Question 1

An explanation in science of natural phenomena,supported by a reliable body of data,is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) theory. 
B) hypothesis. 
C) fact. 
D) doctrine. 
E) intuition. 
A) theory. 
B) hypothesis. 
C) fact. 
D) doctrine. 
E) intuition.

Question 2

In a culture,there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Anthropology emerged as a scientific discipline less than 20 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as:

Accepted Answer

A) international. 
B) multinational. 
C) migratory. 
D) emigratory. 
E) diasporic. 
A) international. 
B) multinational. 
C) migratory. 
D) emigratory. 
E) diasporic.

Question 5

The members of a society who work most closely with the anthropologist to provide an understanding of cultural phenomena are called:

Accepted Answer

A) primary consultants. 
B) key consultants. 
C) cultural brokers. 
D) cultural liaisons. 
E) key leaders. 
A) primary consultants. 
B) key consultants. 
C) cultural brokers. 
D) cultural liaisons. 
E) key leaders.

Question 6

In order to minimize the impact of subjectivity,the anthropologist should consider all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) how people think they really behave. 
B) the people's ideal sense of how a society should be run. 
C) what the anthropologist actually sees happening. 
D) what the anthropologist observes in his/her own culture. 
E) the general cultural rules of the people being studied. 
A) how people think they really behave. 
B) the people's ideal sense of how a society should be run. 
C) what the anthropologist actually sees happening. 
D) what the anthropologist observes in his/her own culture. 
E) the general cultural rules of the people being studied.

Question 7

Lincoln Keiser was treated with great disdain and suspicion in his field site in because of his study focus on feuding.

Accepted Answer

A) Myanmar 
B) China 
C) India 
D) Pakistan 
E) Burma 
A) Myanmar 
B) China 
C) India 
D) Pakistan 
E) Burma

Question 8

What was the focus of Annette Weiner's research in the Trobriands?

Accepted Answer

A) Women's reproductive work 
B) Women's productive work 
C) The village religious structure 
D) Men's canoeing and trade relations 
E) Migratory patterns and changes in family structure 
A) Women's reproductive work 
B) Women's productive work 
C) The village religious structure 
D) Men's canoeing and trade relations 
E) Migratory patterns and changes in family structure

Question 9

The vast collection of cross-indexed ethnographic and archaeological data catalogued by cultural characteristics and geographic locations is called the:

Accepted Answer

A) Hominid Relatives Area Files. 
B) Human Relatives Area Files. 
C) Human Relations Area Microfiche. 
D) Human Relations Association Files. 
E) Human Relations Area Files. 
A) Hominid Relatives Area Files. 
B) Human Relatives Area Files. 
C) Human Relations Area Microfiche. 
D) Human Relations Association Files. 
E) Human Relations Area Files.

Question 10

An idealist perspective is an approach that emphasizes how people explain and feel about things.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Andrea Louie studied the ethnic Han group of China by collecting data in San Francisco,Hong Kong,and southern China.This approach is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) transnational ethnography. 
B) multi-sited ethnography. 
C) diasporic ethnography. 
D) transitional ethnography. 
E) salvage ethnography. 
A) transnational ethnography. 
B) multi-sited ethnography. 
C) diasporic ethnography. 
D) transitional ethnography. 
E) salvage ethnography.

Question 12

Why is it important to study peasants?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 13

Anthropology has increasingly supported collaboration with the military.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The new term for salvage ethnography is:

Accepted Answer

A) contemporary ethnography. 
B) urgent anthropology. 
C) critical anthropology. 
D) fieldwork anthropology. 
E) historical anthropology. 
A) contemporary ethnography. 
B) urgent anthropology. 
C) critical anthropology. 
D) fieldwork anthropology. 
E) historical anthropology.

Question 15

Key consultants are individuals who tell the anthropologist things that other members of the society do not want to share.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Annette Weiner worked in the Trobriand Islands in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Among the indigenous Canela,William Crocker was:

Accepted Answer

A) adopted into networks of kinship at his field site. 
B) awarded the honor of outstanding fieldworker. 
C) considered master fieldworker by quantitative researchers. 
D) a pioneer in the development of field photography. 
E) threatened with illnesses and contracted malaria. 
A) adopted into networks of kinship at his field site. 
B) awarded the honor of outstanding fieldworker. 
C) considered master fieldworker by quantitative researchers. 
D) a pioneer in the development of field photography. 
E) threatened with illnesses and contracted malaria.

Question 18

Multi-sited ethnography makes use of various interdisciplinary approaches to research and analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

All of the following were differences between Bronislaw Malinowski's original field research in the Trobriands and that of Annette Weiner some 60 years later except:

Accepted Answer

A) differences in field methodology. 
B) differences in theoretical interests. 
C) differences in researchers' disciplines. 
D) changes over time. 
E) differences in researchers' genders. 
A) differences in field methodology. 
B) differences in theoretical interests. 
C) differences in researchers' disciplines. 
D) changes over time. 
E) differences in researchers' genders.

Question 20

Mexican anthropologist,Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo,has worked in Chiapas to advocate for the Zapatista cause mainly in order to:

Accepted Answer

A) ensure the success of the neoliberal program. 
B) provide jobs for adult men. 
C) improve the health and nutritional status of the children. 
D) help locals obtain representation at the government level. 
E) battle gender discrimination. 
A) ensure the success of the neoliberal program. 
B) provide jobs for adult men. 
C) improve the health and nutritional status of the children. 
D) help locals obtain representation at the government level. 
E) battle gender discrimination.

An explanation in science of natural phenomena,supported by a reliable body of data,is called a(n):

In a culture,there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors.

Anthropology emerged as a scientific discipline less than 20 years ago.

Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as:

The members of a society who work most closely with the anthropologist to provide an understanding of cultural phenomena are called:

In order to minimize the impact of subjectivity,the anthropologist should consider all of the following except:

Lincoln Keiser was treated with great disdain and suspicion in his field site in because of his study focus on feuding.

What was the focus of Annette Weiner's research in the Trobriands?

The vast collection of cross-indexed ethnographic and archaeological data catalogued by cultural characteristics and geographic locations is called the:

An idealist perspective is an approach that emphasizes how people explain and feel about things.

Andrea Louie studied the ethnic Han group of China by collecting data in San Francisco,Hong Kong,and southern China.This approach is an example of:

Why is it important to study peasants?

Anthropology has increasingly supported collaboration with the military.

The new term for salvage ethnography is:

Key consultants are individuals who tell the anthropologist things that other members of the society do not want to share.

Annette Weiner worked in the Trobriand Islands in the 1960s.

Among the indigenous Canela,William Crocker was:

Multi-sited ethnography makes use of various interdisciplinary approaches to research and analysis.

All of the following were differences between Bronislaw Malinowski's original field research in the Trobriands and that of Annette Weiner some 60 years later except:

Mexican anthropologist,Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo,has worked in Chiapas to advocate for the Zapatista cause mainly in order to:

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

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Processes of Cultural Change

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

An explanation in science of natural phenomena,supported by a reliable body of data,is called a(n):

In a culture,there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors.

Anthropology emerged as a scientific discipline less than 20 years ago.

Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as:

The members of a society who work most closely with the anthropologist to provide an understanding of cultural phenomena are called:

In order to minimize the impact of subjectivity,the anthropologist should consider all of the following except:

Lincoln Keiser was treated with great disdain and suspicion in his field site in because of his study focus on feuding.

What was the focus of Annette Weiner's research in the Trobriands?

The vast collection of cross-indexed ethnographic and archaeological data catalogued by cultural characteristics and geographic locations is called the:

An idealist perspective is an approach that emphasizes how people explain and feel about things.

Andrea Louie studied the ethnic Han group of China by collecting data in San Francisco,Hong Kong,and southern China.This approach is an example of:

Why is it important to study peasants?

Anthropology has increasingly supported collaboration with the military.

The new term for salvage ethnography is:

Key consultants are individuals who tell the anthropologist things that other members of the society do not want to share.

Annette Weiner worked in the Trobriand Islands in the 1960s.

Among the indigenous Canela,William Crocker was:

Multi-sited ethnography makes use of various interdisciplinary approaches to research and analysis.

All of the following were differences between Bronislaw Malinowski's original field research in the Trobriands and that of Annette Weiner some 60 years later except:

Mexican anthropologist,Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo,has worked in Chiapas to advocate for the Zapatista cause mainly in order to:

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