Anthropology Midterm

Front 1

______ is the method used by anthropologists to collect information by living with and participating in the daily lives of the people they are studying.

-fieldwork -participant Observation -ethnography -ethnology

Back 1

Participant Observation

Front 2

What method do anthropologist use when they study multiple societies similarities and differences before generalizing about human nature, human society, or the human past?

-method acting

-reflexive method

-comparative method

-positivist method

Back 2

Comparative method

Front 3

The method of an anthropologist gathering data through fieldwork and then bringing their results and conclusions back to their academic peers for critical evaluation is called _____

-fieldwork -positivist consideration -reflexive ethnography -participant observation

Back 3

Reflexive ethnography

Front 4

Sally Engle merry argues that human rights activist and journalist have a fundamental misunderstanding of what anthropological stance?

-cultural relativism

-ethnology

-colonialism

-reflextivity

Back 4

Cultural relativism

Front 5

The main goal of all anthropology aims to do which of the following?

-solve main kinds problems

-critique other cultures

-describe what it means to be human

-figure out how someone died

Back 5

Describe what it means to be human

Front 6

Anthropologist define culture as being:

Back 6

Learned

Shared

Patterned

Adaptive

Symbolic

Front 7

How many fields is anthropology subdivided in to in the US?

2

3

4

8

Back 7

4

Front 8

What does the AAA stand for in the AAA code of ethics?

All about anthropology

American applied anthropology

American anthropological association

Association of American allstars

Back 8

American anthropological association

Front 9

The goal of cultural relativism can be seen as: promoting an understanding of cultural practices, particularly of those that an outsider finds puzzling

True

False

Back 9

True

Front 10

In sudan, some said that virgins are "made, not born" chapter 2 discusses this example as...

A positivistic approach to examining FGM

A relativistic approach to examining FGM

A multi-suited approach for understanding media views of gender

And ethnocentric approach to the study of culture

Back 10

A relativistic approach to examining FGM

Front 11

________ refers to a social system in which political conquest of one society of another leads to cultural domination with enforced social change.

-colonialism

-neocolonialism

-capitalism

-empire

Back 11

Colonialism

Front 12

"Bands and tribes are two types of egalitarian political systems."

True or false

Back 12

True

Front 13

A _____ is a reproductive community of populations that occupies a specific niche in culture

-allele

-phenotype

-cline

-species

Back 13

Species

Front 14

An appropriation of local cultural forms and their use on a variety of widely sold commodities is a dimension of globalization

True or false

Back 14

True

Front 15

Boasian attention forms of a social and cultural mixing highlighted the ____ mixing that takes place when human groups meet, providing a context to demonstrate that races do not exist.

-cultural

-biological

-social

-linguistic

Back 15

Biological

Front 16

______ can be defined as the cultural construction of beliefs and behaviors considered appropriate for males and females

-gender

-sex

-stratified societies

-family

Back 16

Gender

Front 17

______ defined classes in terms of their members different relations to the means of production

-Boas

-Malinowski

-Marx

-Geertz

Back 17

Marx

Front 18

Caste in India is an example of _____

-social stratification

-religion

-gender roles

-achieved status

Back 18

Social stratification

Front 19

Entrenched beliefs in racial differences can influence how we perceive the differences in physical traits of Barbie and Shani Dolls, regardless of their actual appearance.

True or false

Back 19

True

Front 20

_____ is a principle of social classification used to create groups based on selected cultural features such as language, relgion, or dress

-ethnicity

-race

-band

-tribe

Back 20

Ethnicity

Front 21

Which of the following is used by anthropologists to identify a relation by birth/blood?

-a non-relation

-an adoptive relation

-a descent relation

-Ann affinal relation

Back 21

A descent relation

Front 22

Both sex and gender are biological constructs

True or false

Back 22

False

Front 23

Which of the following correctly describes a bilateral descent pattern?

-recognizes only the mothers line of descent

-recognizes only the fathers line of descent

-only affinal relations

-recognizes both the mothers and fathers lines of descent

Back 23

Both mothers and fathers

Front 24

A person whom anthropologists describe kin relationships is know as:

-ego

-informant

-sibling

-wi

Back 24

Ego

Front 25

Matrillineages are always also a matriarchy

True or false

Back 25

False

Front 26

Which of the following describes a group, formed by members who believe they have a common ancestor, that is often a mythical ancestor or totem?

-clan

-ego

-Phratry

-an ascribed status group

Back 26

Clan

Front 27

In a kinship pattern, which of the following would be eligible to be identified as a cross-kin?

-egos father's brothers son

-egos father's brothers wife

-egos mothers brothers daughter

-egos mothers sisters son

Back 27

Egos mothers brothers daughter

Front 28

Compadrazgo is a form of ritual co-parenthood common in which relgion?

-southern Europe

-Latin America

-pacific islands

-eastern Europe

Back 28

Latin america

Front 29

Why are there relatively few names in use among the ju/joansi?

-only 5 letters in the alphabet

-b/c in each kin group, the same names are used every other generation

-because certain names have religious association

-because post colonoalization only certain European names are now in use

Back 29

Same names are used within every other generation

Front 30

Among the inupiat...

-almost anyone can be considered a relative

-virtually no one is considered a relative

-only direct descendant are considered relatives

-only parallel cousins are related

Back 30

Almost anyone can be considered a relative

Front 31

According to its description, marriage does which of the following?

-transforms status of participants

-determines who and who u can't have sex with

-creates relationships between the kin of the partners

-all of the above

Back 31

All of the above

Front 32

Your mother in law is an example of what kind of relationship?

-affinal

-consanguinal

-exogamous

-matriarchal

Back 32

Affinal

Front 33

When a close kin, such as a sister, is off limits as a spouse or secular partner, is an example of?

-endogamous relationship

-exogamous relationship

-incest taboo

-marriage taboo

Back 33

Incest taboo

Front 34

A marriage pattern in which a man may be married to more than one wife at a time is what?

-polygamy

-polygyny

-polyandry

-patrilocal

Back 34

Polygyny

Front 35

When a woman marries a man and then they decide to take a second husband and both men share the title of father is called

-fraternal polyandry

-polygynandry

polyandry

-associated polyandry-alliance intensifying

-alliance intensifying

Back 35

Associated polyandry

Front 36

Bride wealth differs from dowry in that bride wealth demonstrates goods being transferred ________.

-from grooms family fo brides fam

-brides family to the groom

-brides parents to bride

-grooms parents to the groom

Back 36

Grooms family to the brides family

Front 37

______ is the family pattern made up of three generations living together

-conjugal family

-extended family

-joint family

-nuclear family

Back 37

Extended family

Front 38

For the Dani, the people of Highland new Guinea, a married couple does not have sex with eachother for 5 years after birth of a child this is ____.

-sexual selection

-a post-partum sex taboo

-a marriage taboo

-homosexual relations

Back 38

Postpartum sex taboo

Front 39

A women must marry within her village. This is an example of ____.

-exogamous marriage

-endogamous marriage

-residential marriage

-avunculocal marriage

Back 39

Endogamous marriage

Front 40

Anthropologist view language ad an object of study in its own right.

True of false.

Back 40

True

Front 41

The verb to be called by the copula by linguistics is _______.

-found in all languages

-found in only the English language

-found only in Latin

-not found in all languages

Back 41

Not found in all languages

Front 42

______ are those characteristics of language that, when taken together, differentiate it from other known animal communication systems.

-design features

-openness

-call systems

-patterning

Back 42

Design features

Front 43

Channels of transmission use by nonhuman primates are far more sophisticated than American sign language.

True or false

Back 43

False

Front 44

Groups who hunt and gather are ____.

-food collectors

-food producers

-slash and burners

-any of the above

Back 44

Food collectors

Front 45

Slash and burner cultivation is known by the term ________.

-foraging

-stidden agriculture

-market gardening

-ranching

Back 45

Swidden agriculture

Front 46

You would most likely find a pastorialist...

-cultivating land for crops

-burning land for agro business

-milking a goat

-eating grass soup

Back 46

Milking a goat

Front 47

An exchange of goods from one person to another, where there is no expectations of immediate return, or any expectation of the value of any future return is called ____.

-balanced reciprocity

-generalized reciprocity

-redistribution

-negative reciprocity

Back 47

Generalized reciprocity

Front 48

If I was to attempt to get something in return for nothing...

Back 48

Negative reciprocity

Front 49

What type of subsistence strategy was Marshall sahlins referring to when he coined the phrase "the original affluent society?"

-food collectors

-food producers

-industrialized nations

-americans

Back 49

Food collectors

Front 50

Weiners work in the trobriand islands identified that women's wealth was established through...

Back 50

Banana leaves

Front 51

Trinidadians like coca cola because...

Back 51

It is regarded as an upmarket of "black sweet drink"

Front 52

How many modes of production does anthropologist eric wold suggest?

3

4

5

6

Back 52

3

Front 53

Within wolf's modes of production, which mode is commonly associated with the exchanges of labor between spouses?

-capitalist mode

-tributary mode

-kin ordered mode

-any of of the above

Back 53

Kin ordered mode