Question 1

Linguistic anthropology analyzes a society in terms of human communication, including its origins, history, and contemporary variation and change. How individuals speak belies information about which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multiculturalism in a society 
B)  The structure and evolution of a society 
C)  Sexism in a society 
D)  None of these

Question 2

When a population grows and in response to that growth exploits the environment and uses it more intensely, that process is known as intensification. What are populations forced to do as a result of the detrimental impacts of intensification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use less energy to make up for growth. 
B)  Use more energy to meet their material need in other ways and develop creative means of doing so. 
C)  Cease to exist. 
D)  Implement population controls.

Question 3

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an agrarian society where the family is patriarchal and patrilineal?

Accepted Answer

A)  The male is the dominant authority. 
B)  Women face a lifetime of childbearing, child rearing, and household work. 
C)  Families of ten or fifteen children are not uncommon. 
D)  The wife owns and manages the family's economic enterprise.

Question 4

Compare and contrast culture in industrial and agricultural societies. In your response, be sure to discuss the effects of industrialization on family structure.

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Question 5

Power is exercised in four broad purposes in all societies. Which of the following is not a function of power in a society?

Accepted Answer

A)  To maintain internal peace 
B)  To provide a common culture 
C)  To organize and direct community enterprise 
D)  To rule and exploit

Question 6

Compare and contrast the theories that attempt to explain male dominance? Does any theory seem to explain male dominance best?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Throughout the world, monogamy is the most widespread marriage form, probably because the gender ratio is near one hundred in all societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Religion is evident in all known cultures. Religion helps us answer such universal questions as:

Accepted Answer

A)  What happens when I die? 
B)  How will I know if I am marrying the right person? 
C)  What career path should I follow? 
D)  None of these

Question 9

A ___________ perspective in anthropology emphasizes that cultural institutions and practices serve individual or societal needs.

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist. 
B)  materialist. 
C)  idealist. 
D)  ethnocentric.

Question 10

Culture is communicated by the socialization process. Some agents of socialization are

Accepted Answer

A)  the family. 
B)  schools. 
C)  the media. 
D)  all of these.

Question 11

What is the relationship between norms, mores, and folkways?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Describe the four contributions that anthropological studies impart to our understanding of power relationships in societies.

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Question 13

Which of the following statements is linked to a theory that attempts to explain male dominance in politics and war in most countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men possess more aggressive personalities than women. 
B)  Men have a higher interest in organized sports. 
C)  Men lack the ability to satisfactorily perform home-centered tasks. 
D)  Males communicate more effectively.

Question 14

Ethnocentrism is judging other cultures solely in terms of one's own culture. Cultural relativity is

Accepted Answer

A)  suspending judgment of other society's customs, practices, and institutions. 
B)  another word for ethnocentrism. 
C)  judging other cultures in terms of the nearest neighboring society. 
D)  all of these.

Question 15

To an anthropologist, marriage means a socially approved sexual and economic union between a man and a woman, intended to be more or less permanent and implying social roles between the spouses and their parents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Idealism focuses on the importance of ideas in determining culture. Idealists assert that the components of needs and the resources to meet them are

Accepted Answer

A)  constructed by the government. 
B)  determined by human instinct. 
C)  socially constructed. 
D)  individually constructed.

Question 17

Functionalism assumes that there are certain minimum __________ needs, as well as social and psychological needs that must be satisfied if individuals and society are to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  financial; get rich 
B)  biological; survive 
C)  cultural; be remembered 
D)  spiritual; attain a state of grace

Question 18

A nation sees itself as "one people" with a common culture, history, institutions, ideology, language, territory, and (often) religion. The claim to nationhood by the United States rests primarily on a common allegiance to

Accepted Answer

A)  God. 
B)  the founding fathers. 
C)  the institution of capitalism. 
D)  the institutions of democracy.

Question 19

Multiculturalism generally refers to acknowledging and promoting multiple cultures and subcultures. It seeks to end cultural diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Family is traditionally defined as a residential kin group. Typically, family consists of only an adult female and her dependent children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Power and Culture: an Anthropologists View

Linguistic anthropology analyzes a society in terms of human communication, including its origins, history, and contemporary variation and change. How individuals speak belies information about which of the following?

When a population grows and in response to that growth exploits the environment and uses it more intensely, that process is known as intensification. What are populations forced to do as a result of the detrimental impacts of intensification?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an agrarian society where the family is patriarchal and patrilineal?

Compare and contrast culture in industrial and agricultural societies. In your response, be sure to discuss the effects of industrialization on family structure.

Power is exercised in four broad purposes in all societies. Which of the following is not a function of power in a society?

Compare and contrast the theories that attempt to explain male dominance? Does any theory seem to explain male dominance best?

Throughout the world, monogamy is the most widespread marriage form, probably because the gender ratio is near one hundred in all societies.

Religion is evident in all known cultures. Religion helps us answer such universal questions as:

A ___________ perspective in anthropology emphasizes that cultural institutions and practices serve individual or societal needs.

Culture is communicated by the socialization process. Some agents of socialization are

What is the relationship between norms, mores, and folkways?

Describe the four contributions that anthropological studies impart to our understanding of power relationships in societies.

Which of the following statements is linked to a theory that attempts to explain male dominance in politics and war in most countries?

Ethnocentrism is judging other cultures solely in terms of one's own culture. Cultural relativity is

To an anthropologist, marriage means a socially approved sexual and economic union between a man and a woman, intended to be more or less permanent and implying social roles between the spouses and their parents.

Idealism focuses on the importance of ideas in determining culture. Idealists assert that the components of needs and the resources to meet them are

Functionalism assumes that there are certain minimum needs, as well as social and psychological needs that must be satisfied if individuals and society are to .

A nation sees itself as "one people" with a common culture, history, institutions, ideology, language, territory, and (often) religion. The claim to nationhood by the United States rests primarily on a common allegiance to

Multiculturalism generally refers to acknowledging and promoting multiple cultures and subcultures. It seeks to end cultural diversity.

Family is traditionally defined as a residential kin group. Typically, family consists of only an adult female and her dependent children.