Anthropology
According to Martha's researcher, about how many Pohnpeians have been adopted (lifted up)?
25 percent
The use of a stick to "fish out" food from a crevice is
A learned behavior
According to Martha Ward's description of Floyd
All of the above. All human beings are essentially the same, there are psychological universals, women by nature serve men, matrilineal inheritance goes against the laws of nature.
Enthology
An anthropological study that systematically compares similar cultures.
Which of the following does not involve the belief in a supernatural being
Animatism
Ethnography
Anthropological research in which one learns about the culture of another society through fieldwork and first-hand observation.
In Pohnpei, your marriage is called a "true marriage" when you
Are married with the blessing of the church
Trading goods and services directly for other goods and services without the use of money as a medium of exchange is called
Barter
Sahngoro, High chief of U, wanted the Seebees to do what?
Bring him a piece of the moon
Japanese office is
Close together ; tables pushed together
All of the following are foods you would find at a Pohnpeian feast except
Deer
Learning about how people categorize things in their environment provides important insights into the interests, concerns, and values of their culture. The study of these concerns is called
Ethnoscience
Which of the following does not belong
Facts
As the general purpose money draws a society into the global economic system, it results in economic independence for the society as a whole
False
Nightcrawling is a type of nightmare common throughout Micronesia
False
Pohnpeian treatments for illness are very similar to Western medical practices
False
Pohnpeians greet their leaders in the same open manner that is found in all cultures and places
False
Proprietary deed has been strongly supported by Native peoples of north America
False
The word "consanguinity" comes from Latin roots meaning "consequences of marriage"
False - "with the blood"
Occasionally, a third category of bond, referred to as ___ kinship is used to create links to people who otherwise would not be kinsmen.
Fictive
In which kinship descent pattern would you most likely find the following scenario? A king's own biological son does not inherit the kingship because he is not a member of the ruling family group.
Matrilineal
Triangles represent
Men
Pohnpei is part of ___, a series of 2,141 islands located ___
Micronesia/between Hawaii and the Philippines
Which of the following are characteristics of non-market economies
None of the above the use of money as a means of exchange, the ability to accumulate vast amounts of capital, highly complex economic interactions that are ultimately international on their scale
Because Martha and Roger did not own pigs, they were considered by Pohnpeian standards to be
Not proper adults
A ___ is an individual who receives divine revelation concerning a restructuring of religion and usually of society as well
Prophet
What normally function as rudimentary credit institutions in non-market economies
Social ties including kinship
The form of money consists of objects that serve as a medium of exchange in only limited contexts?
Special purpose
Cultural relativity
Suspending one's judgement in order to understand and appreciate another culture.
When Jane talks to a friend and mentions her parents, she will most likely use ___ for them
Terms of reference
The Pohnpeian treatment of illness involves
The body and souls of patients, social configuration of those surrounding the patient , hundreds of plant species
"The Pagen" claimed that he could sell Roger a magical spell that would guarantee
The complete obedience of his wife, Martha
Ethnocentrism
The deep felt belief that your culture is superior to all others.
Complex, diverse societies
The kinds of societies that are most likely to have subcultures.
Pohnpei was seen as a "natural laboratory" for studying the effects of social change on blood pressure in part because
The population was known to have low blood pressure from earlier studies.
Which of the following is true of the Omaha, Crow, and Iroquois kin naming systems
They all distinguish between parallel and cross cousins
Pohnpeian language has ___ levels of language use
Three
An activity that results in an altered state of consciousness for religious purposes is called
Trancing
The break up of the former empire of the Soviet union into largely ethnic-based nations is an example of
Tribalism
According to Martha Ward, some younger men have given up seeking titles in the traditional system
True
According to Sohn Alpet, feelings of jealousy and greed toward others is the same as sending a curse
True
According to the tutorial, the performance of rituals is an integral part of all religions
True
All of the large-scale societies of the world today have market economies
True
Anti-social or otherwise deviant behavior often results in an individual being labeled as a witch
True
As the result of culture shock Roger committed Bizzarre ask such as writing postcards to 200 people he would not send Christmas cards to you lurking behind trees to take pictures of bare breasted women and ordering useless items to be sent from his hometown
True
Bilateral descent, the one practiced most in North America, is rare among the societies of the world
True
For Pohnpeians, places have personalities and spiritual characteristics
True
For the Indians of Western North America, coyote usually plays a trickster role in popular stories
True
Gift exchanges create and strengthen social relationships
True
Ideal behavior is what we think we should be doing and what we want others to believe we are doing
True
In Pohnpei, females typically begin to have sexual relations between 11 and 14
True
Kinship provides a means for transmitting status and property from generation to generation
True
Language used by a culture primarily reflects that culture's interest and concerns
True
Neolocal residence occurs when a newly married couple establishes their home independent of both sets of relatives. While only about 5% of the world's societies follow this pattern, it is popular and common in urban North America today.
True
Not all rituals are religious
True
Participant observation is one of the methods used for gathering data
True
People do not always follow their culture's descents principles precisely. Kinship is often manipulated.
True
Pohnpeian men keep secret garden plots to grow foods for feasts
True
Sohn Alpet held a feast to rid the research team of a curse that plagued the group in Wene
True
The World Health Organization removed homosexuality as an illness from their classification of diseases
True
The least complex kin naming pattern is found in the Hawaiian system
True
When asked about something, Pohnpeian women typically defer to their husband; they do not see their opinion as significant
True
With patrilineal descent, both males and females belong to their father's kin group but not their mother's
True
Your husband or wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law are all kinsmen related to you through marriage
True
The most common kin naming pattern in North America and Europe today is known as the Crow System
False - Eskimo
Martha became Sohn Alpet's daugjter
False - he became her son
Polyandry is a common marriage practice
False - one wife, several husbands in very uncommon
Pohnpeians called breadfruit "fruit in the hands of men"
False. "Fruit in the hand of God"
Islanders believe that Kava
Fell to the island from a heavenly garden
Pohnpeian funerals last a minimum of___ days
Four
Pohnpei is more densely populated in the __ regions that have __
Lowland/more rainfall
Marriage in all societies involves acceptance of an agreement, either written or verbal. Most often, this includes four categories of privileges, rights, and obligations of the marrying couple. Which of the following is not one of them
Recognition of anniversaries
The main effect of Kava is
Serenity
