Anthro Exam 2

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING THEORIES IS MOST CONCERNED WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE MAINTAIN POLITICAL POWER IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES?

action theory

WHY WAS SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGIST MARY DOUGLAS SO INTERESTED IN JEWISH DIETARY LAWS?

because they were a way to communicate symbolic piety

WHICH TECHNOLOGY LED TO WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE "SEXUAL REVOLUTION" IN THE 1960S?

birth control pills

A CLAN THAT RECKONS DESCENT THROUGH BOTH THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER IS CALLED A

cognatic clan

THE PROCESS OF PROMOTING ONE CULTURE OVER OTHERS, THROUGH FORMAL POLICY OR LESS FORMAL MEANS, IS REFERRED TO AS

cultural imperialism

THE "ONE DROP RULE" ENLARGED THE SLAVE POPULATION BY

including the mixed-race children of slaveholders in the enslaved population

WHY IS THE DESCRIPTION OF CONFLICT AS "ETHNIC VIOLENCE" MISLEADING?

it implies age-old conflicts are not affected by historical or political events

A WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS EXCEPT

it lends itself readily to ethnographic methodology

WHAT PIVOTAL EVOLUTIONARY SHIFT HAPPENED AROUND 1.8 TO 2 MILLION YEARS AGO THAT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO HUMAN FOODWAYS?

meat consumption increased

IF YOU WANTED TO STUDY ONGOING RACIALIZATION PROCESSES IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY FOCUS ON

new patterns in which people are dropping ethnic identification in favor of whiteness

WHEN A WOMAN MARRIES MORE THAN ONE MAN SHE IS PRACTICING

polyandry

FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS, POLITICAL POWER REFERS TO HOW

power is used to attain goals for the good of the community

THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PROCESSES OF TRANSFORMING POPULATIONS INTO RACES AND CREATING RACIAL MEANINGS IS CALLED

racialization

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL STRUCTURES WAS IDENTIFIED AS A WAY THAT AFRICAN SOCIETIES MAINTAINED ORDER?

religious practices and beliefs

CENSUSES INTEREST ANTHROPOLOGISTS BECAUSE THEY

reveal the government's role in classifying and categorizing people

VIOLENCE IS

socially constructed

POWER THAT TRANSCENDS INDIVIDUALS, OPERATING IN SETTINGS AND ORCHESTRATING SETTINGS IN WHICH SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS TAKE PLACE, IS

structural power

WHICH OF THESE IS KNOWN AS THE "WESTERMARCK EFFECT"?

the psychological revulsion against having sex with close relatives

A KEY FEATURE OF FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION IS

the reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade

JAMES FERGUSON, WHO IS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST OF DEVELOPMENT, ARGUES THAT DEVELOPMENT EXISTS

to expand state power