A market economy
b. Industrial production
c. Oral tradition
d. Advanced education
e. Literacy
The interpretive approach indicates that shamanism has played a significant historical
role in the rock art throughout eastern and northern Africa.
What is the adaptation process by which a people resist assimilation by modifying
traditional culture in order to preserve their ethnic identity?
a. Acculturation
b. Syncretism
c. Diffusion
d. Accommodation
e. Modernization
A spiritual movement in reaction to disruptive contact with Western capitalism is also
called a(n)
a. material cult.
b. syncretic movement.
c. modernization movement.
d. cargo cult.
e. animate.
Which innovation is considered the beginning of the industrial revolution?
a. Rifle
b. Hoe
c. Airplane
d. Steam engine
e. Wheel
The concept that states humans are moving forward to a better, more advanced stage in
their cultural development is called
a. advancement.
b. evolution.
c. progress.
d. success.
e. convergence.
Among which group do same-sex marriages provide acceptable positions in society for
individuals who might otherwise be marginalized?
a. Zulu
b. Ju/”hoansi
c. Tlingit
d. Nandi
e. Paiute
Why is it important to study peasants?
a. They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition
b. They are the poorest people in the world
c. They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest
d. They are the largest social category in the world
e. They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world
The use of propaganda as a way of exerting influence over others is what type of
structural power?
a. Hard power
b. Soft power
c. Symbolic power
d. Mercantile power
e. Coercion
Why is race an important concept to anthropologists?
Answer:Will vary
Unilineal descent means that relatives are traced on either the male or female side only.
In ambilineal descent, the individual may be affiliated with either the mother’s or
father’s lines.
Jennifer Neptune worked with the Penobscot Indians to recover an earlier type of
hunting tool tradition.
What is biomedicine?
Answer:Will vary
Using the example of the Kapauku Papuans, explain the idea that culture is
“integrated”. Illustrate the concept of the integration of culture with another example as
well.
Answer:Will vary
In regards to the question of ethics, as pointed out in your textbook, the kinds of
research carried out by anthropologists, and the settings within which they work, raise a
number of important moral questions about the use and abuse of their knowledge. What
are some moral questions raised by anthropological research?
Answer:Will vary
Discuss the history of genocide from an anthropological perspective.
Answer:Will vary
How do Ashanti migrants in New York City maintain a sense of cultural identity?
Answer:Will vary
How do primates use reconciliation within their social groups?
Answer:Will vary
Worldwide, about 1 billion people live in what would be classified as “slums.”
How has revolution marked our world today? Consider some of the best-known
examples of revolution and the impact each has had on the global world today.
Answer:Will vary
The Ju/”hoansi believe that illness is caused by invisible arrows shot by spirits.
What is a blended family?
Answer:Will vary
After a devastating tornado, a church met to pray for strength and unity during the
crisis. This is an example of a rite of purification.