Question 1

Which of the following characterizes a division of labour featuring dual sex configuration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both sexes perform up to 50 percent of their activities with roughly equal participation. 
B)  Men and women carry out their work separately but in a balanced relationship. 
C)  Men and women both carry out all work activities,but never at the same time. 
D)  Men manage women's work activities,and women manage men's work activities. 
A)  Both sexes perform up to 50 percent of their activities with roughly equal participation. 
B)  Men and women carry out their work separately but in a balanced relationship. 
C)  Men and women both carry out all work activities,but never at the same time. 
D)  Men manage women's work activities,and women manage men's work activities. B

Question 2

Reciprocity is defined by anthropologists as an exchange of goods and services of roughly equal value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The development schemes of Western aid agencies often fail to help impoverished people in nonindustrial parts of the world.In large part,what can this be attributed to?

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict in those parts of the world that disrupts the flow of goods 
B)  the failure of Western agencies to understand local economic systems 
C)  people are often ill and too deprived of food to be able to help themselves 
D)  aid agencies themselves,because their personnel cannot adapt to local conditions 
A)  conflict in those parts of the world that disrupts the flow of goods 
B)  the failure of Western agencies to understand local economic systems 
C)  people are often ill and too deprived of food to be able to help themselves 
D)  aid agencies themselves,because their personnel cannot adapt to local conditions B

Question 4

What did Jomo Kenyatta observe about African nonindustrial societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  People work according to the clock. 
B)  Cooperative work is always done within the household. 
C)  People take pleasure from their labour. 
D)  Cooperative work groups are not suited to profit. 
A)  People work according to the clock. 
B)  Cooperative work is always done within the household. 
C)  People take pleasure from their labour. 
D)  Cooperative work groups are not suited to profit.

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT one of the purposes of the First Nations potlatch?

Accepted Answer

A)  It could be held to save face after a misfortune. 
B)  It publicly validated symbolic property such as names. 
C)  It provided an opportunity for athletic competition among youth. 
D)  It was a way of announcing the birth of a child. 
A)  It could be held to save face after a misfortune. 
B)  It publicly validated symbolic property such as names. 
C)  It provided an opportunity for athletic competition among youth. 
D)  It was a way of announcing the birth of a child.

Question 6

Describe the consequences of gendered economic development on women,using two of Laurel Bossen's examples.

Accepted Answer

Gendered economic development has signif

Question 7

Retail activity in Canada peaks in December.Which types of factors are responsible for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic,political and social 
B)  social,religious,and political 
C)  religious,political and economic 
D)  economic,religious,and social 
A)  economic,political and social 
B)  social,religious,and political 
C)  religious,political and economic 
D)  economic,religious,and social

Question 8

There is a potential job market for anthropologists in the market research and design area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In rural Canada,interhousehold cooperation has never been practised.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Among horticulturalists,a tool maker owns the tools he makes and is under no obligation to share them,even with family members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following statements about the tools of horticulturalists is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horticulture only requires a digging stick which is quite easy for anyone to make. 
B)  Horticulture involves specialized tools that are privately owned by individuals. 
C)  Horticulture involves high mobility so garden tools must be made of bamboo. 
D)  Horticulture involves only tools are considered to be owned equally by everyone. 
A)  Horticulture only requires a digging stick which is quite easy for anyone to make. 
B)  Horticulture involves specialized tools that are privately owned by individuals. 
C)  Horticulture involves high mobility so garden tools must be made of bamboo. 
D)  Horticulture involves only tools are considered to be owned equally by everyone.

Question 12

Anthropologists work only in exotic,faraway places such as remote islands,deep forests,hostile deserts,or arctic wastelands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Among the Ju/'hoansi of the Kalahari Desert,band territory is defined by landmarks such as hills and stands of trees that mark boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following behaviours would be considered the observation of a food taboo?

Accepted Answer

A)  thoroughly cooking pork to kill any parasites 
B)  cooking food for men and women in separate ovens 
C)  avoiding drinking very hot coffee 
D)  eating unripe fruit 
A)  thoroughly cooking pork to kill any parasites 
B)  cooking food for men and women in separate ovens 
C)  avoiding drinking very hot coffee 
D)  eating unripe fruit

Question 15

Which term best describes a system that regulates the production,distribution,and consumption of goods?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic 
B)  political 
C)  industrial 
D)  commercial 
A)  economic 
B)  political 
C)  industrial 
D)  commercial

Question 16

The concept of "conspicuous consumption" refers to the display of wealth for social prestige.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

"Greater wealth brings greater obligation to give." What is the term for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  balanced reciprocity 
B)  foreign aid 
C)  a levelling mechanism 
D)  silent trade 
A)  balanced reciprocity 
B)  foreign aid 
C)  a levelling mechanism 
D)  silent trade

Question 18

What is the term for the tools used by a group along with the knowledge of how to make and use those tools?

Accepted Answer

A)  mechanical tradition 
B)  material order 
C)  technology 
D)  instrumental set 
A)  mechanical tradition 
B)  material order 
C)  technology 
D)  instrumental set

Question 19

What is market exchange usually associated with?

Accepted Answer

A)  the household as the unit of production and consumption 
B)  horticultural tribes in a territory rich in resources 
C)  pastoral tribes 
D)  complex division of labour and a centralized political organization 
A)  the household as the unit of production and consumption 
B)  horticultural tribes in a territory rich in resources 
C)  pastoral tribes 
D)  complex division of labour and a centralized political organization

Question 20

Raw materials,labour,and technology are productive resources used by all societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following characterizes a division of labour featuring dual sex configuration?

Reciprocity is defined by anthropologists as an exchange of goods and services of roughly equal value.

The development schemes of Western aid agencies often fail to help impoverished people in nonindustrial parts of the world.In large part,what can this be attributed to?

What did Jomo Kenyatta observe about African nonindustrial societies?

Which of the following was NOT one of the purposes of the First Nations potlatch?

Describe the consequences of gendered economic development on women,using two of Laurel Bossen's examples.

Retail activity in Canada peaks in December.Which types of factors are responsible for this?

There is a potential job market for anthropologists in the market research and design area.

In rural Canada,interhousehold cooperation has never been practised.

Among horticulturalists,a tool maker owns the tools he makes and is under no obligation to share them,even with family members.

Which of the following statements about the tools of horticulturalists is true?

Anthropologists work only in exotic,faraway places such as remote islands,deep forests,hostile deserts,or arctic wastelands.

Among the Ju/'hoansi of the Kalahari Desert,band territory is defined by landmarks such as hills and stands of trees that mark boundaries.

Which of the following behaviours would be considered the observation of a food taboo?

Which term best describes a system that regulates the production,distribution,and consumption of goods?

The concept of "conspicuous consumption" refers to the display of wealth for social prestige.

"Greater wealth brings greater obligation to give." What is the term for this?

What is the term for the tools used by a group along with the knowledge of how to make and use those tools?

What is market exchange usually associated with?

Raw materials,labour,and technology are productive resources used by all societies.

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Which of the following characterizes a division of labour featuring dual sex configuration?

Reciprocity is defined by anthropologists as an exchange of goods and services of roughly equal value.

The development schemes of Western aid agencies often fail to help impoverished people in nonindustrial parts of the world.In large part,what can this be attributed to?

What did Jomo Kenyatta observe about African nonindustrial societies?

Which of the following was NOT one of the purposes of the First Nations potlatch?

Describe the consequences of gendered economic development on women,using two of Laurel Bossen's examples.

Retail activity in Canada peaks in December.Which types of factors are responsible for this?

There is a potential job market for anthropologists in the market research and design area.

In rural Canada,interhousehold cooperation has never been practised.

Among horticulturalists,a tool maker owns the tools he makes and is under no obligation to share them,even with family members.

Which of the following statements about the tools of horticulturalists is true?

Anthropologists work only in exotic,faraway places such as remote islands,deep forests,hostile deserts,or arctic wastelands.

Among the Ju/'hoansi of the Kalahari Desert,band territory is defined by landmarks such as hills and stands of trees that mark boundaries.

Which of the following behaviours would be considered the observation of a food taboo?

Which term best describes a system that regulates the production,distribution,and consumption of goods?

The concept of "conspicuous consumption" refers to the display of wealth for social prestige.

"Greater wealth brings greater obligation to give." What is the term for this?

What is the term for the tools used by a group along with the knowledge of how to make and use those tools?

What is market exchange usually associated with?

Raw materials,labour,and technology are productive resources used by all societies.

The Nature of Anthropology

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

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