Question 1

Migration and rapid population growth are fueling multiculturalism in countries like the United States and Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In Japan, the burakumin

Accepted Answer

A)  are perceived as pure Japanese, even if one of their parents is not Japanese. 
B)  are Japanese citizens of mixed ancestry who face discrimination. 
C)  are the cream of Japan's racial categories, having the purest blood. 
D)  no longer face discrimination. 
E)  constitute a numerical majority in Japan. 
A)  are perceived as pure Japanese, even if one of their parents is not Japanese. 
B)  are Japanese citizens of mixed ancestry who face discrimination. 
C)  are the cream of Japan's racial categories, having the purest blood. 
D)  no longer face discrimination. 
E)  constitute a numerical majority in Japan.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about U.S. racial categories is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations. 
B)  U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in the 1970s in Louisiana. 
C)  U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. 
D)  U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. 
E)  U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology. 
A)  U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations. 
B)  U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in the 1970s in Louisiana. 
C)  U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. 
D)  U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. 
E)  U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology.

Question 4

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racial classification in Brazil is built around the concept of hypodescent. 
B)  There are more than 500 different terms used to describe phenotypes. 
C)  The large number of racial categories does not lend itself easily to socioeconomic discrimination based on race. 
D)  The perception of biological races is influenced not just by the physical phenotype but by how one dresses and behaves. 
E)  A person's race can change from day to day. 
A)  Racial classification in Brazil is built around the concept of hypodescent. 
B)  There are more than 500 different terms used to describe phenotypes. 
C)  The large number of racial categories does not lend itself easily to socioeconomic discrimination based on race. 
D)  The perception of biological races is influenced not just by the physical phenotype but by how one dresses and behaves. 
E)  A person's race can change from day to day.

Question 6

Interracial, biracial, and multiracial identities are becoming more and more common in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What term does anthropologist Fredrik Barth (1928-1968) use to refer to a society that combines ethnic contrasts, ecological specialization, and the economic interdependence of those groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  pluralism 
B)  broad-spectrum subsistence 
C)  plural society 
D)  multicultural 
E)  assimilation 
A)  pluralism 
B)  broad-spectrum subsistence 
C)  plural society 
D)  multicultural 
E)  assimilation

Question 8

Racial classification is a political issue. Compare the Canadian census in its treatment of racial categories to the U.S. census. What do you think would be the political consequences of using one census over another? The election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency in 2008 has rekindled many public discussions on race in the United States. What is the substance of these discussions? What are the terms of the debate?

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Question 9

The Basque people, one of Europe's most distinctive ethnic groups, have maintained a strong ethnic identity and a language that is unrelated to any other known language. However, Basque face the same pressures that all minority languages do, in that

Accepted Answer

A)  they lack folk literature and song that promotes ethnic pride in their culture and its language. 
B)  Basque parents, ashamed of their ethnicity, are refusing to teach their children their language, opting for their full immersion in schools that teach in the national language. 
C)  increased marriage among Basque and non-Basque individuals threatens the loss of a unique genetic mutation that allows Basque speakers to make certain sounds distinctive to their language. 
D)  knowledge of the national language (in this case Spanish or French) is essential, and most education, publishing, and broadcasting is in the national language. 
E)  currently, both the Spanish and French governments outlaw the use of Basque in public. 
A)  they lack folk literature and song that promotes ethnic pride in their culture and its language. 
B)  Basque parents, ashamed of their ethnicity, are refusing to teach their children their language, opting for their full immersion in schools that teach in the national language. 
C)  increased marriage among Basque and non-Basque individuals threatens the loss of a unique genetic mutation that allows Basque speakers to make certain sounds distinctive to their language. 
D)  knowledge of the national language (in this case Spanish or French) is essential, and most education, publishing, and broadcasting is in the national language. 
E)  currently, both the Spanish and French governments outlaw the use of Basque in public.

Migration and rapid population growth are fueling multiculturalism in countries like the United States and Canada.

In Japan, the burakumin

Which of the following statements about U.S. racial categories is true?

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?

Interracial, biracial, and multiracial identities are becoming more and more common in the United States.

What term does anthropologist Fredrik Barth (1928-1968) use to refer to a society that combines ethnic contrasts, ecological specialization, and the economic interdependence of those groups?

The Basque people, one of Europe's most distinctive ethnic groups, have maintained a strong ethnic identity and a language that is unrelated to any other known language. However, Basque face the same pressures that all minority languages do, in that

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Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

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Exam 15: Ethnicity and Race

Migration and rapid population growth are fueling multiculturalism in countries like the United States and Canada.

In Japan, the burakumin

Which of the following statements about U.S. racial categories is true?

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?

Interracial, biracial, and multiracial identities are becoming more and more common in the United States.

What term does anthropologist Fredrik Barth (1928-1968) use to refer to a society that combines ethnic contrasts, ecological specialization, and the economic interdependence of those groups?

The Basque people, one of Europe's most distinctive ethnic groups, have maintained a strong ethnic identity and a language that is unrelated to any other known language. However, Basque face the same pressures that all minority languages do, in that

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters