Question 1

According to the North American anthropologist Ralph Linton,about 90 percent of any culture's content comes from _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) primary innovation 
B) diffusion 
C) invention 
D) syncretism 
E) revolution 
A) primary innovation 
B) diffusion 
C) invention 
D) syncretism 
E) revolution

Question 2

The field of applied anthropology developed _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) through efforts to help the poor in North American society 
B) in sociology classrooms 
C) in industry 
D) in colonial situations 
E) through the efforts of women opposed to prohibition 
A) through efforts to help the poor in North American society 
B) in sociology classrooms 
C) in industry 
D) in colonial situations 
E) through the efforts of women opposed to prohibition

Question 3

Wheeled vehicles virtually disappeared from Morocco to Afghanistan about 1500 years ago.They were replaced by camels because of a reversion to the past by the region's inhabitants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The British introduced cricket to "civilize" the Trobriand Islanders.What happened?

Accepted Answer

A) The Trobrianders were so upset at losing their traditional customs that they rebelled against the British rulers. 
B) The Trobrianders gave up competitive sport altogether. 
C) The Trobrianders accepted the game and played it the way the British played it. 
D) The Trobrianders changed the game so that it became more like the traditional Trobriand contest involving display of prestige,use of battle magic,and erotic dancing. 
E) The Trobrianders preferred baseball to cricket. 
A) The Trobrianders were so upset at losing their traditional customs that they rebelled against the British rulers. 
B) The Trobrianders gave up competitive sport altogether. 
C) The Trobrianders accepted the game and played it the way the British played it. 
D) The Trobrianders changed the game so that it became more like the traditional Trobriand contest involving display of prestige,use of battle magic,and erotic dancing. 
E) The Trobrianders preferred baseball to cricket.

Question 5

_______________ did extensive research on peasants and also worked tirelessly to promote ethics in anthropological research.

Accepted Answer

A) Eric Wolf 
B) Bronislaw Malinowski 
C) Federica de Laguna 
D) Clifford Geertz 
E) Raymond Firth 
A) Eric Wolf 
B) Bronislaw Malinowski 
C) Federica de Laguna 
D) Clifford Geertz 
E) Raymond Firth

Question 6

The recent Zapatista uprising in Mexico is considered a(n)_______________.

Accepted Answer

A) act of terrorism 
B) revolution 
C) ethnocide 
D) tribute to Emiliano Zapata 
E) economic catastrophe 
A) act of terrorism 
B) revolution 
C) ethnocide 
D) tribute to Emiliano Zapata 
E) economic catastrophe

Question 7

Diffusion is typically forced onto cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The deliberate use of basic ideas in some practical application,such as making use of the knowledge of how electricity works to develop the telephone,is called _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) revitalization 
B) primary innovation 
C) modernization 
D) an integrative mechanism 
E) secondary innovation 
A) revitalization 
B) primary innovation 
C) modernization 
D) an integrative mechanism 
E) secondary innovation

Question 9

Syncretism results when _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) people become assimilated in the face of powerful outside pressure 
B) people are able to keep the faith with their traditions in the face of powerful outside domination 
C) people develop thyroid deficiencies 
D) an ethnic group is exterminated by another group 
E) people rebel against a powerful external group 
A) people become assimilated in the face of powerful outside pressure 
B) people are able to keep the faith with their traditions in the face of powerful outside domination 
C) people develop thyroid deficiencies 
D) an ethnic group is exterminated by another group 
E) people rebel against a powerful external group

Question 10

_________________ funded the Institute for Development Anthropology and has made pioneering contributions to applied anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) Franz Boas 
B) John Ury 
C) Michael Horowitz 
D) Eric Wolf 
E) Federica de Laguna 
A) Franz Boas 
B) John Ury 
C) Michael Horowitz 
D) Eric Wolf 
E) Federica de Laguna

Question 11

All modernizing societies undergo,in a fixed sequence,the stages of technological development,agricultural development,industrialization,and urbanization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The most common pattern characterizing violence against indigenous people in Brazil is _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) racism 
B) violence against indigenous people 
C) massacres 
D) illegal detention 
E) police brutality 
A) racism 
B) violence against indigenous people 
C) massacres 
D) illegal detention 
E) police brutality

Question 13

Cultures are adaptive systems _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) that never change 
B) that are continually changing 
C) that are usually remain stable even if conditions change 
D) that are usually unstable 
E) that always change gradually 
A) that never change 
B) that are continually changing 
C) that are usually remain stable even if conditions change 
D) that are usually unstable 
E) that always change gradually

Question 14

Humans discovered that firing clay made it permanently hard 25,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Because of the stable government and interaction of cultures,revitalization movements are a rare occurrence n the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

_______________________________ has contributed to the decisions of where dams will be placed in such places as West Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) Innovation technology 
B) Primary innovation 
C) Secondary innovation 
D) Development anthropology 
E) Applied anthropology 
A) Innovation technology 
B) Primary innovation 
C) Secondary innovation 
D) Development anthropology 
E) Applied anthropology

Question 17

Which of the following statements about diffusion is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Most of Anglo-American culture is borrowed from other cultures. 
B) A culture tends to borrow elements that are compatible with the existing culture. 
C) Cultural borrowings are so well integrated into the existing culture that few people are aware of their "alien" origin. 
D) The cultivation of the potato diffused to the New World from Ireland. 
E) The tobacco plant was domesticated by the American Indians. 
A) Most of Anglo-American culture is borrowed from other cultures. 
B) A culture tends to borrow elements that are compatible with the existing culture. 
C) Cultural borrowings are so well integrated into the existing culture that few people are aware of their "alien" origin. 
D) The cultivation of the potato diffused to the New World from Ireland. 
E) The tobacco plant was domesticated by the American Indians.

Question 18

____________________ may occur when so many carriers of a culture die that those who manage to survive become members of another society as refugees and are living among members of another culture.

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnocide 
B) Genocide 
C) Cultural eradication 
D) Diffusion 
E) Innovation 
A) Ethnocide 
B) Genocide 
C) Cultural eradication 
D) Diffusion 
E) Innovation

Question 19

What strategy did the Jivaroan-speaking Shuar of Ecuador use to preserve their culture?

Accepted Answer

A) They adopted Christianity. 
B) They organized a corporate body that held land in common. 
C) They required their schools to use the Shuar language. 
D) They have preserved the role of kinship in the organization of local communities. 
E) all of the above except a 
A) They adopted Christianity. 
B) They organized a corporate body that held land in common. 
C) They required their schools to use the Shuar language. 
D) They have preserved the role of kinship in the organization of local communities. 
E) all of the above except a

Question 20

The discovery that the firing of clay makes it permanently hard is an example of a(n)_______________.

Accepted Answer

A) fluke 
B) accidental innovation 
C) surprise occurrence 
D) primary innovation 
E) secondary innovation 
A) fluke 
B) accidental innovation 
C) surprise occurrence 
D) primary innovation 
E) secondary innovation

According to the North American anthropologist Ralph Linton,about 90 percent of any culture's content comes from _______________.

The field of applied anthropology developed _______________.

Wheeled vehicles virtually disappeared from Morocco to Afghanistan about 1500 years ago.They were replaced by camels because of a reversion to the past by the region's inhabitants.

The British introduced cricket to "civilize" the Trobriand Islanders.What happened?

_______________ did extensive research on peasants and also worked tirelessly to promote ethics in anthropological research.

The recent Zapatista uprising in Mexico is considered a(n)_______________.

Diffusion is typically forced onto cultures.

The deliberate use of basic ideas in some practical application,such as making use of the knowledge of how electricity works to develop the telephone,is called _______________.

Syncretism results when _______________.

_________________ funded the Institute for Development Anthropology and has made pioneering contributions to applied anthropology.

All modernizing societies undergo,in a fixed sequence,the stages of technological development,agricultural development,industrialization,and urbanization.

The most common pattern characterizing violence against indigenous people in Brazil is _______________.

Cultures are adaptive systems _______________.

Humans discovered that firing clay made it permanently hard 25,000 years ago.

Because of the stable government and interaction of cultures,revitalization movements are a rare occurrence n the United States.

_______________________________ has contributed to the decisions of where dams will be placed in such places as West Africa.

Which of the following statements about diffusion is incorrect?

____________________ may occur when so many carriers of a culture die that those who manage to survive become members of another society as refugees and are living among members of another culture.

What strategy did the Jivaroan-speaking Shuar of Ecuador use to preserve their culture?

The discovery that the firing of clay makes it permanently hard is an example of a(n)_______________.

The Essence of Anthropology

Characteristics of Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

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, and Violence

Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural

The Arts

Global Challenges local Responses and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 15: Processes of Change

According to the North American anthropologist Ralph Linton,about 90 percent of any culture's content comes from _______________.

The field of applied anthropology developed _______________.

Wheeled vehicles virtually disappeared from Morocco to Afghanistan about 1500 years ago.They were replaced by camels because of a reversion to the past by the region's inhabitants.

The British introduced cricket to "civilize" the Trobriand Islanders.What happened?

_______________ did extensive research on peasants and also worked tirelessly to promote ethics in anthropological research.

The recent Zapatista uprising in Mexico is considered a(n)_______________.

Diffusion is typically forced onto cultures.

The deliberate use of basic ideas in some practical application,such as making use of the knowledge of how electricity works to develop the telephone,is called _______________.

Syncretism results when _______________.

_________________ funded the Institute for Development Anthropology and has made pioneering contributions to applied anthropology.

All modernizing societies undergo,in a fixed sequence,the stages of technological development,agricultural development,industrialization,and urbanization.

The most common pattern characterizing violence against indigenous people in Brazil is _______________.

Cultures are adaptive systems _______________.

Humans discovered that firing clay made it permanently hard 25,000 years ago.

Because of the stable government and interaction of cultures,revitalization movements are a rare occurrence n the United States.

_______________________________ has contributed to the decisions of where dams will be placed in such places as West Africa.

Which of the following statements about diffusion is incorrect?

____________________ may occur when so many carriers of a culture die that those who manage to survive become members of another society as refugees and are living among members of another culture.

What strategy did the Jivaroan-speaking Shuar of Ecuador use to preserve their culture?

The discovery that the firing of clay makes it permanently hard is an example of a(n)_______________.

The Essence of Anthropology

Characteristics of Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

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, and Violence

Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural

The Arts

Global Challenges local Responses and the Role of Anthropology

Filters