Question 1

Which of the following anthropological activities has been controversial within the discipline since the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Working with the U.S.military 
B) Working for foreign governments 
C) Doing fieldwork in enemy countries 
D) Working as advocates for indigenous peoples 
E) Teaching anthropology to undergraduates 
A) Working with the U.S.military 
B) Working for foreign governments 
C) Doing fieldwork in enemy countries 
D) Working as advocates for indigenous peoples 
E) Teaching anthropology to undergraduates A

Question 2

In her field site,because of political unrest,June Nash was accused of:

Accepted Answer

A) stealing. 
B) being a CIA agent. 
C) being a Bolivian spy. 
D) slander. 
E) murder. 
A) stealing. 
B) being a CIA agent. 
C) being a Bolivian spy. 
D) slander. 
E) murder. B

Question 3

Hortense Powdermaker was an early pioneer in "national character" studies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Anthropologists use only qualitative data-gathering techniques.Quantitative data is used by sociologists and psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When anthropologists go to the places that they study in order to experience the culture firsthand,it is called:

Accepted Answer

A) fieldwork. 
B) ethnology. 
C) excavation. 
D) laboratory analysis. 
E) field study. 
A) fieldwork. 
B) ethnology. 
C) excavation. 
D) laboratory analysis. 
E) field study.

Question 6

"Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) interviews with immigrants. 
B) foreign films and newspapers. 
C) photographs. 
D) on-location ethnographic fieldwork. 
E) literature. 
A) interviews with immigrants. 
B) foreign films and newspapers. 
C) photographs. 
D) on-location ethnographic fieldwork. 
E) literature.

Question 7

The study by Jefferey Snodgrass which conducted participant-observation research related to the video game "World of Warcraft" is called:

Accepted Answer

A) multi-sited ethnography. 
B) global ethnography. 
C) transnational ethnography. 
D) visual ethnography. 
E) digital ethnography. 
A) multi-sited ethnography. 
B) global ethnography. 
C) transnational ethnography. 
D) visual ethnography. 
E) digital ethnography.

Question 8

A formal,recorded agreement to participate in research is called:

Accepted Answer

A) informed consensus. 
B) informed consent. 
C) informal consent. 
D) informal consensus. 
E) a research agreement. 
A) informed consensus. 
B) informed consent. 
C) informal consent. 
D) informal consensus. 
E) a research agreement.

Question 9

Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) document the practice of culture. 
B) impose a Western and modern approach to life. 
C) document disappearing cultural practices. 
D) reconstruct traditional ways of life. 
E) educate its audience on the importance of culture. 
A) document the practice of culture. 
B) impose a Western and modern approach to life. 
C) document disappearing cultural practices. 
D) reconstruct traditional ways of life. 
E) educate its audience on the importance of culture.

Question 10

Among the Canela,it is improper for a mother,sister,or daughter to cut a man's hair.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in:

Accepted Answer

A) Tonga. 
B) Hawaii. 
C) Indonesia. 
D) Samoa. 
E) Bali. 
A) Tonga. 
B) Hawaii. 
C) Indonesia. 
D) Samoa. 
E) Bali.

Question 12

All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except:

Accepted Answer

A) Alfred Métraux,study of race relations in Brazil. 
B) Ruth Benedict,study of New York City. 
C) Hortense Powdermaker,study of racial segregation in Mississippi. 
D) Julian Steward,study of industrialization in Kenya. 
E) Napoleon Chagnon,study of warfare among the Yanomamo. 
A) Alfred Métraux,study of race relations in Brazil. 
B) Ruth Benedict,study of New York City. 
C) Hortense Powdermaker,study of racial segregation in Mississippi. 
D) Julian Steward,study of industrialization in Kenya. 
E) Napoleon Chagnon,study of warfare among the Yanomamo.

Question 13

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?

Accepted Answer

A) Quantitative 
B) Qualitative 
C) Inductive 
D) Deductive 
E) Conversive 
A) Quantitative 
B) Qualitative 
C) Inductive 
D) Deductive 
E) Conversive

Question 14

The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on "Pig Lovers and Pig Haters" arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic anthropology. 
B) neo-evolutionism. 
C) cultural ecology. 
D) political ecology. 
E) cultural materialism. 
A) symbolic anthropology. 
B) neo-evolutionism. 
C) cultural ecology. 
D) political ecology. 
E) cultural materialism.

Question 15

Margaret Mead argued that ethnographers should make much more effective use of:

Accepted Answer

A) photography. 
B) mapping. 
C) interviews. 
D) participant observation. 
E) collecting material artifacts. 
A) photography. 
B) mapping. 
C) interviews. 
D) participant observation. 
E) collecting material artifacts.

Question 16

The hallmark of anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnography and ethnohistory 
B) Ethnography and ethnology 
C) Ethnology and ethnohistory 
D) Ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology 
E) Linguistics and ethnography 
A) Ethnography and ethnohistory 
B) Ethnography and ethnology 
C) Ethnology and ethnohistory 
D) Ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology 
E) Linguistics and ethnography

Question 18

What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?

Accepted Answer

A) Doing preparatory research 
B) Choosing a research question 
C) Participant observation on site 
D) Gathering data 
E) Choosing a theoretical approach 
A) Doing preparatory research 
B) Choosing a research question 
C) Participant observation on site 
D) Gathering data 
E) Choosing a theoretical approach

Question 19

Marvin Harris argues that pork was not generally raised in the Middle East historically because:

Accepted Answer

A) it was considered sinful in all Middle Eastern religions. 
B) some Middle Eastern societies owned all of the land and prevented pig-raising. 
C) no ethnic group in the Middle East would eat pork. 
D) pig-raising threatened the natural ecosystem. 
E) pig-raising was economically inefficient in such a humid environment. 
A) it was considered sinful in all Middle Eastern religions. 
B) some Middle Eastern societies owned all of the land and prevented pig-raising. 
C) no ethnic group in the Middle East would eat pork. 
D) pig-raising threatened the natural ecosystem. 
E) pig-raising was economically inefficient in such a humid environment.

Question 20

Acculturation is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culture contact. 
B) a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of the dominant society. 
C) a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needs they have within their own society. 
D) the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders. 
E) genocide; it occurs when one culture eradicates another. 
A) a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culture contact. 
B) a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of the dominant society. 
C) a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needs they have within their own society. 
D) the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders. 
E) genocide; it occurs when one culture eradicates another.

Which of the following anthropological activities has been controversial within the discipline since the 1960s?

In her field site,because of political unrest,June Nash was accused of:

Hortense Powdermaker was an early pioneer in "national character" studies.

Anthropologists use only qualitative data-gathering techniques.Quantitative data is used by sociologists and psychologists.

When anthropologists go to the places that they study in order to experience the culture firsthand,it is called:

"Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

The study by Jefferey Snodgrass which conducted participant-observation research related to the video game "World of Warcraft" is called:

A formal,recorded agreement to participate in research is called:

Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except:

Among the Canela,it is improper for a mother,sister,or daughter to cut a man's hair.

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in:

All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except:

The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on "Pig Lovers and Pig Haters" arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:

Margaret Mead argued that ethnographers should make much more effective use of:

The hallmark of anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components?

What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?

Marvin Harris argues that pork was not generally raised in the Middle East historically because:

Acculturation is best defined as:

The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 3: Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Which of the following anthropological activities has been controversial within the discipline since the 1960s?

In her field site,because of political unrest,June Nash was accused of:

Hortense Powdermaker was an early pioneer in "national character" studies.

Anthropologists use only qualitative data-gathering techniques.Quantitative data is used by sociologists and psychologists.

When anthropologists go to the places that they study in order to experience the culture firsthand,it is called:

"Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

The study by Jefferey Snodgrass which conducted participant-observation research related to the video game "World of Warcraft" is called:

A formal,recorded agreement to participate in research is called:

Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except:

Among the Canela,it is improper for a mother,sister,or daughter to cut a man's hair.

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in:

All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except:

The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on "Pig Lovers and Pig Haters" arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:

Margaret Mead argued that ethnographers should make much more effective use of:

The hallmark of anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components?

What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?

Marvin Harris argues that pork was not generally raised in the Middle East historically because:

Acculturation is best defined as:

The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

Filters