Question 1

Why does large-scale production and distribution tend not to develop in economies where households are the units of production?

Accepted Answer

Large-scale economies need working units that can expand and contract with supply and demand.Households cannot easily change their size.

Question 2

Among which subsistence system do we find the most flexible land boundaries?

Accepted Answer

A) foragers. 
B) pastoralists. 
C) horticulturalists. 
D) agriculturalists. 
E) industrialists. 
A) foragers. 
B) pastoralists. 
C) horticulturalists. 
D) agriculturalists. 
E) industrialists. A

Question 3

Which of the following statements about specialization in the complex societies is not generally correct?

Accepted Answer

A) It results in more efficient production. 
B) It can take an emotional toll on the workers. 
C) Often the machinery determines the pace of the work and tasks performed. 
D) The work requires a great deal of decision-making on the worker's part. 
E) It allows for the production of a large number of goods. 
A) It results in more efficient production. 
B) It can take an emotional toll on the workers. 
C) Often the machinery determines the pace of the work and tasks performed. 
D) The work requires a great deal of decision-making on the worker's part. 
E) It allows for the production of a large number of goods. D

Question 4

How is capitalist business involving women frequently conducted in Turkey?

Accepted Answer

A) It is patterned on social life so that women and men work together in household units and are paid working wages. 
B) It is patterned on social life so that women produce goods for their husbands' relatives and do not work directly in an impersonal capitalist setting. 
C) It is based on patrilineal and patriarchal social ethics so that men are the only ones allowed to work in capitalist enterprises.Women are excluded. 
D) Women are involved as owners of the capitalist enterprises,but they are not allowed to be seen outside of their homes.They conduct the business from inside their homes. 
E) Women are not treated any differently than men in Turkey. 
A) It is patterned on social life so that women and men work together in household units and are paid working wages. 
B) It is patterned on social life so that women produce goods for their husbands' relatives and do not work directly in an impersonal capitalist setting. 
C) It is based on patrilineal and patriarchal social ethics so that men are the only ones allowed to work in capitalist enterprises.Women are excluded. 
D) Women are involved as owners of the capitalist enterprises,but they are not allowed to be seen outside of their homes.They conduct the business from inside their homes. 
E) Women are not treated any differently than men in Turkey.

Question 5

Why have anthropologists used the "dictator game" and the "ultimatum game" in their study of other cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) These games help anthropologists understand the importance of play in socialization in other cultures. 
B) These games help anthropologists understand economic behavior in different cultures. 
C) These games allow anthropologists to test whether people in other cultures can understand games from Western societies. 
D) These games allow anthropologists to play with their participants and create much better rapport for the study. 
E) Anthropologists do not use these games;they are used by other scholars. 
A) These games help anthropologists understand the importance of play in socialization in other cultures. 
B) These games help anthropologists understand economic behavior in different cultures. 
C) These games allow anthropologists to test whether people in other cultures can understand games from Western societies. 
D) These games allow anthropologists to play with their participants and create much better rapport for the study. 
E) Anthropologists do not use these games;they are used by other scholars.

Question 6

Which of the following is not an attribute of capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A) The majority of businesses is owned by a small number of people. 
B) Capitalist relationships tend to be open and transparent. 
C) capital 
D) labor 
E) profit 
A) The majority of businesses is owned by a small number of people. 
B) Capitalist relationships tend to be open and transparent. 
C) capital 
D) labor 
E) profit

Question 7

In more politically and technologically complex societies,horticulture dominates production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The difference between the value of the workers' contributions to production and the wages that they are paid is called:

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic value. 
B) capital loss. 
C) profit. 
D) labor advance. 
E) capitalism. 
A) symbolic value. 
B) capital loss. 
C) profit. 
D) labor advance. 
E) capitalism.

Question 9

Which of the following forms of exchange is found primarily outside of social relations and in situations of impersonal and unfriendly transactions?

Accepted Answer

A) balanced reciprocity 
B) capitalism 
C) negative reciprocity 
D) generalized reciprocity 
E) market exchange 
A) balanced reciprocity 
B) capitalism 
C) negative reciprocity 
D) generalized reciprocity 
E) market exchange

Question 10

The Kula ring is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) balanced markets. 
B) generalized reciprocity. 
C) social reciprocity. 
D) negative reciprocity. 
E) balanced reciprocity. 
A) balanced markets. 
B) generalized reciprocity. 
C) social reciprocity. 
D) negative reciprocity. 
E) balanced reciprocity.

Question 11

Appropriate economic behavior varies from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Define economics.

Accepted Answer

It is the study of the ways in which the

Question 13

In their recent book,Creating Breakthrough Products,Jonathan Cagan and Craig M.Vogel have coined the term _____________ to refer to vital services that anthropologists can offer to business as a result of their skills and insights.

Accepted Answer

A) business ethnography 
B) new product ethnography 
C) capitalist ethnography 
D) product ethnology 
E) work anthropology 
A) business ethnography 
B) new product ethnography 
C) capitalist ethnography 
D) product ethnology 
E) work anthropology

Question 14

An institution that is organized primarily for financial gain is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) organization. 
B) corporation. 
C) firm. 
D) factory. 
E) multinational corporation. 
A) organization. 
B) corporation. 
C) firm. 
D) factory. 
E) multinational corporation.

Question 15

Market exchange is:

Accepted Answer

A) found only in state societies. 
B) the primary distribution mechanism in most societies today. 
C) never found in horticultural and agricultural societies. 
D) the only true rational economic system that exists today. 
E) found universally in all societies today. 
A) found only in state societies. 
B) the primary distribution mechanism in most societies today. 
C) never found in horticultural and agricultural societies. 
D) the only true rational economic system that exists today. 
E) found universally in all societies today.

Question 16

All of the following are cultural and moral assumptions that are associated with market exchange except:

Accepted Answer

A) "I will take a loss in some cases just to prove that I can exchange fairly." 
B) "I anticipate a certain amount of deceit and unfairness." 
C) "If you take advantage of me repeatedly,you will be punished." 
D) "I will usually be treated fairly by people I do not know." 
E) "I will exchange freely and with no restrictions." 
A) "I will take a loss in some cases just to prove that I can exchange fairly." 
B) "I anticipate a certain amount of deceit and unfairness." 
C) "If you take advantage of me repeatedly,you will be punished." 
D) "I will usually be treated fairly by people I do not know." 
E) "I will exchange freely and with no restrictions."

Question 17

Societies organized primarily by capitalism are a late development in the history of humankind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Capitalism poses many challenges to our society today.Discuss these and give examples of types of resistance that occur to capitalist practices.You may use some of your own examples as well.

Accepted Answer

Capitalism, as an economic system, has b

Question 19

In what Native American groups did potlatches occur most frequently in the early 1800s?

Accepted Answer

A) Kwakiutl and Tlingit 
B) Navajo and Hopi 
C) Trobriand Islanders 
D) Cherokee and Iroquois 
E) Seminole and Crow 
A) Kwakiutl and Tlingit 
B) Navajo and Hopi 
C) Trobriand Islanders 
D) Cherokee and Iroquois 
E) Seminole and Crow

Question 20

All of the following are benefits generated from the Kula Ring trade except:

Accepted Answer

A) it binds trading partners together. 
B) trading partners give gifts to each other in addition to trade items. 
C) it creates political and social alliances between traders. 
D) it creates high levels of economic disparity between traders from one island to another. 
E) it increases the islanders' consumption of goods. 
A) it binds trading partners together. 
B) trading partners give gifts to each other in addition to trade items. 
C) it creates political and social alliances between traders. 
D) it creates high levels of economic disparity between traders from one island to another. 
E) it increases the islanders' consumption of goods.

Why does large-scale production and distribution tend not to develop in economies where households are the units of production?

Among which subsistence system do we find the most flexible land boundaries?

Which of the following statements about specialization in the complex societies is not generally correct?

How is capitalist business involving women frequently conducted in Turkey?

Why have anthropologists used the "dictator game" and the "ultimatum game" in their study of other cultures?

Which of the following is not an attribute of capitalism?

In more politically and technologically complex societies,horticulture dominates production.

The difference between the value of the workers' contributions to production and the wages that they are paid is called:

Which of the following forms of exchange is found primarily outside of social relations and in situations of impersonal and unfriendly transactions?

The Kula ring is an example of:

Appropriate economic behavior varies from culture to culture.

Define economics.

In their recent book,Creating Breakthrough Products,Jonathan Cagan and Craig M.Vogel have coined the term _____________ to refer to vital services that anthropologists can offer to business as a result of their skills and insights.

An institution that is organized primarily for financial gain is called a(n):

Market exchange is:

All of the following are cultural and moral assumptions that are associated with market exchange except:

Societies organized primarily by capitalism are a late development in the history of humankind.

Capitalism poses many challenges to our society today.Discuss these and give examples of types of resistance that occur to capitalist practices.You may use some of your own examples as well.

In what Native American groups did potlatches occur most frequently in the early 1800s?

All of the following are benefits generated from the Kula Ring trade except:

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Exam 6: Economics

Why does large-scale production and distribution tend not to develop in economies where households are the units of production?

Among which subsistence system do we find the most flexible land boundaries?

Which of the following statements about specialization in the complex societies is not generally correct?

How is capitalist business involving women frequently conducted in Turkey?

Why have anthropologists used the "dictator game" and the "ultimatum game" in their study of other cultures?

Which of the following is not an attribute of capitalism?

In more politically and technologically complex societies,horticulture dominates production.

The difference between the value of the workers' contributions to production and the wages that they are paid is called:

Which of the following forms of exchange is found primarily outside of social relations and in situations of impersonal and unfriendly transactions?

The Kula ring is an example of:

Appropriate economic behavior varies from culture to culture.

Define economics.

In their recent book,Creating Breakthrough Products,Jonathan Cagan and Craig M.Vogel have coined the term _____________ to refer to vital services that anthropologists can offer to business as a result of their skills and insights.

An institution that is organized primarily for financial gain is called a(n):

Market exchange is:

All of the following are cultural and moral assumptions that are associated with market exchange except:

Societies organized primarily by capitalism are a late development in the history of humankind.

Capitalism poses many challenges to our society today.Discuss these and give examples of types of resistance that occur to capitalist practices.You may use some of your own examples as well.

In what Native American groups did potlatches occur most frequently in the early 1800s?

All of the following are benefits generated from the Kula Ring trade except:

What Is Anthropology and Why Should I Care

Culture Counts

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Communication

Making a Living

Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Sex and Gender

Political Organization

Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Caste

Religion

Power, Conquest, and a World System

Globalization and Change

Anthropology Makes a Difference

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