Anthropology Quiz

Which of the following is the most stigmatized variant of American English? Select one: a. Appalachian English b. AAVE c. Gullah d. Hawaiian Creole e. Hispanic English Feedback

The correct answer is: AAVE

Although there may be disagreement within culture, there must be considerable consensus as well. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Among all living species, human language is unique. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Appropriate economic behavior varies from culture to culture. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

In agriculture, the same piece of land is repeatedly cultivated. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Industrialized societies generate significantly higher levels of inequality than societies based on foraging, pastoralism, or horticulture. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Informed consent is a critical aspect of anthropological ethics. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Kinship systems are cultural phenomena. Select one: True False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Language is a symbolic system. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Potlatching is a considered a form of redistribution. Select one: True False

The correct answer is 'True'.

There are no disadvantages to cultural adaptation. Select one: True False Feedback

False

Anthropologists refer to the people they study as "Patients" Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 18 It is very clear that human violence is rapidly declining in our world today. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 4 Archaeologists study past cultures through the remains of humans, prehistoric animal life, and fossils. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'False'.

Unlike today's anthropologists who advocate for minorities and those without a voice, earlier anthropologists worked on the side of colonial powers. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'False'.

Bride wealth transactions are particularly characteristic of Africa. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Every culture recognizes distinctions between male and female. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

One of the anthropological theories used to explain, female circumcision is that: "It is a way for men to control female sexuality" Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 11 An insider's point of view that explains the meaning of a cultural practice is called the emic perspective. Select one: True False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 19 Human beings almost everywhere are ethnocentric. Select one: True False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 7 Cultural context determines the ways in which goods and services are produced and distributed. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Some ethnocentrism seems necessary, as it binds a group's members together and helps them perpetuate their values. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

The belief that cultures should be understood with reference to their own histories and values is known as cultural relativism. Select one: True False

The correct answer is 'True'.

The gathering and interpretation of information based on intensive, firsthand study is called ethnography. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

The most important ethical responsibility in anthropological fieldwork is to protect the safety, dignity, and privacy of the people whom you are studying. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Very few human behaviors are under direct genetic or biological control. Select one: True False Feedback

The correct answer is 'True'.

Which of the following is an example of a unilineal descent system? Select one: a. Both the mother's and father's lines are equally used to determine descent and kinship. b. A system has no clear-cut descent group, but rather has a network of kin called kindred. c. A man and his children belong to the same descent group. Inheritance is passed from father to son. d. A child chooses to affiliate with his or her mother's descent group. e. A child chooses to affiliate with his or her father's descent group. Feedback

The correct answer is: A man and his children belong to the same descent group. Inheritance is passed from father to son.

Which of the following statements about the incest taboo is correct? Select one: a. All human societies have an incest taboo, but it is only applicable to the nuclear family. b. The incest taboo is found only in Western societies. c. All human societies have an incest taboo. d. The incest taboo encourages cousins to mate but not members of the same nuclear family. e. The incest taboo is universal and prevents mating between members of the nuclear family and first cousins. Feedback

The correct answer is: All human societies have an incest taboo.

Question 9 Which of the following is a way that anthropology is unique and different from other social sciences? Select one: a. Anthropology focuses on the study of people. b. Anthropology does first-hand research on real-life problems. c. Anthropology is a liberal arts discipline. d. Anthropology works to create new and useful ways to think about culture. e. Anthropology focuses on biology and biological questions.

The correct answer is: Anthropology works to create new and useful ways to think about culture.

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of capitalism? Select one: a. The majority of businesses are owned by a small number of people. b. Capitalist relationships tend to be open and transparent. c. Workers contribute more to business than they are paid. d. To survive, workers sell their labor for salary. e. Most individuals' primary resource is their labor. Feedback

The correct answer is: Capitalist relationships tend to be open and transparent.

Question text What new approach did Franz Boas contribute to anthropology? Select one: a. Anthropological code of ethics b. Symbolism c. Genealogy d. Cultural relativity e. linguistic studies Feedback

The correct answer is: Cultural relativity

Anthropologists call the feelings of alienation and helplessness that results from a rapid immersion in to a new culture _______________________ Select one: a. Culture sensitivity b. Culture shock c. Cultural determinism d. Cultural Confusion e. Cultural evolution Feedback

The correct answer is: Culture shock

Which subsistence strategy supports the lowest population density? Select one: a. Foraging b. Nomadic pastoralism c. Transhumant pastoralism d. Intensive cultivation e. Horticulture Feedback

The correct answer is: Foraging

What term do we use to refer to the area of linguistics that attempts to reconstruct identity based on speech and writing? Select one: a. Forensic linguistics b. Forensic anthropology c. Archaeo-linguistics d. Language forensics e. Language reconstruction Feedback

The correct answer is: Forensic linguistics

Question 5 Which of the following countries is the home country of your anthropology professor. Select one: a. Guinea b.Guinea Bissau c. Ghana d. None of the above e. Gambia

The correct answer is: Ghana

What is a pidgin language? Select one: a. It is an animal language and was probably the basis for origin of human language. b. It is an artificial language that is not spoken, only written. c. It is the primary language of people who live in a hierarchical society and are oppressed by a more dominant language. d. It is a language that combines features of two or more original languages that came into contact historically. e. It is a dialect of another language. Feedback

The correct answer is: It is a language that combines features of two or more original languages that came into contact historically.

Which anthropologist was most instrumental in demonstrating that gender is a cultural construction? Select one: a. Margaret Mead b. Victor Turner c. Clifford Geertz d. Ernestine Friedl e. Peggy Sanday Feedback

The correct answer is: Margaret Mead

Under the sorrate rule, if john and Mary are married and: Select one: a. Mary dies, John will marry Mary's sister b. John will marry Mary's aunt c. John will marry Mary's mother d. John will have to live as a widower for the rest of his live e. John will marry John's third cousin Feedback

The correct answer is: Mary dies, John will marry Mary's sister

Which of the following forms of exchange is found primarily outside of social relations and in situations of impersonal and unfriendly transactions? Select one: a. Balanced reciprocity b. Capitalism c. Negative reciprocity d. Generalized reciprocity e. Market exchange Feedback

The correct answer is: Negative reciprocity

A native anthropologists is an anthropologists ___________ Select one: a. Is a foreigner who studies American culture. b. Is also known as evolutionary anthropologists c. One who work with unknown cultures d. One who studies members of their own culture e. Whose work focuses on women and children Feedback

The correct answer is: One who studies members of their own culture

Which kinship principle differentiates between cross-cousins and parallel cousins? Select one: a. Consanguinal vs. affinal kin b. Gender c. Bifurcation d. Relative age e. Sex of linking relative Feedback

The correct answer is: Sex of linking relative

What is the primary difference between nomadic and transhumant pastoralism? Select one: a. The amount of foraging practiced b. The types of money used for exchange c. The amount of direct competition that exists between pastoral and agricultural groups d. The types of animals that are herded e. The existence of permanent villages Feedback

The correct answer is: The existence of permanent villages

Question 3 What is the etic perspective? Select one: a. The scientific perspective b. The perspective of a native, or insider c. A point of view that represents an opinion d. A point of view that has been scientifically proved and can be considered a cultural law e. The perspective of the audience, or reader, of ethnography

The correct answer is: The scientific perspective

What is unique about family relationships among the Na of China? Select one: a. Among the Na, marriage is polygamous. Men and women reproduce temporarily and then move on to other relationships. Women and men never live together. b. There is no marriage or paternity recognized in the culture; men and women reproduce through incest. Families consist of women, brothers, and their children. c. There is no marriage or paternity recognized in the culture; men only visit women temporarily and leave. Families consist of the women, their children, and their male relatives. d. There is no marriage or paternity recognized in the culture; men only visit women temporarily and leave. Families consist of women and their children. Men always live in village men's houses. e. There is marriage among the Na, but it is not defined the same way as it is in Western society. Men and women practice serial marriage, moving from one partner to another and living together temporarily.

The correct answer is: There is no marriage or paternity recognized in the culture; men only visit women temporarily and leave. Families consist of the women, their children, and their male relative

What do mahu, kathoey, and two-spirits have in common? Select one: a. They are eunuchs. b. They are all individuals who are born male and female and live intersexed lives. c. They are groups of individuals in different cultures who cross over the gender divide between male and female. d. They are individuals in Native American cultures who are born male, but have their genitals surgically removed. e. They are different types of rituals in which androgynous individuals perform. Feedback

The correct answer is: They are groups of individuals in different cultures who cross over the gender divide between male and female.

Why do the Sambia practice homosexuality? Select one: a. They believe that men cannot remain good hunters unless they are fertilized with the youthful energy of young boys. b. They believe that young boys are not naturally fertile and cannot attain puberty without semen from others. c. They believe that, from birth, boys should apprentice with other men and learn sexual relations from men, not women. d. They believe that homosexuality instills a sense of creativity and self-fulfillment in their young boys. e. They do not practice homosexuality; in fact, they are highly opposed to it. Feedback

The correct answer is: They believe that young boys are not naturally fertile and cannot attain puberty without semen from others.

Under the levirate rule, if Tom and Jane are married and: Select one: a. Tom dies, Jane will be returned to her nuclear family. b. Tom dies, Jane will marry one of Tom's uncles. c. Tom dies, Jane will marry one of Tom's brothers. d. Jane dies, Tom will marry one of Jane's aunts. e. Jane dies, Tom will marry one of Jane's sisters. Feedback

The correct answer is: Tom dies, Jane will marry one of Tom's brothers.

Which of the following is NOT classified as a subsistence strategy? Select one: a. Foraging b. Agriculture c. Tribe d. Pastoralism e. Horticulture

The correct answer is: Tribe

Question 13 Anthropology courses do all of the following EXCEPT: Select one: a. present many useful ways of thinking. b. focus on understanding other groups of people. c. grapple with the questions of what it means to be human. d. attempt to understand the full range of human cultural experience. e. advocate determining which culture is superior to another.

The correct answer is: advocate determining which culture is superior to another.

Parallel-cousin marriage involves: Select one: a. children whose parents are first cousins. b. children whose parents are related by marriage. c. children who are third cousins. d. children of the parents' opposite-sex siblings. e. children of the parents' same-sex siblings. Feedback

The correct answer is: children of the parents' same-sex siblings.

Blood ties between people are called: Select one: a. consanguineal ties. b. sororal ties. c. affinal ties. d. familial ties. e. patrilineal ties. Feedback

The correct answer is: consanguineal ties

The principle of __________ differentiates relatives by blood from relatives by marriage. Select one: a. consanguineal vs. affinal kin b. lineality vs. collaterality c. relative age d. bifurcation e. gender

The correct answer is: consanguineal vs. affinal kin

Question 17 In the United States, anthropology has traditionally included four subdisciplines. They are: Select one: a. biological anthropology, ethnography, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. b. cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, ethnology, and anthropological linguistics. c. anthropological linguistics, ethnology, primatology, and forensic anthropology. d. forensic anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology. e. cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

The correct answer is: cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

The human ability to speak about different times and places is called: Select one: a. productivity. b. displacement. c. chronology. d. ethnohistory. e. reflexivity. Feedback

The correct answer is: displacement.

The process of learning to be a member of a specific cultural group is called: Select one: a. culturation. b. enculturation. c. acculturation. d. transculturation. e. diffusion. Feedback

The correct answer is: enculturation.

In the United States, racial groups and social classes tend to be: Select one: a. endogamous. b. exogamous. c. collateral kin. d. caste-like. e. patrilineal. Feedback

The correct answer is: endogamous.

Question 15 Anthropology is distinct from other academic disciplines because it embraces: Select one: a. ethnocentrism. b. a comparative approach. c. the study of human biology. d. the distinction between culture and society. e. holism.

The correct answer is: holism.

The hijras in India are: Select one: a. a group of individuals who serve as priests in the goddess cult. b. individuals who were born male but have had their genitals removed. c. individuals who were born female but have had their genitals removed. d. individuals born with both male and female genitalia and who function as bisexuals. e. a low caste of non-sexed individuals. Feedback

The correct answer is: individuals who were born male but have had their genitals removed.

The customs, rules, and obligations that establish a socially-endorsed relationship between adults and children and between the kin groups of the married partners is called: Select one: a. cohabitation. b. conjugal union. c. "family visits." d. intercourse. e. marriage. Feedback

The correct answer is: marriage.

A(n) __________ family is organized around the female line. Select one: a. ambilineal b. patrilineal c. matrilineal d. bilineal e. kindred Feedback

The correct answer is: matrilineal

Unlike the other subsistence strategies, in industrialism the focus: Select one: a. moves away from food to the production of goods and services. b. of production is on fast and available food. c. moves away from local food production to globalized trading networks. d. is on forces of transportation and communication only. e. remains only on the market and not on individual families. Feedback

The correct answer is: moves away from food to the production of goods and services.

Bronislaw Manlinowski's style of fieldwork was known as: Select one: a. ethnocentrism. b. participant observation. c. cultural relativism. d. ethnography. e. postmodernism. Feedback

The correct answer is: participant observation.

Child-rearing practices in all cultures are designed to: Select one: a. produce adults who are submissive to the cultural content. b. allow adults to work as teachers only during a child's early period of development. c. produce children who know all cultural content at an early age. d. produce adults who know the cultural content. e. instill in children a sense of creativity and self-fulfillment. Feedback

The correct answer is: produce adults who know the cultural content.

Question 7 Nacirema ritual is based on the belief that: Select one: a. religious activity leads to economic success. b. agricultural practices need to improve to produce greater yields. c. the human body has a natural tendency to get sick and diseased. d. neighboring tribes are jealous of the Nacirema's commercial success. e. travel outside of the Nacirema borders is dangerous.

The correct answer is: the human body has a natural tendency to get sick and diseased.

All of the following concepts were founded or developed by Franz Boas in his fieldwork and analysis of human cultures EXCEPT: Select one: a. the reflexive approach. b. participant observation. c. cultural relativism. d. human rights and justice. e. the search for racial equality. Feedback

The correct answer is: the reflexive approach.

Question 14 In anthropology, "culture" refers to: Select one: a. a group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being. b. a group whose goals, values, and environmental adaptations are very different. c. the way members of a society adapt to their environment and give meaning to their lives. d. the practice of understanding groups of people within their own environment. e. the scientific and humanistic study of human beings.

The correct answer is: the way members of a society adapt to their environment and give meaning to their lives.

Alliance theory argues that incest taboos are universal because: Select one: a. they decrease the amount of genetic harmfulness and reduce the number of weak offspring. b. they decrease the potential for family conflict and disruption of role relationships. c. they force people to create wider social bonds that are useful in group survival. d. all societies have the same rules of exogamy and endogamy. e. they increase the number of marriageable pairs within a society and allow populations to grow at a higher rate. Feedback

The correct answer is: they force people to create wider social bonds that are useful in group survival.

Question 6 Stephen Pinker argues that: Select one: a. worldwide violence is rapidly increasing. b. worldwide violence is associated with resource depletion. c. worldwide violence is declining. d. worldwide violence will soon disappear. e. violence is the most significant way that humans communicate.

The correct answer is: worldwide violence is declining.

How would you best characterize a subculture? Select one: a. It is a dominant cultural group within a society that does not hold a majority of the population. b. It is a group within a dominant society that does not share the society's norms and values. c. It is a cultural group that is oppressed and subordinated by a dominant culture. d. It is a cultural group made up of immigrants into a dominant society who do not speak the same language or have the same culture. e. It is a group that manages and guides all political and social decisions within a state society. Feedback

b. It is a group within a dominant society that does not share the society's norms and values.

On Tonga, which sport is associated with masculine "deep play?" Select one: a. Curling b. Cricket c. Baseball d. Rugby e. Soccer

The correct answer is: Rugby

Subsistence strategies are best defined as: Select one: a. ways in which societies transform the material resources of the environment into food. b. ways in which a society uses the environment to produce food surplus. c. food choices that each family in a society makes. d. an inheritance that is passed from generation to generation. e. access to an environment and its food choices. Feedback

The correct answer is: ways in which societies transform the material resources of the environment into food.

The hijras perform at: Select one: a. birthdays. b. holidays. c. deaths. d. weddings, childbirths, and deaths. e. weddings and childbirths. Feedback

The correct answer is: weddings and childbirths.

The domestication of plants and animals led directly to: Select one: a. less stratified societies. b. better control of diseases. c. increases in health and nutrition. d. slowed population growth rates. e. a sedentary lifestyle.

e. a sedentary lifestyle.

Which of the following is NOT a correct argument supporting the use of dowry? Select one: a. It symbolizes the affection that the bride's family feels for her. b. It is the most common form of marriage compensation found in the world today. c. It is a compensatory payment given by the bride's family to the groom's family as acknowledgement of their taking on an economic burden. d. It is a source of security for women in a new marriage. e. It is perceived by the husband's family as a way to improve their social standing. Feedback

The correct answer is: It is the most common form of marriage compensation found in the world today.

Question 8 Why do the Nacirema place so much emphasis on the latipsoh? Select one: a. It is the temple where individuals who are sick go for healing. b. It is a ritual tool that the Holy Mouth Man uses to pierce teeth. c. It is a ritual garment that individuals wear in order to be healed. d. It is a shrine that is used to increase one's economic successes. e. It is a precious gem found only on Nacirema lands.

The correct answer is: It is the temple where individuals who are sick go for healing.

The post marital residential pattern often associated with matrilineal societies is: Select one: a. Patrilocal b. Avunculocal c. Matrilocal d. Neolocal e. Matrilineality Feedback

The correct answer is: Matrilocal

In the United States, the most common post marital pattern is: Select one: a. Avunculocal b. Matrilineal c. Patrilineal d. Abmilocal e. Neolocal Feedback

The correct answer is: Neolocal

One of the most prominent proponents of a "universal grammar" was: Select one: a. Edward Sapir. b. Noam Chomsky. c. William Labov. d. Benjamin Whorf. e. Margaret Mead. Feedback

The correct answer is: Noam Chomsky.

Question 12 The Nacirema are found in: Select one: a. Africa. b. South America. c. North America. d. Asia. e. Europe.

The correct answer is: North America.

When a newly married couple lives with the wife's uncle's family, it is called: Select one: a. avunculocal residence. b. bilocal residence. c. matrilocal residence. d. patrilocal residence. e. neolocal residence. Feedback

The correct answer is: avunculocal residence.

Question text The ability to move seamlessly and appropriately between two languages is called: Select one: a. code-switching. b. DORTspeak. c. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. d. language stratification. e. hierarchical tempering. Feedback

The correct answer is: code-switching.

Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor were influenced deeply by the: Select one: a. geo-political climate of the time. b. evolutionary theories of their era. c. writing of Franz Boas. d. work of prominent sociologists. e. emergence of Margaret Mead as a new voice in anthropology. Feedback

The correct answer is: evolutionary theories of their era.

All of the following are true of Franz Boas EXCEPT: Select one: a. he was a critic of evolution. b. he was the first professor of anthropology at Columbia University. c. he was a champion of human rights. d. he did his fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands. e. he trained a generation of U.S. fieldworkers. Feedback

The correct answer is: he did his fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.

Question 10 Ethnography is the part of cultural anthropology that: Select one: a. provides a description of society or culture. b. captures what practices mean to members of a culture. c. attempts to find general principles or laws that govern cultural phenomena. d. analyzes the role of the individual within a particular society. e. works to identify all of the members of a specific society. Feedback

The correct answer is: provides a description of society or culture.

All of the following are principles for classifying kin EXCEPT: Select one: a. sex of linking relative. b. lineality vs. collaterality. c. gender. d. race. e. relative age. Feedback

The correct answer is: race.

Question 16 A group of people who depend on each other for survival and who structure their lives together into a series of statuses and roles is called a: Select one: a. culture. b. subculture. c. society. d. clan. e. neighborhood.

The correct answer is: society.

Question 20 Applied anthropology is practiced in which of the following subdisciplines? Select one: a. Cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and forensic anthropology b. Primatology, human paleontology, ethnography, and archaeology c. Archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology d. Linguistic anthropology and cultural anthropology only e. Biological anthropology and archaeology only

c. Archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology