Anthropology- Chaptor 1 Quiz 1 actual Study quiz notes

There is a huge inflow of refugees from the wars in the Middle East to parts of Europe and Scandinavia. What kind of anthropologist would probably offer the most useful input to the politicians making decisions about ressetlement programs? A. Cultural anthropologist B. Biological anthropologist C. Paleoanthropologist D. Sociolinguist

A. Cultural anthropologist

Anthropologists take a comprehensive approach to understanding human beings. They accomplish this task by

Using the four-field approach

An anthropologist who has conducted fieldwork in Mormon fundamentalists and THEIR marriage patterns now wants to compare those patterns to those in the Muslim tradition. What would this require? a. concluding enthnological analysis b. studying how humans evolved over time c. analyzing language used in religous ceremonies d. carrying out new long-term ethnographic

a. concluding enthnological analysis

Horace Minor wrote "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" (1956) in order to a. Make the familiar strange b. describe the exotic rituals of distant tribes c. encourage personal hygiene among Americans

a. make the familiar strange

The fact that only 19.5 percent of the population of the least developed countries has internet access is an example of a. uneven development b. time-space compression c. outsourcing d. offshoring

a. uneven development

What kind of approach enables an anthropologist to examine the similarities and differences between societies' gender roles? a. analytical b. cross-cultural and comparative c. four-field d. historical and contemporary

b. cross-cultural and comparative

Marcus is studying developments in Chinese dialects over time, and how those dialects have evolved as migration has increased over the last two centuries. What kind of anthropological lens is Marcus using? a. sociallinguistics b. historic linguistics

b. historic linguistics

Participant observation as a research is an essential part of which subfield of anthropology? A. ethnological analysis b. descriptive linguistics c. cultural anthropology

c. cultural anthropology

Global poverty has risen dramatically over the past twenty years, and the anthropologists generally consider it a sign of a. time-space compression. b. ethnographic fieldwork c. uneven development d. holism

c. uneven development

Your new smartphone was manufactures in Shenzhen, China, where there are laxer environmental and labor laws than in the U.S, and its software was outsourced to telecommuters in Hyderabad, India where wages for programmers are lower. These strategies, which use transportation and communication technologies to maximize profits, are known as

flexible accumulation

Identify the statement that best describes Anthropology. Eigteenth and nineteenth- colonialism gave rise to the discipline. All anthropologists work in academic institutions. Anthropology does not study human diversity. or Anthropology reinforces ethnocentrism.

Eigteenth and nineteenth- colonialism gave rise to the discipline.

Changes in communications technology that have allowed military spouses to switch from mailing letters to their partners in Afghanistan to chatting with them on skype are an example of what dynamic of globalization? a. Flexible accumulation B. Time-space compression C. uneven development D. technological adaptation

B. Time-space compression

The intensification of globalization is often attributed to what kinds of changes? Breakthroughs in transportation and communication technologies. or The accelerated movement of people within and between countries.

Breakthroughs in transportation and communication technologies

Anthropology developed during an intense period of globalization in the nineteenth century. What was one of the major characteristics of that period that drove this development? A. The decline of European Monarchies B. The rise of secularization C. The innovations in transportation technology D. The willingness of anthropologists to travel great distances to study remote peoples.

C. The innovations in transportation technology

Ancient rift valleys and deep caves often contain human fossils, that can provide clues about human evolution and the lives of our ancestors. What do we call an anthropologist who only studies the human evolutionary aspect of fossils?

Paleoanthropologist