Question 1

Members of the cultures that anthropologists study rarely have access to news of the outside world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no such thing as a cultural universal. 
B) There are cultural universals,but there is no single explanation about how they developed. 
C) Anthropologists believe that cultural universals exist because at one time there was a single human culture. 
D) Periodically cultural universals occur,especially at points of evolution. 
E) Human evolution could not occur without cultural universals. 
A) There is no such thing as a cultural universal. 
B) There are cultural universals,but there is no single explanation about how they developed. 
C) Anthropologists believe that cultural universals exist because at one time there was a single human culture. 
D) Periodically cultural universals occur,especially at points of evolution. 
E) Human evolution could not occur without cultural universals.

Question 3

Why are anthropologists more politically and socially engaged today with the populations they are studying?

Accepted Answer

Because of globalization,anthr

Question 4

What does it mean to say that we "perform language"?

Accepted Answer

It means that each person chan

Question 5

Globalization has changed the ways that anthropologists work and write.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What are two critical issues facing the discipline of anthropology today? Present and discuss each using concepts and ideas that you have learned in Chapter 1.

Accepted Answer

Two critical issues facing the disciplin

Question 7

Anthropologist J.Christopher Kovats-Bernat argues that when an anthropologist pursues studies of "ethnography of violence," the anthropologist and informant must have what type of relationship between them?

Accepted Answer

A) Autonomy. 
B) Self-preservation. 
C) Respect. 
D) Mutual advantage. 
E) Mutual responsibility. 
A) Autonomy. 
B) Self-preservation. 
C) Respect. 
D) Mutual advantage. 
E) Mutual responsibility.

Question 8

Within the discipline of anthropology,globalization has:

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased the need for anthropologists. 
B) Tended to increase the political involvement of some anthropologists. 
C) Enabled anthropologists to use technology to do fieldwork without leaving their offices. 
D) Allowed anthropologists to become members of native cultures to a greater extent than before. 
E) Made it easier for anthologists to publish their findings. 
A) Decreased the need for anthropologists. 
B) Tended to increase the political involvement of some anthropologists. 
C) Enabled anthropologists to use technology to do fieldwork without leaving their offices. 
D) Allowed anthropologists to become members of native cultures to a greater extent than before. 
E) Made it easier for anthologists to publish their findings.

Question 9

Long-term fieldwork in cultural anthropology that involves living with and observing other people is called __________.

Accepted Answer

participan

Question 10

A positive value of ethnocentrism for a society is that it:

Accepted Answer

A) Decreases the chance of war. 
B) Helps members of a society bond together as a social unit. 
C) Increases an individual's ability to act independently of others. 
D) Results in a higher standard of living because of an emphasis on progress. 
E) Increases equality between males and females within a society. 
A) Decreases the chance of war. 
B) Helps members of a society bond together as a social unit. 
C) Increases an individual's ability to act independently of others. 
D) Results in a higher standard of living because of an emphasis on progress. 
E) Increases equality between males and females within a society.

Question 11

Your textbook argues that jobs for anthropologists are:

Accepted Answer

A) Far more plentiful than jobs for sociologists or English majors. 
B) Easily available for those with a BA in the field. 
C) About the same as those available to students in other Liberal Arts disciplines. 
D) Expected to greatly increase in number in the next five to ten years. 
E) Rare and generally only available to those with Masters degrees and PhDs. 
A) Far more plentiful than jobs for sociologists or English majors. 
B) Easily available for those with a BA in the field. 
C) About the same as those available to students in other Liberal Arts disciplines. 
D) Expected to greatly increase in number in the next five to ten years. 
E) Rare and generally only available to those with Masters degrees and PhDs.

Question 12

Besides providing social,cultural,and political perspectives on health,what else do medical anthropologists do?

Accepted Answer

They help bridge the gap between clients

Question 13

We have argued that race is culturally rather than biologically constructed.Enumerate and explain the critical problems with the biological construction of race.Then,discuss how the concept of "cultural race" (or social race)is used in our society today.

Accepted Answer

The critical problems with the biologica

Question 14

How has anthropological fieldwork in non-Western areas most changed since the mid-1900s?

Accepted Answer

A) Today,anthropologists work among people who are very likely to read their works and comment on them. 
B) Today,anthropologists work primarily in colonial areas,where the native population benefits from scientific study. 
C) Today,anthropologists no longer seek permission to do fieldwork in isolated geographical areas. 
D) Today,anthropologists serve in local governments and can return favors to populations who participate in their research. 
E) Today,anthropologists no longer do long-term fieldwork as they did years ago. 
A) Today,anthropologists work among people who are very likely to read their works and comment on them. 
B) Today,anthropologists work primarily in colonial areas,where the native population benefits from scientific study. 
C) Today,anthropologists no longer seek permission to do fieldwork in isolated geographical areas. 
D) Today,anthropologists serve in local governments and can return favors to populations who participate in their research. 
E) Today,anthropologists no longer do long-term fieldwork as they did years ago.

Question 15

All of the following were considered the highest risk field dangers in a 1990 study of anthropologists except:

Accepted Answer

A) Tuberculosis. 
B) Vehicle crashes. 
C) Malaria. 
D) Hepatitis. 
A) Tuberculosis. 
B) Vehicle crashes. 
C) Malaria. 
D) Hepatitis.

Question 16

Indigenous peoples involve all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) Members of a society that have occupied a region for a long time. 
B) Members of groups recognized as original inhabitants. 
C) Members of any group who dress as indigenous peoples and participate in native pow-wows. 
D) Members of a group that is recognized as very ancient to a region. 
E) Members of a group that continues to live in a traditional manner. 
A) Members of a society that have occupied a region for a long time. 
B) Members of groups recognized as original inhabitants. 
C) Members of any group who dress as indigenous peoples and participate in native pow-wows. 
D) Members of a group that is recognized as very ancient to a region. 
E) Members of a group that continues to live in a traditional manner.

Question 17

Culture is human behavior that is genetically transmitted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

During the late 20th century:

Accepted Answer

A) The United States has become an increasingly dominant force culturally and socially in the world. 
B) Members of minority groups in the United States have moved to stronger economic and political positions. 
C) The world has become more and more a domain of nationalist strongholds. 
D) White,Protestant,Northern European males have begun to have more power and exert a more dominant force in national decision-making. 
E) Immigrants are less connected with their homelands of origin,leaving them eager to assimilate into United States culture. 
A) The United States has become an increasingly dominant force culturally and socially in the world. 
B) Members of minority groups in the United States have moved to stronger economic and political positions. 
C) The world has become more and more a domain of nationalist strongholds. 
D) White,Protestant,Northern European males have begun to have more power and exert a more dominant force in national decision-making. 
E) Immigrants are less connected with their homelands of origin,leaving them eager to assimilate into United States culture.

Question 19

All of the following statements about the understanding of culture in anthropology are correct except:

Accepted Answer

A) Culture is biologically and genetically transmitted from person to person. 
B) Culture is the way of life of a particular human society. 
C) Culture is the learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups. 
D) Culture is the primary way that human adapt to their environments. 
A) Culture is biologically and genetically transmitted from person to person. 
B) Culture is the way of life of a particular human society. 
C) Culture is the learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups. 
D) Culture is the primary way that human adapt to their environments.

Question 20

A study that analyzes culture using Western scientific theories is called an etic ethnography.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Members of the cultures that anthropologists study rarely have access to news of the outside world.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Why are anthropologists more politically and socially engaged today with the populations they are studying?

What does it mean to say that we "perform language"?

Globalization has changed the ways that anthropologists work and write.

What are two critical issues facing the discipline of anthropology today? Present and discuss each using concepts and ideas that you have learned in Chapter 1.

Anthropologist J.Christopher Kovats-Bernat argues that when an anthropologist pursues studies of "ethnography of violence," the anthropologist and informant must have what type of relationship between them?

Within the discipline of anthropology,globalization has:

Long-term fieldwork in cultural anthropology that involves living with and observing other people is called __________.

A positive value of ethnocentrism for a society is that it:

Your textbook argues that jobs for anthropologists are:

Besides providing social,cultural,and political perspectives on health,what else do medical anthropologists do?

We have argued that race is culturally rather than biologically constructed.Enumerate and explain the critical problems with the biological construction of race.Then,discuss how the concept of "cultural race" (or social race)is used in our society today.

How has anthropological fieldwork in non-Western areas most changed since the mid-1900s?

All of the following were considered the highest risk field dangers in a 1990 study of anthropologists except:

Indigenous peoples involve all of the following except:

Culture is human behavior that is genetically transmitted.

During the late 20th century:

All of the following statements about the understanding of culture in anthropology are correct except:

A study that analyzes culture using Western scientific theories is called an etic ethnography.

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

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Exam 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity

Members of the cultures that anthropologists study rarely have access to news of the outside world.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Why are anthropologists more politically and socially engaged today with the populations they are studying?

What does it mean to say that we "perform language"?

Globalization has changed the ways that anthropologists work and write.

What are two critical issues facing the discipline of anthropology today? Present and discuss each using concepts and ideas that you have learned in Chapter 1.

Anthropologist J.Christopher Kovats-Bernat argues that when an anthropologist pursues studies of "ethnography of violence," the anthropologist and informant must have what type of relationship between them?

Within the discipline of anthropology,globalization has:

Long-term fieldwork in cultural anthropology that involves living with and observing other people is called __________.

A positive value of ethnocentrism for a society is that it:

Your textbook argues that jobs for anthropologists are:

Besides providing social,cultural,and political perspectives on health,what else do medical anthropologists do?

We have argued that race is culturally rather than biologically constructed.Enumerate and explain the critical problems with the biological construction of race.Then,discuss how the concept of "cultural race" (or social race)is used in our society today.

How has anthropological fieldwork in non-Western areas most changed since the mid-1900s?

All of the following were considered the highest risk field dangers in a 1990 study of anthropologists except:

Indigenous peoples involve all of the following except:

Culture is human behavior that is genetically transmitted.

During the late 20th century:

All of the following statements about the understanding of culture in anthropology are correct except:

A study that analyzes culture using Western scientific theories is called an etic ethnography.

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters