Anthropology Test 3

Front 1

The belief that each society should be understood in terms of its cultural practices and values is called

Back 1

cultural relativism

Front 2

In a society that is commanded through a gerontocracy the _________ members of the family make most of the decisions for the group

Back 2

Oldest

Front 3

Who is considered the father of American Anthropology?

Back 3

Franz Boas

Front 4

The process of social interaction through which people learn their culture is called

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Enculturation

Front 5

Which of the following subsistence strategies requires the most amount of labor from every member of the society?

Back 5

Hunting and Gathering

Front 6

The _________ is a cultural universal that is avoided by having a detailed knowledge of one's own genealogy.

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Incest Taboo

Front 7

The anthropological explanation of Diffusionism suggests that cultural traits

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Spread from one society to another

Front 8

Cultural anthropology is the study of

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Contemporary societies

Front 9

The Netsilik Askimo are

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Hunter Gatherers

Front 10

True or false - pastoralists usually have a kinship pattern that is matrilineal

Back 10

False

Front 11

True or False - A band is usually Nomadic

Back 11

True

Front 12

Historical Particularism was first developed by ___

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Franz Boas

Front 13

A ________ is the least complex and probably the oldest form of social and political organization

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Band

Front 14

True or False - Franze Boas is most famous for developing the practice of participant observation

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False

Front 15

States usually practice _________ for subsistence

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Agriculture

Front 16

True or False - All social anthropologists study groups of people who live in foreign countries

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False

Front 17

Get their food through pastoralism or horticulture

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Tribes

Front 18

Ascribed status is the most important quality in

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Chiefdoms

Front 19

Results in a very large family

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Bilineal kinship

Front 20

Are usually hunter gatherers

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Bands

Front 21

Involves the use of machinery or draft animals

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Agriculture

Front 22

Usual kinship pattern for pastoralists

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Patrilineal

Front 23

List the four subfields of Anthropology

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Social
Archaelogical
Linguistics
Physical

Front 24

Two or more languages combined

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Creole

Front 25

Set of symbols with standard meaning

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Language

Front 26

Most misunderstood form of language

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Written

Front 27

Reason why languages are different from each other

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Mutual Intelligibility

Front 28

Regional variation in a language

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Dialect

Front 29

Set of symbols which represent sounds

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IPA

Front 30

Who is considered the father of modern anthropology?

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Franz Boaz

Front 31

Cultural Anthropology is the study of

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Living societies

Front 32

The study of language is called

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Linguistics

Front 33

A ____ is considered the least complex and simplest form of social and political organization

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Band

Front 34

______ requires labor from every member of the society for food production

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Hunting and Gathering

Front 35

In a ________, individual status is determined by how close one is related to the leader(s) in a society

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Chiefdom

Front 36

Societies that get their food through pastoralism usually have a ____________ kinship system

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Patrilineal

Front 37

Bronislaw Maliknowski pioneered the practice of ______________ which anthropologists still use today in order to gain a detailed understanding of the societies they study

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Participant observation

Front 38

True or false - the Nuer of Sudan use ox feces and urine for a variety of practical applications

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True

Front 39

Involves the use of draft animals or machinery for planting and harvesting crops

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Agriculture

Front 40

was a major proponent of 19th century evolutionism and advanced studies of kinship

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Louis Henry Morgan

Front 41

Understanding their point of view

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Cultural relativism

Front 42

Status acquired at birth

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ascribed status

Front 43

Usual kinship pattern for hunters and gatherers

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Matrilineal

Front 44

Usual kinship pattern for the United States

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Bilineal

Front 45

Use of hand tools only for growing foot

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Horticulture

Front 46

Societies traits spread from one society to another

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Diffusion

Front 47

Learn the societies history to understand them better

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Historical particularism

Front 48

A way of explaining the purpose of societal phenomena

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Functionalism

Front 49

The belief that each society should be understood in terms of its cultural practices and values is called_______

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Cultural relativism

Front 50

In a society that is commanded through a gerontocracy, the _______ members of the society make most of the decisions for the group

Back 50

Oldest

Front 51

The Netsilik Eskimo are
(what kind of subsistence)

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Hunter-gatheres

Front 52

True of false - pastoralists usually have a kinship pattern that is matrilineal

Back 52

False

Front 53

True of false - A band is usually nomadic

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True

Front 54

Historical particularism was first developed by

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Franz Boas