Question 1

Dental, bilabial, alveolar lateral sounds are commonly found in what types of languages?

Accepted Answer

A)   Colonial languages 
B)  Click languages 
C)  Latin-based languages 
D)  Ancestral languages 
A)   Colonial languages 
B)  Click languages 
C)  Latin-based languages 
D)  Ancestral languages B

Question 2

What was the most important factor shaping AAE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonialism 
B)  Slavery 
C)  Imperialism 
D)  WWII 
A)  Colonialism 
B)  Slavery 
C)  Imperialism 
D)  WWII B

Question 3

Click languages in Africa are rapidly disappearing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

How can language be used as a political weapon? Give examples and discuss the potential widespread effects of language suppression.

Accepted Answer

Language can be used as a political weap

Question 5

Approximately how many languages exist today?

Accepted Answer

A)   6,000 
B)   1,700 
C)  3,400 
D)  9,500 
A)   6,000 
B)   1,700 
C)  3,400 
D)  9,500

Question 6

Which of the following was used most successfully by European colonizers as a weapon, a way to gain control over the cultural identities of subject peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sexuality 
B)   Dance 
C)  Language 
D)  Kinship 
A)   Sexuality 
B)   Dance 
C)  Language 
D)  Kinship

Question 7

Which anthropological fieldworker gathered African American folklore in Florida during the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allison Davis 
B)  Franz Boas 
C)  Zora Neale Hurston 
D)  Hortense Powdermaker 
A)  Allison Davis 
B)  Franz Boas 
C)  Zora Neale Hurston 
D)  Hortense Powdermaker

Question 8

Franz Boas was the first anthropologist to use sound recordings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Kurdish language and music were suppressed by Turkey in the early to mid-1900s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Ethnolinguists are anthropologists who specialize in the study of:

Accepted Answer

A)   language. 
B)   music. 
C)  symbolism. 
D)  ethnicity. 
A)   language. 
B)   music. 
C)  symbolism. 
D)  ethnicity.

Question 11

The study of language sounds is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   morphemes. 
B)   ethnolinguistics. 
C)  phonology. 
D)  phonetics. 
A)   morphemes. 
B)   ethnolinguistics. 
C)  phonology. 
D)  phonetics.

Question 12

Ethnomusicologists are:

Accepted Answer

A)  musicians. 
B)  therapists. 
C)  linguists. 
D)  physical trainers. 
A)  musicians. 
B)  therapists. 
C)  linguists. 
D)  physical trainers.

Question 13

Ebonics has roots in U.S. slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

State authorities often use language as a means of political control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify five different common idiophones.

Accepted Answer

These are percussive instrumen

Question 16

Tones are associated with which type of music?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indigenous 
B)  Western 
C)  Percussive 
D)  Asian 
A)  Indigenous 
B)  Western 
C)  Percussive 
D)  Asian

Question 17

How are music and language similar types of expressive culture?

Accepted Answer

Music and language are similar types of

Question 18

New and partial language blends are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  accents. 
B)  dialects. 
C)  creoles. 
D)  pidgins. 
A)  accents. 
B)  dialects. 
C)  creoles. 
D)  pidgins.

Question 19

Tonal music is found in all cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following is not a common activity for an ethnomusicologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Study musical transcription 
B)  Work to change a culture's music 
C)  Study how instruments are used to make music 
D)  Identify diverse types of music 
A)  Study musical transcription 
B)  Work to change a culture's music 
C)  Study how instruments are used to make music 
D)  Identify diverse types of music

Dental, bilabial, alveolar lateral sounds are commonly found in what types of languages?

What was the most important factor shaping AAE?

Click languages in Africa are rapidly disappearing.

How can language be used as a political weapon? Give examples and discuss the potential widespread effects of language suppression.

Approximately how many languages exist today?

Which of the following was used most successfully by European colonizers as a weapon, a way to gain control over the cultural identities of subject peoples?

Which anthropological fieldworker gathered African American folklore in Florida during the 1930s?

Franz Boas was the first anthropologist to use sound recordings.

Kurdish language and music were suppressed by Turkey in the early to mid-1900s.

Ethnolinguists are anthropologists who specialize in the study of:

The study of language sounds is called:

Ethnomusicologists are:

Ebonics has roots in U.S. slavery.

State authorities often use language as a means of political control.

Identify five different common idiophones.

Tones are associated with which type of music?

How are music and language similar types of expressive culture?

New and partial language blends are called:

Tonal music is found in all cultures.

Which of the following is not a common activity for an ethnomusicologist?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

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Exam 9: Language and Musical Expression

Dental, bilabial, alveolar lateral sounds are commonly found in what types of languages?

What was the most important factor shaping AAE?

Click languages in Africa are rapidly disappearing.

How can language be used as a political weapon? Give examples and discuss the potential widespread effects of language suppression.

Approximately how many languages exist today?

Which of the following was used most successfully by European colonizers as a weapon, a way to gain control over the cultural identities of subject peoples?

Which anthropological fieldworker gathered African American folklore in Florida during the 1930s?

Franz Boas was the first anthropologist to use sound recordings.

Kurdish language and music were suppressed by Turkey in the early to mid-1900s.

Ethnolinguists are anthropologists who specialize in the study of:

The study of language sounds is called:

Ethnomusicologists are:

Ebonics has roots in U.S. slavery.

State authorities often use language as a means of political control.

Identify five different common idiophones.

Tones are associated with which type of music?

How are music and language similar types of expressive culture?

New and partial language blends are called:

Tonal music is found in all cultures.

Which of the following is not a common activity for an ethnomusicologist?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Race and Ethnicity

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters