Question 1

How does generalized reciprocity also serve as a social mechanism in foraging societies?

Accepted Answer

Sharing meat is ofte

Question 2

Balanced reciprocity is most typical of what kinds of trading relationships?

Accepted Answer

A) Industrialized peoples with market economies. 
B) Non-industrialized peoples without market economies. 
C) Non-industrialized peoples with market economies. 
D) Foraging societies with no formal economies. 
E) Exchange between household economies and firms. 
A) Industrialized peoples with market economies. 
B) Non-industrialized peoples without market economies. 
C) Non-industrialized peoples with market economies. 
D) Foraging societies with no formal economies. 
E) Exchange between household economies and firms.

Question 3

It is not necessary for every society to have an economic system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Economics is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) The study of financial fluctuations within a particular society. 
B) The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses resources for production and distribution. 
C) The study of the interaction between culture,politics,and finances. 
D) The study of how the financial market influences a society's financial and cultural elements. 
E) The study of activities that affect distribution,exchange,and consumption. 
A) The study of financial fluctuations within a particular society. 
B) The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses resources for production and distribution. 
C) The study of the interaction between culture,politics,and finances. 
D) The study of how the financial market influences a society's financial and cultural elements. 
E) The study of activities that affect distribution,exchange,and consumption.

Question 5

Which of the following is most essential in pastoralist societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Rights of ownership of land. 
B) Rights of access to land. 
C) The ability to sell land. 
D) The ability to acquire land through inheritance. 
E) The ability to transfer rights of land ownership as part of a marriage contract. 
A) Rights of ownership of land. 
B) Rights of access to land. 
C) The ability to sell land. 
D) The ability to acquire land through inheritance. 
E) The ability to transfer rights of land ownership as part of a marriage contract.

Question 6

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system that has become predominant in the last 300 years. 
B) A system designed to provide equal life-chances for all. 
C) A system designed to minimize differences in wealth among people. 
D) A critical means governments use to control the economy. 
E) An idea present in all societies. 
A) An economic system that has become predominant in the last 300 years. 
B) A system designed to provide equal life-chances for all. 
C) A system designed to minimize differences in wealth among people. 
D) A critical means governments use to control the economy. 
E) An idea present in all societies.

Question 7

Land is a changing aspect of each economic system.Describe the role of land under foraging,pastoralist,horticultural,and capitalist systems.How is it used and valued differently from one to another economic system?

Accepted Answer

Land plays a crucial role in each econom

Question 8

What do anthropologists mean by economizing behavior? Is this always linked to financial gain?

Accepted Answer

Economizing behavior is choosi

Question 9

What is meant by the term "productive" resources?

Accepted Answer

These are material goods,natur

Question 10

In economics,economizing behavior is:

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior designed to save money for a household. 
B) Choosing to buy a generic rather than a name brand product. 
C) Attempting to increase profits by investing savings. 
D) Only present in capitalist market economies. 
E) Making choices in ways believed to provide the greatest benefit. 
A) Behavior designed to save money for a household. 
B) Choosing to buy a generic rather than a name brand product. 
C) Attempting to increase profits by investing savings. 
D) Only present in capitalist market economies. 
E) Making choices in ways believed to provide the greatest benefit.

Question 11

Exchanging one's labor for a wage is a fundamental component of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Productive resources are goods,natural resources,or information that is used to create other goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In Belize,there is a long tradition of national cuisine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The competitive feast of the Kwakiutl at which chiefs distribute and destroy goods to validate their claims to prestige is called a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The competitive feast of the Kwakiutl at...

Question 15

Peasants generally:

Accepted Answer

A) Own the land that they farm. 
B) Support a wealthy,landowning class. 
C) Have higher standards of living than horticulturalists. 
D) Become landowners if they work hard enough. 
E) Survive only by doing part time factory work for wages. 
A) Own the land that they farm. 
B) Support a wealthy,landowning class. 
C) Have higher standards of living than horticulturalists. 
D) Become landowners if they work hard enough. 
E) Survive only by doing part time factory work for wages.

Question 16

Are you a resister to capitalism? Explain the ways in which you are,or are not,with reference to the definition of capitalism provided in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

I am not a resister to capitalism. Capit

Question 17

Under what conditions do we expect an increasingly specialized and complex division of labor?

Accepted Answer

Division of labor becomes more

Question 18

A practice,value,or aspect of social organization that results in a lessening of the true disparities of wealth in a society is called a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A practice,value,or aspect of social organization that...

Question 19

In modern capitalist societies,people rarely get much of their identity through work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Research in Zinacantan shows that the obligations to take on cargoes (or religious offices)generally prevents anyone from becoming wealthy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

How does generalized reciprocity also serve as a social mechanism in foraging societies?

Balanced reciprocity is most typical of what kinds of trading relationships?

It is not necessary for every society to have an economic system.

Economics is defined as:

Which of the following is most essential in pastoralist societies?

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

Land is a changing aspect of each economic system.Describe the role of land under foraging,pastoralist,horticultural,and capitalist systems.How is it used and valued differently from one to another economic system?

What do anthropologists mean by economizing behavior? Is this always linked to financial gain?

What is meant by the term "productive" resources?

In economics,economizing behavior is:

Exchanging one's labor for a wage is a fundamental component of capitalism.

Productive resources are goods,natural resources,or information that is used to create other goods.

In Belize,there is a long tradition of national cuisine.

The competitive feast of the Kwakiutl at which chiefs distribute and destroy goods to validate their claims to prestige is called a(n)__________.

Peasants generally:

Are you a resister to capitalism? Explain the ways in which you are,or are not,with reference to the definition of capitalism provided in this chapter.

Under what conditions do we expect an increasingly specialized and complex division of labor?

A practice,value,or aspect of social organization that results in a lessening of the true disparities of wealth in a society is called a(n)__________.

In modern capitalist societies,people rarely get much of their identity through work.

Research in Zinacantan shows that the obligations to take on cargoes (or religious offices)generally prevents anyone from becoming wealthy.

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Exam 6: Economics

How does generalized reciprocity also serve as a social mechanism in foraging societies?

Balanced reciprocity is most typical of what kinds of trading relationships?

It is not necessary for every society to have an economic system.

Economics is defined as:

Which of the following is most essential in pastoralist societies?

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

Land is a changing aspect of each economic system.Describe the role of land under foraging,pastoralist,horticultural,and capitalist systems.How is it used and valued differently from one to another economic system?

What do anthropologists mean by economizing behavior? Is this always linked to financial gain?

What is meant by the term "productive" resources?

In economics,economizing behavior is:

Exchanging one's labor for a wage is a fundamental component of capitalism.

Productive resources are goods,natural resources,or information that is used to create other goods.

In Belize,there is a long tradition of national cuisine.

The competitive feast of the Kwakiutl at which chiefs distribute and destroy goods to validate their claims to prestige is called a(n)__________.

Peasants generally:

Are you a resister to capitalism? Explain the ways in which you are,or are not,with reference to the definition of capitalism provided in this chapter.

Under what conditions do we expect an increasingly specialized and complex division of labor?

A practice,value,or aspect of social organization that results in a lessening of the true disparities of wealth in a society is called a(n)__________.

In modern capitalist societies,people rarely get much of their identity through work.

Research in Zinacantan shows that the obligations to take on cargoes (or religious offices)generally prevents anyone from becoming wealthy.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

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