Question 1

Consider the forms of body decoration and adornment common to your own culture. What purposes might an anthropologist say that this body art fulfills?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Nomadic foragers tend to have what type of art?

Accepted Answer

A)  song, dance, and small portable art 
B)  written literature and performed plays 
C)  painting and sculpture 
D)  rock art that can be visited each year 
A)  song, dance, and small portable art 
B)  written literature and performed plays 
C)  painting and sculpture 
D)  rock art that can be visited each year

Question 3

Which of the following is a universal theme of folklore?

Accepted Answer

A)  sibling rivalry 
B)  getting rich 
C)  being lost 
D)  death and rebirth 
A)  sibling rivalry 
B)  getting rich 
C)  being lost 
D)  death and rebirth

Question 4

Which of the following artistic styles is most likely to occur in an egalitarian society?

Accepted Answer

A)  repetition of simple designs 
B)  enclosed figures 
C)  greater use of varied colors 
D)  a relatively "crowded" design 
A)  repetition of simple designs 
B)  enclosed figures 
C)  greater use of varied colors 
D)  a relatively "crowded" design

Question 5

Upon contact with Europeans, aboriginal Australian rock art __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  started portraying ships and men on horseback 
B)  developed more complex patterns 
C)  became used in more secret, ceremonial contexts 
D)  disappeared entirely 
A)  started portraying ships and men on horseback 
B)  developed more complex patterns 
C)  became used in more secret, ceremonial contexts 
D)  disappeared entirely

Question 6

Explain what patterns you would examine when attempting to determine whether a piece of visual art was made by an egalitarian or a stratified society.

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should includ

Question 7

How might a historian interpret the Garden of Eden tale?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men lived in blissful ignorance until women invented agriculture. 
B)  It reflects men's deeply hidden fears of female sexuality. 
C)  Literacy and other forms of knowledge brought irreversible social change. 
D)  It encourages men to control their wives, who are apt to make bad decisions. 
A)  Men lived in blissful ignorance until women invented agriculture. 
B)  It reflects men's deeply hidden fears of female sexuality. 
C)  Literacy and other forms of knowledge brought irreversible social change. 
D)  It encourages men to control their wives, who are apt to make bad decisions.

Question 8

Which of the following is found by anthropologists to be a common reason for body decoration?

Accepted Answer

A)  marker of social position 
B)  economic gain 
C)  to remember important items 
D)  camouflage 
A)  marker of social position 
B)  economic gain 
C)  to remember important items 
D)  camouflage

Question 9

Preserving ancient rock art is an example of what type of anthropological work?

Accepted Answer

A)  applied anthropology 
B)  ethnology 
C)  biological anthropology 
D)  ethnohistory 
A)  applied anthropology 
B)  ethnology 
C)  biological anthropology 
D)  ethnohistory

Question 10

What type of social adornment would be expected to denote a "big man"-a temporary position-in Melanesian culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  body painting 
B)  scarification 
C)  tattoo 
D)  hairstyle 
A)  body painting 
B)  scarification 
C)  tattoo 
D)  hairstyle

Question 11

Which of the following served to represent the most prestigious gods in ancient Sumer?

Accepted Answer

A)  larger eyes 
B)  wings 
C)  halos 
D)  smaller bodies 
A)  larger eyes 
B)  wings 
C)  halos 
D)  smaller bodies

Question 12

When Westerners notice the change over time in the art of less complex societies, it is usually with a concern to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  whether the art is traditional or "tourist art" 
B)  whether the art was produced through fair trade practices 
C)  where the art was created, and by whom 
D)  the price of the piece, and its potential future value 
A)  whether the art is traditional or "tourist art" 
B)  whether the art was produced through fair trade practices 
C)  where the art was created, and by whom 
D)  the price of the piece, and its potential future value

Question 13

Singing is most likely to involve soloists in which type of society?

Accepted Answer

A)  an elaborately stratified society 
B)  a ranked society 
C)  a society with a leader who gained his position through demonstration of his abilities 
D)  a society where captives in war are treated differently from others in the village 
A)  an elaborately stratified society 
B)  a ranked society 
C)  a society with a leader who gained his position through demonstration of his abilities 
D)  a society where captives in war are treated differently from others in the village

Question 14

Which of the following is associated with a high degree of female participation in food-getting?

Accepted Answer

A)  polyphonic music 
B)  chromatic artistic style 
C)  patterns of light and color 
D)  artistic specialization 
A)  polyphonic music 
B)  chromatic artistic style 
C)  patterns of light and color 
D)  artistic specialization

Question 15

How has the art of the Shoshone-Bannock people changed over the last 100 years?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has become more complex as social stratification has increased. 
B)  It has changed from a male domain to one dominated by women. 
C)  Nearly all of the traditional patterns have been replaced with Westernized ones. 
D)  They have borrowed motifs from disparate Native American groups, making a wholly new style. 
A)  It has become more complex as social stratification has increased. 
B)  It has changed from a male domain to one dominated by women. 
C)  Nearly all of the traditional patterns have been replaced with Westernized ones. 
D)  They have borrowed motifs from disparate Native American groups, making a wholly new style.

Consider the forms of body decoration and adornment common to your own culture. What purposes might an anthropologist say that this body art fulfills?

Nomadic foragers tend to have what type of art?

Which of the following is a universal theme of folklore?

Which of the following artistic styles is most likely to occur in an egalitarian society?

Upon contact with Europeans, aboriginal Australian rock art __________.

Explain what patterns you would examine when attempting to determine whether a piece of visual art was made by an egalitarian or a stratified society.

How might a historian interpret the Garden of Eden tale?

Which of the following is found by anthropologists to be a common reason for body decoration?

Preserving ancient rock art is an example of what type of anthropological work?

What type of social adornment would be expected to denote a "big man"-a temporary position-in Melanesian culture?

Which of the following served to represent the most prestigious gods in ancient Sumer?

When Westerners notice the change over time in the art of less complex societies, it is usually with a concern to __________.

Singing is most likely to involve soloists in which type of society?

Which of the following is associated with a high degree of female participation in food-getting?

How has the art of the Shoshone-Bannock people changed over the last 100 years?

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Getting Food

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Sex and Gender

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Exam 15: The Arts

Consider the forms of body decoration and adornment common to your own culture. What purposes might an anthropologist say that this body art fulfills?

Nomadic foragers tend to have what type of art?

Which of the following is a universal theme of folklore?

Which of the following artistic styles is most likely to occur in an egalitarian society?

Upon contact with Europeans, aboriginal Australian rock art __________.

Explain what patterns you would examine when attempting to determine whether a piece of visual art was made by an egalitarian or a stratified society.

How might a historian interpret the Garden of Eden tale?

Which of the following is found by anthropologists to be a common reason for body decoration?

Preserving ancient rock art is an example of what type of anthropological work?

What type of social adornment would be expected to denote a "big man"-a temporary position-in Melanesian culture?

Which of the following served to represent the most prestigious gods in ancient Sumer?

When Westerners notice the change over time in the art of less complex societies, it is usually with a concern to __________.

Singing is most likely to involve soloists in which type of society?

Which of the following is associated with a high degree of female participation in food-getting?

How has the art of the Shoshone-Bannock people changed over the last 100 years?

What Is Anthropology

Culture and Culture Change

Culture and the Individual

Understanding and Explaining Culture

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Health and Illness

Global Problems

Filters