Question 1

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Less than half of Toronto's citizens were born outside of Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

According to Karen Tice, what issue has become paramount in the teaching of applied anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A) ethics 
B) theory 
C) application 
D) economics 
E) scholarship 
A) ethics 
B) theory 
C) application 
D) economics 
E) scholarship A

Question 4

There is considerable debate today over whether or not governments should require schools to provide bilingual education for students, and if so, to what extent this should be carried out.Pretend that you are an anthropologist who has been asked to provide guidance on this issue to a school board in a bilingual community.What can you suggest about the nature of ethnicity, language, and enculturation that will help educators address their challenges?

Accepted Answer

As an anthropologist, I would suggest th

Question 5

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

More than 70 percent of immigrants to Canada settle in what city?

Accepted Answer

A) Vancouver 
B) Montreal 
C) Toronto 
D) Quebec 
E) Alberta 
A) Vancouver 
B) Montreal 
C) Toronto 
D) Quebec 
E) Alberta

Question 8

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A) anthropologists promoting the study of their field among university undergraduates 
B) anthropologists practicing participant observation and taking photographs of ritualistic behavior 
C) Robert Redfield's work on the contrasts between urban and rural communities 
D) anthropologists collaborating with nongovernmental organizations in the 1980s 
E) anthropologists aiding colonial expansion by providing ethnographic information to colonists 
A) anthropologists promoting the study of their field among university undergraduates 
B) anthropologists practicing participant observation and taking photographs of ritualistic behavior 
C) Robert Redfield's work on the contrasts between urban and rural communities 
D) anthropologists collaborating with nongovernmental organizations in the 1980s 
E) anthropologists aiding colonial expansion by providing ethnographic information to colonists

Question 9

What is an illness?

Accepted Answer

A) a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real) 
B) an artificial product of biomedicine 
C) a scientifically described health threat 
D) a purely linguistic problem 
E) a condition of poor health perceived by an individual 
A) a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real) 
B) an artificial product of biomedicine 
C) a scientifically described health threat 
D) a purely linguistic problem 
E) a condition of poor health perceived by an individual

Question 10

Strictly speaking, medical anthropology is an applied field within anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German cultures.This chapter uses this example to illustrate the dangers of the old anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is a disease?

Accepted Answer

A) a health problem as it is experienced by the one affected 
B) an artificial product of biomedicine 
C) a consequence of a foraging lifestyle 
D) an unnatural state of health 
E) a scientifically identified health threat 
A) a health problem as it is experienced by the one affected 
B) an artificial product of biomedicine 
C) a consequence of a foraging lifestyle 
D) an unnatural state of health 
E) a scientifically identified health threat

Question 14

Health care systems refers only to the nationalized health care services that exist in core industrial nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

Accepted Answer

A) greater socioeconomic stratification 
B) ethnocide 
C) cultural assimilation 
D) decreased local autonomy 
E) increased equity 
A) greater socioeconomic stratification 
B) ethnocide 
C) cultural assimilation 
D) decreased local autonomy 
E) increased equity

Question 16

When nations become more tied to the world economy, indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

An illness is a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the relationship between theory and practice in anthropology? Do you agree that applied anthropology should be recognized as a separate subsection of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between theory and prac

Question 19

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Accepted Answer

A) provides evidence that economic factors are fundamental to understanding differential productivity. 
B) is routinely performed by employees of the U.S.federal government. 
C) is not very useful, because all workplaces are becoming increasingly homogeneous, compared to 20 years ago. 
D) provides close observation of workers and managers in their natural setting. 
E) is required of all organizations that want to become not-for-profit, according to the American Anthropological Association. 
A) provides evidence that economic factors are fundamental to understanding differential productivity. 
B) is routinely performed by employees of the U.S.federal government. 
C) is not very useful, because all workplaces are becoming increasingly homogeneous, compared to 20 years ago. 
D) provides close observation of workers and managers in their natural setting. 
E) is required of all organizations that want to become not-for-profit, according to the American Anthropological Association.

Question 20

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Less than half of Toronto's citizens were born outside of Canada.

According to Karen Tice, what issue has become paramount in the teaching of applied anthropology?

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses.

More than 70 percent of immigrants to Canada settle in what city?

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

What is an illness?

Strictly speaking, medical anthropology is an applied field within anthropology.

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German cultures.This chapter uses this example to illustrate the dangers of the old anthropology.

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

What is a disease?

Health care systems refers only to the nationalized health care services that exist in core industrial nations.

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

When nations become more tied to the world economy, indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation.

An illness is a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.

What is the relationship between theory and practice in anthropology? Do you agree that applied anthropology should be recognized as a separate subsection of anthropology?

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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

Exam 4: Applying Anthropology

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Less than half of Toronto's citizens were born outside of Canada.

According to Karen Tice, what issue has become paramount in the teaching of applied anthropology?

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses.

More than 70 percent of immigrants to Canada settle in what city?

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

What is an illness?

Strictly speaking, medical anthropology is an applied field within anthropology.

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German cultures.This chapter uses this example to illustrate the dangers of the old anthropology.

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

What is a disease?

Health care systems refers only to the nationalized health care services that exist in core industrial nations.

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

When nations become more tied to the world economy, indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation.

An illness is a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.

What is the relationship between theory and practice in anthropology? Do you agree that applied anthropology should be recognized as a separate subsection of anthropology?

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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