Anthropology

Incest within the nuclear family is known in Pohnpei as

"Eating a rotten corpse"

Approximately how many distinct languages are spoken in the world today

5000-6000

According to Martha Ward, all of the following are part of the "global trio" except

AIDS

What did Martha receive from other women

All of the above

Diseases that are due mostly to environmental changes, increased population densities, and pollution that result from modernization in third world nations are referred to as

Disease development

The invention of tools, weapons, and other artifacts

Does not occur in isolation — they are the product of particular cultural settings

Malaria, athritis, and high blood pressure are examples of ____ diseases

Endemic

Which of the following statements is true

Ethnic and racial groups are largely cultural and historical constructs rather the biological facts

According to Ward, several families reported they were without money and could not even feed themselves

False

Because of Pohnpei's superior location to larger markets, Martha concluded that tourism is a good future source of income

False

Besides Martha, other female anthropologists have failed to even reach Pohnpei, let alone do any fieldwork there

False

Pohnpeians predictions came true, Martha had a baby boy

False

Roger inherited Sohn Alpet's title of Nanhid Lapalap

False

The average lifespan of Micronesians is higher now than ever before

False

The vast majority of Americans (97.6%) reported that they belong to more than one "race"

False

Unfortunately Kava has become illegal throughout Micronesia, including Pohnpei

False

Pohnpeian adoption is now almost unknown. A 2000 census revealed that only 4 percent of Pohnpeians were "lifted up"

False - 84 percent

"Evil gazing" is a type of witchcraft

False - Improper Heterosexual relations

According to the tutorial, those who have an indigenous world-view maintain an emotional detachment between people and the realms of nature and the supernatural

False - Metropolitan world-view

The largest American minority group is

Hispanics

What was served to Martha in a bottle at Nan Paradise

Kava

Throughout most of U.S history, the "drop of blood" criterion for racial identification was used to

Label someone with even a small amount of African ancestry as "Black"

Some ethnic groups essentially have been created by themselves with a rational goal of gaining political and economic power through unity. Based on what you learned in the tutorial, what American ethnic group did this since World War II

Latinos

Which of the following things are usually characteristics of both traditional folk curers and modern medical doctors

Neither of the above

Kuru is a fatal culture specific disease of the brain and nervous system that was found among the south Foré people of the eastern

New Guinea

Conceptions of appropriate and expected behavior that are held by most members of the society are called

Norms

The Purari Delta tribes live in

Papua New Guinea

Most of the time enculturation occurs by way of

Parents

Ritual ceremonies intended to mark the transition from one phase of life to another are called

Rites of Passage

Which of the following statements is true

Successful socialization can result in uniformity within a society

Among the Saora tribe of India, young men and women sometimes exhibit abnormal behavior patterns that Western trained doctors would likely define as a mental disorder. These young people cry and laugh at inappropriate times, have memory loss, pass out, and claim to experience the sensation of being bitten by ants. The Saora explain this odd behavior as being due to

The actions of supernatural beings who want to marry them

Which of the following statements is true

The general public's belief in the efficacy of both naturalistic and personalistic medical systems is at least partly based on faith rather than objective proof

The spoken languages that are now becoming extinct are doing so mostly because

Their speakers find it more useful to speak other languages

The intermarriage rate for African-Americans has been lower than that for Asian and Latin Americans. A likely explanation of this is that

There is a lower resistance to assimilation in Asian and Latin American communities

Which of the following was characteristics of the Cargo Cults, the Ghost Dance Movements, and the Naparama Spirit Army?

They all had prophets

At the present time, the majority of the 100 biggest economies in the world are

Transitional corporations

According to Martha, Micronesians have come to regard healthcare as a social right, a service the government owes them

True

According to Martha, if anything, conversion to Christianity seems to have been empowered Pohnpeian women

True

According to Nest in the Wind, Men and Women assume different, yet equally important roles

True

Culture loss is an inevitable result of old cultural patterns being replaced by new ones

True

Cultures are constantly changing

True

Diffusion is the movement of things and ideas from on culture to another

True

Ethnic group unity needs to be reinforced by constant emphasis on what traits set the members apart from others, rather than what they share in common with the outsiders

True

Ethnic groups may be either a minority or a majority in a population

True

Illness is highly culture related (it can involve spiritual imbalance) while disease usually is not culture specific

True

Informal education can occur anywhere

True

Kava is used to forgive each other's transgressions

True

Language, religion, and style of dress are common ethnic symbols

True

Martha and Roger eventually divorced

True

Martha claims that during her original fieldwork, she cannot see the worth of Women's work in Pohnpei because she could not see the worth of her own work

True

Martha used gatherings at feasts as a way to efficiently employ the blood pressure survey

True

Most ethnic and "racial" minorities are concentrated in major urban centers and in particular states

True

Most of the anthropologist an epidemiologist who worked on the original blood pressure study on Pohnpei died from heart disease

True

Most of the major health problems in the poorer nations are due to parasitic worms and microorganisms

True

On Pohnpei, the average family spends 40 percent of their income on imported food, beverages, alcohol and tobacco

True

Over the last two centuries, there has developed a progressive disparity in wealth between nations and between major regions

True

Personality types and stress are now considered less important to understanding the causes of high blood pressure and exercise and diet

True

Pohnpei is home to the capital of the F.S.M

True

Pohnpeians have highly fluid households. About 75% of households reported members other than the nuclear family living with them

True

Pohnpeians insist that a person's personality is closed off to others

True

Processed white rice has replaced taro as the core starch food

True

Rural Pohnpeians saw a difference in the personalities of urban Pohnpeians

True

Several of Sohn Alpet's relatives believe he was a victim of sorcery

True

Sohn Alpert was sent to Guam for medical reasons

True

Suicide rates in Pohnpei are a concern

True

Taxis race through Kolonia

True

Way-sides stores in Pohnpei rarely earn money

True

Well over half of all American Hispanics claimed to be Mexican

True

When a society is helpless to resist a massive cultural invasion and strong pressure to abandon traditional cultural patterns in favor of alien ones, there's is usually considerable psychological stress

True

While English is not spoken as a native language by the largest number of people, it is the most world wide in its distribution

True

World-views are rarely verbalized by people, but they can be inferred by their actions

True

In the final analysis, it is clear that people, not nature, create our identities. Ethnicity and supposed "racial" groups are largely cultural and historical constructs. They are primarily social rather than biological phenomenon

True - overview

Which of the following did Martha find upon her return to Pohnpei

Wall Mart

Which of the following is true

We often share personality traits with others, especially members of our own family and community