Ziker Anthropology 101
Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach - Chapters 3-8
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- True
- T or F: Yanomamo men often vent anger and demonstrate their ferocity to others by beating their wives.
- False
- T or F: Franz Boas was an anthropologist who supported the idea that there was a link between race and intelligence.
- False
- T or F: The Ju/wasi were happy that Lee had bought a huge ox for the feast.
- the Sapir/Whorf Hypothesis.
- The idea that language and culture influence each other describes:
- masculine social power and dominance.
- What does Sanday claim "phallocentrism" refers to or defines? The penis as a symbol of:
- False
- T or F: In a patrilineal kinship system the female line is usually ignored.
- the control of trade.
- Nation-states perform many of the same functions of earlier states, but with more emphasis on:
- son and father.
- In the creation myth of the Trobriand Islanders each dala or lineage originated with a:
- True
- T or F: Parents use more diminutives when speaking to girls and more direct prohibitives when speaking to boys.
- False
- T or F: The Xinguanos of S. America maintain harmony between villages by discouraging the creation of village monopolies on the production of a certain type of trade item.
- True
- T or F: The division of labor can lead to some form of social stratification.
- keigo
- In Japanese the relative social standing of speaker and listener is established at the beginning of a conversation. This is known as "polite speech" or:
- 6 months - 2 years
- How long does it usually take to gain access to all of the security levels in a nuclear laboratory?
- male solidarity.
- Societies that engage in war place a greater emphasis on:
- New Guinea.
- A Big Man would be found in:
- train and socialize children to be good citizens.
- The major goal of the modern national education system is to:
- otherwise the United States and Canada will be permitted to impose restrictive tariffs on selected European goods.
- Why must European countries accept shipments of hormone-treated beef from the United States and Canada? Because:
- an identity struggle
- When there is conflict between the identity a person claims to possess and the identity attributed to that person by others what is it called?
- False
- T or F: Most societies use the same criteria to differentiate people into various levels in society.
- True
- T or F: The Shakers believed Jesus would return as a woman in the Second Coming.
- False
- True or False: Of the approximately 200 countries in the world, most were established 100+ years ago.
- True
- True or False: Bringing together the diverse citizens is one of the greatest challenges of a nation-state.
- False
- T or F: Research shows that when people are aware of the dangers of unprotected sex it motivates them to use condoms.
- True
- True or False: Anthropologists see the concept of "race" as a social construct.
- were a celibate group.
- Why did the Shakers have to constantly recruit new members? Because they:
- Sabino Arana
- Founder of the Basque Nationalist Party
- personality
- In Fat Talk, anthropologist Mimi Nichter found that 90% of adolescent white girls surveyed were dissatisfied with their weight while African American girls felt that beauty was better defined by:
- False
- T or F: Among the Hutterites, inappropriate behavior is punished through the decisions of a panel of elders - all male.
- watch their soap operas.
- A good way to learn about another culture is to:
- True
- T or F: Females and males with little power use the same form of speech that reflects their weak social position.
- False
- T or F: Among the Ju/wasi divorce is rare.
- Louis Henry Morgan
- Primarily studied Native Americans
- False
- True or False: The World Trade Organization (WTO) works through non-governmental organizations to ensure that nations comply with universal health, environmental, and labor standards.
- partible
- When a man dies, he divides his property equally among his children. This is an example of ________ inheritance.
- absence of a son.
- The biggest threat to the Chinese family is:
- health is a basic human right
- After working for many years among the poor in Haiti, Paul Farmer concluded that:
- virginity
- What must a woman possess in traditional China to be a marriageable bride that a Trobriand woman or a Ju/wasi woman would not need?
- little effect on population growth.
- Modern war in large scale societies seems to have had:
- A revival of a traditional way of life.
- What were the groups who adopted the ghost dance seeking?
- 2%
- Approximately what percent of the world's population live in countries of which they are not citizens?
- house
- Which of the following is not a correct component of a traditional Chinese dowry?
- The massacre at Wounded Knee.
- What tragedy followed the adoption of the ghost dance by the Lakota (Sioux)?
- religious act.
- The Kohistani have constructed a system of meaning in which taking vengeance is considered a/an:
- True
- T or F: Language serves to order the experiences of the language speaker.
- a man without integrity.
- Among the Kohistani, a man who allows his women freedom is referred to as "Baghrairatman," meaning he is:
- father and son
- In traditional Chinese society what is the most important relationship in the family? The relationship between:
- a third gender of biological males who chose to adopt many female roles.
- The berdache or nadle among Native Americans were:
- hierarchical forms of social organization.
- The game of chess symbolizes the validity of:
- chiefdom
- A segmentary social system organized into a hierarchy of more and less powerful groups is a definition of:
- differential access to wealth.
- Anthropologist Morton Fried suggests that social stratification emerges from:
- money in order to wear the right clothes, the right hairstyle, the right perfume.
- "Acting" in love requires:
- yams and banana leaf bundles.
- What ensures the stability of a marriage and a matrilineage in Trobriand society? The successful completion of the cycle of exchanges of:
- a spontaneous set of rebellious practices.
- According to Philippe Bourgois, poverty and marginalization of the inner cities has resulted in an "inner-city street culture." This subculture is:
- racial discrimination.
- Samuel George Morton, the scientist of the early 1800's attempted to prove that there was a scientific basis for:
- Social situations possess qualities, not individuals.
- Which of the following is true from a sociocentric perspective?
- Trobriand Islanders.
- The kula ring is part of which New Guinea society? The:
- True
- T or F: Metaphors we use to describe experiences may lead us to specific solutions to problems associated with those experiences.
- language used by nuclear strategists.
- What did Cohn label "technostrategic"? The:
- Historical particularism
- It argued that each society is a collective representation of its unique historical past.
- False
- True or False: Companies such as the East India Company and the Hudson Bay Company were established in defiance of the state.
- False
- T or F: Peggy Sanday states that scarce resources encourage gender equality.
- True
- T or F: In the Flats, described by Carol B. Stack, those who provided child care considered it to be a privilege as well as a responsibility.
- visualization and meditation.
- In rituals of contemporary witchcraft and magic, emphasis is placed on:
- war, sports, economics.
- Americans borrow heavily from the metaphoric domains of:
- False
- T or F: "Pulling Train" is the term fraternity men use for masturbation.
- 10
- What percent of the men in Kiowa society would rise to the top rank of "ongop?"
- violence against women is sanctioned.
- In societies that sanction collective violence:
- False
- T or F: Infidelity among Chinese men is important to the stability of the family unit.
- Oscar Lewis
- Who coined the term "culture of poverty?"
- who has the same first name as a close kinsperson.
- The Ju/wasi are not permitted to marry a close kinperson nor one:
- True
- T or F: The use of the metaphors in technostrategic language allowed strategists to clearly understand the consequences of their planning.
- True
- T or F: Polygyny is uncommon among the Ju/wasi because it causes jealousy and disharmony.
- a perfect income equality.
- Based on the Gini coefficient, if a country scored "0" it would indicate:
- False
- T or F: In Japanese the language does not reflect the status conscious nature of the culture.
- True
- T or F: When a particular view of the world or belief is threatened people utilize secondary elaboration and selective perception to preserve what they believe.
- The person who contributes the most wealth to the potlatch.
- Who receives the name as a potlatch?
- True
- T or F: Scientists interviewed at nuclear weapons laboratories feel that the weapons they produce are used more for deterrence than for use.
- hunter / gatherer
- In which type of society are decisions made by group consensus?
- True
- T or F: Teachers perceive heavy children as having more behavioral problems than others.
- True
- T or F: The movies "Star Wars" and "The Wizard of Oz" are both coming of age tales to American society.
- Hungary
- Based on the Gini coefficient, which country has the most equal distribution of household income?