Anthropology

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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


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