ANT 160 final
Should the "state" protect the rights of the ethnic group or the individual?
In a democratic state, the state must protect the rights of the individual.
As indicated in the video "The Stream - Cousin Marriages: Tradition versus Taboo", the prevalence of cousin marriages would be higher in which of the following societies?
Societies where there is less equality between individuals and families.
Who is Dadi and she refers to whom as the inferior cast? Does she think that education helps women?
The Grandmother, women, yes.
For whom in general are the educational systems in democracies developed?
The general public.
What is genocide?
The physical extermination of a defined category of people.
Why might the families in the village be happier when a boy baby is born than when a girl baby is born?
The society is patrilineal.
Do industrial societies generally have lower fertility rates than non-industrial or industrializing societies?
Yes
Should the United Nations step into countries where genocide or ethnic cleansing is occurring?
Yes, because all humans have basic rights.
Is it always easy to differentiate between different ethnic groups?
no
What is animism?
A belief in spirit entities.
What are lineages?
A consanguineal kin group practicing unilineal descent, which includes persons who can actually trace their relationship to a common ancestor.
What is the difference between genocide and a civil war?
A genocide results in the extermination of everyone of a defined group, including unarmed men, women and children while a civil war is usually fought between armed men with the goal not to kill women and children.
Which of the following is not identified as a form of a socio-political entity?
Capitalism.
When a clan's apical ancestor is non-human, it is called a _________________________.
totem
What is religion's purposes and functions?
Belief systems that give meaning to life. Explain the unknown. To try to influence future event
"The Triumph of Evil". Where does the film take place?
In central Africa.
In the film "Dadi's Family", what type of kinship descent pattern is illustrated?
Patrilineal
What are the two aspects or dimensions of territoriality mainly outlined in the lecture?
Spatial and temporal.
According to Max Weber (1992/1968), what are the three dimensions to social stratification?
Status (prestige), wealth, and power.
What is ascribed status?
Status or position one is born into.
According to the lecture material, to be indigenous to an area means what?
To be the first peoples to occupy a territory.
Where do women move when they get married and what is the term for this?
To their husband's home, Patrilocal.
The idea of "the gift" can be seen as expressed in two dimensions during the dance. What are these dimensions?
Vertical reciprocal animism and horizontal social heterarchy.
What types of human entities practice territoriality?
All of the answers given. The state. The tribe. Nuclear families.
Why might democracies be relatively stable forms of government? (Pick only the one best answer)
Both all voters have a stake in the elections and voters come from diverse backgrounds.
What is an ethnic group?
Both choices: an imagined community and peoples who feel connected somewhat like kin who have a common history and ancestral territory.
What is religion?
Both choices: the quest for meaning; a supernatural reality; to understand and be in balance and the sacred and the profane.
What changes are discussed in terms of husband and wife relations?
Both women can speak up now to their husband's and they are no longer very obedient to their mother in laws.
How are clans different from lineages?
Clans have apical ancestors that numerous lineages trace their descent to. Clans encompass numerous lineages. Clans have totems that represent the apical ancestors. (All of the answers given.)
How can nation-states be built?
Correct! All of the answers given. Attendance to celebrations honoring the founding of the nation-state. Promotion of a common national language and history. Pledges of allegiance to the flag of the nation-state.
What does the term "imagined communities" refer to as indicated in the lecture material?
Correct! All of the answers given. The state. Ethnic groups. The nation-state.
According to the map shown in lecture on world political systems, what type of political systems appears to be occurring more in the world today?
Democracies
Trends in religious ideologies and politics seem to indicate that who are becoming more important in different societies?
Individuals.
The Gift of the Mask Dance: Negotiating at the Frontier of Identity in the Northwest Amazonia" 1999 What part of the world does the dance take place in?
Northwest South America
What are the ways that humans contact the supernatural?
Praying, fasting, mortification of flesh, preaching, sacrifices, and use of drugs are all used to contact supernatural.
What are the three stages of a ritual expressed in the dance and outlined in the lecture on rituals?
Preliminal, liminal, and postliminal.
How are ranked societies defined?
Societies comprised of kinship groups that vary in prestige or social esteem.
How is a family defined and who controls the land and money (salaries)? How do these things appear to be changing with modernization/ education/ industrialization?
The extended family, the eldest husband and wife of the extended family, nuclear families and not extended families are increasing.
In a globalized market economy, what appears to be the main goal for exchanges and trade?
The goal to make a profit.
As indicated in the video "The Stream - Cousin Marriages: Tradition versus Taboo", what are the benefits to cousin marriages?
The marriage is between families that know each other. Wealth, land etc. can be kept within the general larger kinship group of the marriage partners. An individuals does not have to worry about meeting strangers that no one really knows anything about. (all the above)
What seems to be the deference between the terms "state" and "nation-state"?
The state is an externally recognized political/territorial unit while a nation-state is recognized by the people in it as a justifiable political/territorial unit.
What is magic?
The use of chants, charms etc. to pretend to or to try to influence future events, taking the supernatural into one's own hands.
Are there other areas of the world today where genocide might be occurring?
Yes like in the Sudan or Myanmar (Burma)..
As indicated in the video "The Stream - Cousin Marriages: Tradition versus Taboo", can there be health consequences to cousin marriage practices?
Yes, genetic disorders and diseases that run in family lines may be carried by both cousins and affect their offspring.
Do these ethnic groups believe in animism? Give one example.
Yes; they wear masks representing spirit entities.
