Question 1

What kind of religion is most frequently found in foraging bands?

Accepted Answer

A)  communal 
B)  shamanic 
C)  cargo cult 
D)  monotheistic 
E)  polytheistic 
A)  communal 
B)  shamanic 
C)  cargo cult 
D)  monotheistic 
E)  polytheistic

Question 2

What term refers to a custom or social action that operates to reduce differences in wealth and bring standouts in line with community norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  rite of passage 
B)  revitalization movement 
C)  syncretism 
D)  taboo 
E)  leveling mechanism 
A)  rite of passage 
B)  revitalization movement 
C)  syncretism 
D)  taboo 
E)  leveling mechanism

Question 3

The cargo cults of Melanesia functioned to integrate Melanesians and set the stage for the formation of political parties and economic interest groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  animism 
B)  magic 
C)  religion 
D)  a rite of passage 
E)  pantheism 
A)  animism 
B)  magic 
C)  religion 
D)  a rite of passage 
E)  pantheism

Question 5

The Handsome Lake revitalization movement urged its followers to reaffirm the traditions of the Iroquois.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

Accepted Answer

A)  communal religion 
B)  shamanic religion 
C)  Olympian religion 
D)  individualistic cults 
E)  idiosyncratic belief systems 
A)  communal religion 
B)  shamanic religion 
C)  Olympian religion 
D)  individualistic cults 
E)  idiosyncratic belief systems

Question 7

Like ethnicity and language, religion is also associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Besides animism-and sometimes coexisting with it in the same society-there is a view of the supernatural as a domain of raw impersonal power, or force, that people can control under certain conditions. This conception of the supernatural is particularly prominent in Melanesia. Melanesians refer to this force as

Accepted Answer

A)  taboo. 
B)  magic. 
C)  good (or bad) luck. 
D)  The Force. 
E)  mana. 
A)  taboo. 
B)  magic. 
C)  good (or bad) luck. 
D)  The Force. 
E)  mana.

Question 9

What are induction into the U.S. Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Accepted Answer

A)  binary opposition 
B)  a generalized exchange 
C)  a structural analysis of religion 
D)  rites of passage 
E)  genetic programming 
A)  binary opposition 
B)  a generalized exchange 
C)  a structural analysis of religion 
D)  rites of passage 
E)  genetic programming

Question 10

Fundamentalists are correct in seeing a rise in secularism in contemporary North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Edward Tylor, religion evolved from polytheism to animism to monotheism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B)  It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C)  It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D)  It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E)  It can both create and maintain social solidarity. 
A)  It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B)  It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C)  It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D)  It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E)  It can both create and maintain social solidarity.

Question 13

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The functions of religious beliefs and practices vary with the society. 
B)  Religion is often an instrument of societal change, even revolution. 
C)  Religion serves only to maintain social solidarity; it does not create or maintain societal divisions. 
D)  Political leaders never mix religion with politics. 
E)  Religious fundamentalism is as old as human culture. 
A)  The functions of religious beliefs and practices vary with the society. 
B)  Religion is often an instrument of societal change, even revolution. 
C)  Religion serves only to maintain social solidarity; it does not create or maintain societal divisions. 
D)  Political leaders never mix religion with politics. 
E)  Religious fundamentalism is as old as human culture.

Question 14

Which of the following functions to reduce differences in wealth between the members of a society and tends to be directed at socially marginal individuals?

Accepted Answer

A)  blood feuds 
B)  Olympian religions 
C)  rites of passage 
D)  cargo cults 
E)  witchcraft accusations 
A)  blood feuds 
B)  Olympian religions 
C)  rites of passage 
D)  cargo cults 
E)  witchcraft accusations

Question 15

Worldwide, Islam is growing at a rate of about 2.9 percent annually, versus 2.3 percent for Christianity, whose overall growth rate is the same as the rate of world population increase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Religion and magic don't just explain things and help people accomplish goals-they also enter the realm of human feelings. In other words,

Accepted Answer

A)  they serve emotional needs as well as cognitive (i.e., explanatory) ones. 
B)  religion helps reduce differences by promoting brotherly love. 
C)  they determine the emotional well-being of all their practitioners. 
D)  they often lead to extreme psychological disruption and even mental illness. 
E)  they are psychologically and cognitively relevant, but these realms are well contained and have no effect beyond the mental well-being of the practitioner. 
A)  they serve emotional needs as well as cognitive (i.e., explanatory) ones. 
B)  religion helps reduce differences by promoting brotherly love. 
C)  they determine the emotional well-being of all their practitioners. 
D)  they often lead to extreme psychological disruption and even mental illness. 
E)  they are psychologically and cognitively relevant, but these realms are well contained and have no effect beyond the mental well-being of the practitioner.

Question 17

Ironically, religious fundamentalism is a very modern phenomenon. Why is this an irony? How does learning about the concept of modernism in the context of a chapter on anthropology and religion alter, if at all, the way you understand world events today?

Accepted Answer

The irony in the statement "religious fu

Question 18

Communitas is the strong feeling of collective unity shared by individuals at the core of a society who define themselves in opposition to the society's liminal members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Émile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious effervescence. Anthropologists too have stressed

Accepted Answer

A)  that proper analysis requires separation of collective re-creation from collective religion. 
B)  the collective, shared, and enacted nature of religion, the emotions it generates, and the meanings it embodies. 
C)  the analysis of the use of behavior-altering drugs in religious experience. 
D)  the collective as well as individual universality of religion. 
E)  the qualities that make religion present in some societies but not others. 
A)  that proper analysis requires separation of collective re-creation from collective religion. 
B)  the collective, shared, and enacted nature of religion, the emotions it generates, and the meanings it embodies. 
C)  the analysis of the use of behavior-altering drugs in religious experience. 
D)  the collective as well as individual universality of religion. 
E)  the qualities that make religion present in some societies but not others.

Question 20

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What kind of religion is most frequently found in foraging bands?

What term refers to a custom or social action that operates to reduce differences in wealth and bring standouts in line with community norms?

The cargo cults of Melanesia functioned to integrate Melanesians and set the stage for the formation of political parties and economic interest groups.

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

The Handsome Lake revitalization movement urged its followers to reaffirm the traditions of the Iroquois.

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

Like ethnicity and language, religion is also associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations.

What are induction into the U.S. Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Fundamentalists are correct in seeing a rise in secularism in contemporary North America.

According to Edward Tylor, religion evolved from polytheism to animism to monotheism.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following functions to reduce differences in wealth between the members of a society and tends to be directed at socially marginal individuals?

Worldwide, Islam is growing at a rate of about 2.9 percent annually, versus 2.3 percent for Christianity, whose overall growth rate is the same as the rate of world population increase.

Religion and magic don't just explain things and help people accomplish goals-they also enter the realm of human feelings. In other words,

Ironically, religious fundamentalism is a very modern phenomenon. Why is this an irony? How does learning about the concept of modernism in the context of a chapter on anthropology and religion alter, if at all, the way you understand world events today?

Communitas is the strong feeling of collective unity shared by individuals at the core of a society who define themselves in opposition to the society's liminal members.

Émile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious effervescence. Anthropologists too have stressed

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

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Exam 12: Religion

What kind of religion is most frequently found in foraging bands?

What term refers to a custom or social action that operates to reduce differences in wealth and bring standouts in line with community norms?

The cargo cults of Melanesia functioned to integrate Melanesians and set the stage for the formation of political parties and economic interest groups.

What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?

The Handsome Lake revitalization movement urged its followers to reaffirm the traditions of the Iroquois.

Which of the following kinds of religions involves full-time religious specialists?

Like ethnicity and language, religion is also associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations.

What are induction into the U.S. Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Fundamentalists are correct in seeing a rise in secularism in contemporary North America.

According to Edward Tylor, religion evolved from polytheism to animism to monotheism.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following functions to reduce differences in wealth between the members of a society and tends to be directed at socially marginal individuals?

Worldwide, Islam is growing at a rate of about 2.9 percent annually, versus 2.3 percent for Christianity, whose overall growth rate is the same as the rate of world population increase.

Religion and magic don't just explain things and help people accomplish goals-they also enter the realm of human feelings. In other words,

Ironically, religious fundamentalism is a very modern phenomenon. Why is this an irony? How does learning about the concept of modernism in the context of a chapter on anthropology and religion alter, if at all, the way you understand world events today?

Communitas is the strong feeling of collective unity shared by individuals at the core of a society who define themselves in opposition to the society's liminal members.

Émile Durkheim, an early scholar of religion, stressed what he termed religious effervescence. Anthropologists too have stressed

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters