Question 1

Economics is not a science.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In systems of household production, people always welcome technology that increases productivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Lisu people produce:

Accepted Answer

A)  corn 
B)  rice 
C)  opium 
D)  pigs 
E)  all of the above 
A)  corn 
B)  rice 
C)  opium 
D)  pigs 
E)  all of the above

Question 4

Lisu people engage in reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A system that is organized by markets is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  socialist 
B)  communist 
C)  democratic 
D)  autocratic 
E)  capitalist 
A)  socialist 
B)  communist 
C)  democratic 
D)  autocratic 
E)  capitalist

Question 6

Labor is a commodity in economic systems organized mainly by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reciprocity 
B)  redistribution 
C)  the market 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  Reciprocity 
B)  redistribution 
C)  the market 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 7

A commodity is something that people exchange in:

Accepted Answer

A)  market exchange 
B)  reciprocal systems 
C)  systems of taxation 
D)  barter 
A)  market exchange 
B)  reciprocal systems 
C)  systems of taxation 
D)  barter

Question 8

Lisu keep pigs to:

Accepted Answer

A)  repay war debts to their ancestors 
B)  pay taxes 
C)  sell to packing houses 
D)  eat their surplus corn 
E)  to use for feasts 
A)  repay war debts to their ancestors 
B)  pay taxes 
C)  sell to packing houses 
D)  eat their surplus corn 
E)  to use for feasts

Question 9

The price of a commodity is the same as its exchange value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

List the two ways people consume things:

Accepted Answer

direct con

Question 11

Justice is not supposed to be a commodity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Market forces decide the price of things.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

As productivity increases, wages increase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In a system of household production, twice the productivity means twice the product.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Anyone's assumptions are:

Accepted Answer

A)  based on their own cultural code 
B)  scientifically based 
C)  the same as the etic grid 
D)  someone else's emic system 
E)  what keeps them from being misled 
A)  based on their own cultural code 
B)  scientifically based 
C)  the same as the etic grid 
D)  someone else's emic system 
E)  what keeps them from being misled

Question 16

As productivity increases, the value of wages decreases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Necessary value is the amount necessary to:

Accepted Answer

A)  support a worker 
B)  keep the corporation in operation 
C)  make a profit 
D)  pay the CEO a good bonus 
E)  pay taxes to the government 
A)  support a worker 
B)  keep the corporation in operation 
C)  make a profit 
D)  pay the CEO a good bonus 
E)  pay taxes to the government

Question 18

When Lisu sacrifice a pig they are:

Accepted Answer

A)  trying to cure a sick person 
B)  giving food to other people 
C)  keeping up with their responsibilities to others 
D)  participating in reciprocity 
E)  all of the above 
A)  trying to cure a sick person 
B)  giving food to other people 
C)  keeping up with their responsibilities to others 
D)  participating in reciprocity 
E)  all of the above

Question 19

People in Lisu households do all of the labor to produce everything they need.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The value of all commodities is determined by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the market 
B)  supply and demand 
C)  the government 
D)  the labor they contain 
E)  what people are willing to pay 
A)  the market 
B)  supply and demand 
C)  the government 
D)  the labor they contain 
E)  what people are willing to pay

Economics is not a science.

In systems of household production, people always welcome technology that increases productivity.

Lisu people produce:

Lisu people engage in reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange.

A system that is organized by markets is called:

Labor is a commodity in economic systems organized mainly by:

A commodity is something that people exchange in:

Lisu keep pigs to:

The price of a commodity is the same as its exchange value.

List the two ways people consume things:

Justice is not supposed to be a commodity.

Market forces decide the price of things.

As productivity increases, wages increase.

In a system of household production, twice the productivity means twice the product.

Anyone's assumptions are:

As productivity increases, the value of wages decreases.

Necessary value is the amount necessary to:

When Lisu sacrifice a pig they are:

People in Lisu households do all of the labor to produce everything they need.

The value of all commodities is determined by:

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

Political Systems

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Connecting the People to the System

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

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Exam 4: An Anthropological Approach to Economics

Economics is not a science.

In systems of household production, people always welcome technology that increases productivity.

Lisu people produce:

Lisu people engage in reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange.

A system that is organized by markets is called:

Labor is a commodity in economic systems organized mainly by:

A commodity is something that people exchange in:

Lisu keep pigs to:

The price of a commodity is the same as its exchange value.

List the two ways people consume things:

Justice is not supposed to be a commodity.

Market forces decide the price of things.

As productivity increases, wages increase.

In a system of household production, twice the productivity means twice the product.

Anyone's assumptions are:

As productivity increases, the value of wages decreases.

Necessary value is the amount necessary to:

When Lisu sacrifice a pig they are:

People in Lisu households do all of the labor to produce everything they need.

The value of all commodities is determined by:

Science Basics

Human Variation: Race and Gender

From Inside and Out

Political Systems

Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

How States Work

The Anthropology of Religion

Political Economy

Class

Back to the Land

Global Processes, Local Systems

Connecting the People to the System

Anthropology Goes to Work

The End Is Near

Filters