Anthropoly EXAM 3

Ace your homework & exams now with Quizwiz!

What is the estimated number of enslaved Africans believed to have been transported to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century?

10-12 million

What percentage of the world's languages are in danger of dying out in the next hundred years?

40%

Which of the following is NOT an example of an extended family?

A married couple living with their two children.

New archaeological evidence suggests that the Americas were first settled by whom?

A pre-Clovis culture

Which statement does NOT describe European colonialism in Africa? Question options:

Africans were encouraged to start import-export trade and their own factories.

According to Weber, social change is brought about by:

Charismatic individuals

Which of the following anthropologists focused on symbols as the central way that culture is composed?

Clifford Geertz

The unilateral decision of one social group to take control over the symbols, practices, and objects of another is called

Cultural appropriation

"Social conflicts caused by material needs result in political and historical events as people seek to find solutions." This idea attributed to Marx is known as:

Dialectical materialism

"Social facts reinforce the collective conscience to maintain social solidarity" is a thought attributed to:

Durkheim

Learning the ways of a culture in an authentic, experiential way, often also defined as the process of one generation passing on cultural values to the next is called:

Enculturation

The biological ability of humans to make sounds and put them into meaningful sequences is the study of:

Evolutionary linguistics

Which of these is not a focus for medical anthropologists?

How to treat cancer with biomedicine

What movement represents the largest diaspora in history, with some 18 million people no longer living in their country of origin?

Indian diaspora

Education, government, medicine, and family are different areas of dense social complexity. These

Institutions

Which statement about communication is false?

It is synonymous with the term language.

Which term refers to socialized prejudice against women and feminism?

Misogyny

The relationship between a person and the political state they are affiliated with describes a person's_________________.

Nationality

Which term describes how modern capitalist interests continue to pressure poor nations through economic, political, or military means?

Neocolonialism

What economic model prioritizes privatization of public services?

Neoliberalism

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares which of the following regarding refugees?

Refugees have an international legal right to seek asylum.

The ways that individuals perceive aspects of social and natural reality and divide that reality into categories that are culturally variable are called:

Social constructions

Modernism is

The processes that make a culture compatible to the larger global economic landscape.

Which statement is NOT true of the approach Native American cultures typically took to variant genders?

Variant-gender individuals were considered homosexual.

Which of the following anthropologists used liminality to describe how social structures make sense of the out-of-ordinary?

Victor Turner

What is a ghost marriage?

a marriage performed between one or two deceased individuals

Which of the following BEST describes the way gender is presented in Chapter 12?

a powerful sociocultural construct embedded in social practices and institutions

Which of the following describes the cultural practice of sororate?

a remarriage rule requiring that when a married woman dies, the deceased wife's lineage must provide a replacement wife

Which term refers to a social organization in which certain people have more power or prestige than others?

a social hierarchy

Which of the following BEST describes a fragile state?

a state that can no longer adequately perform the functions of a state

What term refers to a cultural group without an official leader?

acephalous

The capacity of individuals to act freely and make their own choices is called:

agency

Which occupational area employs the greatest number of immigrants to the United States?

agriculture and meatpacking

What term refers to the process of raising animals to obtain animal by-products?

animal domistication

Which of the following BEST describes the universalist approach to understanding economic processes?

assumes that economic processes work the same way all over the world

What term refers to small seminomadic groups who are gatherer-hunters?

bands

Medicine based on principles of western natural sciences is referred to by anthropologists as:

biomedicine

What phenomena entails the wealthiest and most educated members of postcolonial societies leaving their homelands and relocating to the former colonizing nation?

brain drain migration

What system of social inequality is based on an individual's circumstances of birth and there is no opportunity to move out of a social group?

caste system

What term describes an exploitative relationship in which one state has political dominance over another?

colonialism

Having access to material resources such as crops or oil is an example of:

economic capital

Which type of colonization happens when large areas of land are occupied by imperial forces for resource extraction and locals are forced to build the infrastructure of their own subjugation and environmental ruin?

economic colonization

The first method of farming developed by humans is known as what?

extensive horticulture

Anthropologists are exclusively interested in studying culture. t or f

false

Culture does not change, people change t or f

false

Culture has an ideal and traditional form that all people strive towards. t or f

false

Culture is synonymous to civilization. t or f

false

Dialects and accents that vary from the standard language are incorrect and should be corrected. t or f

false

Which farming method would generate the greatest yield and support the largest population?

intensive agriculture

Which term refers to the movement of people from rural to urban areas for education, employment, and other opportunities?

internal migration

Which area of linguistics focuses on the social contexts in which language is acquired?

language socialization

Which kinship structure highlights the nuclear family?

lineal kinship

Which term reflects the concept that all languages have some things in common?

linguistic universals

What term describes how people interact with their environments in order to make a living?

mode of subsistence

Technological development, agricultural development, urbanization, industrialization, and communication infrastructure are the five processes of:

modernization

The continued influence of a nation-state on a former colony after official political occupation is called:

neocolonization

What occurs when a social movement changes the structure of the political system, whether through peaceful or violent action?

revolution

The rights and obligations of a particular status are:

roles

Which type of colonization best describes what happened to the Indigenous people of North America?

settler colonization

What is the name for using several plots of land in various stages of fallow and cultivation?

shifting cultivation

Sexual dimorphism is defined as which of the following?

the exhibition of different characteristics by males and females of the same species

Which of the following does not describe a sociocultural construction?

the genetic relatedness of family members

Which of the following BEST describes French philosopher Michel Foucault's concept of biopower?

the power of the state to regulate the bodies of citizens

Which of the following is an example of a fictive kinship?

the practice of godparenthood

Which of the following is NOT associated with globalization?

the rise of the Industrial Age and the growth of local factories

A shared culture helps us trust people we do not know, but share norms with. t or f

true

Most anthropologists these days see cultural relativism as tool rather than a rule. t or f

true

What is meant by the phrase "closed corporate community"?

communities largely detached from urban centers and less prone to cultural change

Which theory views social inequality as a struggle between economic classes?

conflict theory

Society is synonymous with nation or civilization. t or f

false

Why do humans lives in a society?

for collective survival

Which description BEST defines immigrants?

individuals who move permanently from one country to another

According to Durkheim, society changes (or "evolves") because of:

population growth

Environmental degradation, healthcare denial, and the oppression of free speech are examples of:

structural violence

Transparency of power (such as the use of open-source materials) and categorizing power (through defining different types) can help minimize the malicious use of unequal power. t or f

true

While a society is a collection of people that work together for survival, culture is how social relationships are facilitated and made meaningful. t or f

true

In American culture, which human-other is symbolically understood as the least real?

vampires

What does it mean when a person is described as having both power and agency?

A person has control, authority, or influence as well as the capability to act on decisions.

Medicalization descibes:

How certain conditions, variations, or other behavioral or biological phenomenal are constructed to be thought of as a problem.

How does capital accumulation contribute to social inequality?

It is invested to increase its value rather than being circulated in the wider economy.

Bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states are differentiated by:

Political and subsistence patterns

The feeling of connectedness we feel to other members within our group is called:

Social solidarity

Which of the following is not an example of liminality?

spending the day at work

Which of the following BEST describes the primary focus of political anthropologists?

the role of history and the dynamic relationships of a culture

Which description BEST defines heteronormativity?

the view that heterosexuality is the most "natural" form of sexuality

Martin Gilens found that when poor people and rich people disagree on an issue, government policy nearly always supports which portion of the population?

the wealthy

Quantitative studies focus on statistics. t or f

true

Research suggests that what percentage of differences in skill levels is related to gender?

5%

The formal rules of a language, including how it sounds, is the study of:

Descriptive linguistics

Cultural relativism was the basis for:

Historical Particularism

Which statement is NOT supported by recent findings of feminist researchers?

Meat obtained by male hunters was the primary source of calories for members of preagricultural cultures.

Examining how people use a language in real settings rather than studying language as a formal set of rules is which kind of linguistics?

Sociolinguistics

Social capital is the use of an education to bring about power. t or f

false

What is the name for the use of irrigation systems, a plough, and continuous cultivation of the same plots?

intensive agriculture

French philosopher Michel Foucault used which term to describe how people engage in risky public speech in order to speak truth about power?

parrhesia

What mode of subsistence is associated with the care and use of domesticated herd animals?

pastorilism

What term refers to the ability to convince others and build group consensus?

persuasive powers

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of chiefdoms?

reliance on the extended community in making decisions

What term describes organized action by a group outside of the government to create social change?

social movements

Which description BEST defines evolutionary social theory (cultural evolution)?

societies moving from one form of social organization to another in a linear evolutionary sequence

Which description BEST defines sexual orientation?

sociocultural identities associated with specific forms of sexuality

What subfield of linguistics examines the social context of language?

sociolinguistics

British historian Basil Davidson has argued that African societies such as the Asante and Zulu were proto-states, which means what?

states in formation at the time of European colonization

Which of the following is NOT a likely research area for a sociobiologist?

the degree to which there is gender equity in terms of pay and title in contemporary corporations

What is meant by the term gender essentialism?

the idea that gender-based traits are deep and consequential

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argues that the language you speak influences how you do what?

think about reality

What term did Elman Service use for a type of acephalous society that relies on extended family structures for leadership, decision-making, and conflict resolution?

tribal societies

All humans practice, use, and express culture. t or f

true

Globalization requires compatible infrastructure between states. t or f

true

Humans have the ability to ascribe meaning to things, allowing for knowledge structures to form that make life and social relations possible. t or f

true

In Durkheim's mechanical solidarity, the strongest cohesive factor is kinship. t or f

true

Which term refers to large-scale movement caused by warfare, institutional violence, or the search for better opportunities?

diaspora

What mode of subsistence have humans practiced for most of their evolutionary history?

gathering-hunting

Someone who succeeds in college because they have a large family network that supports them while they study is cashing in on:

social capital

Which term refers to a hierarchical organization of different groups of people based on traits such as race, socioeconomic status, religion, or gender?

social stratification

Culture is learned from others around you. t or f

true

Which statement is true regarding the role of kinship in solving problems in everyday life?

In smaller societies with low populations, kinship plays a significant role.

Which term best describes the act of self aligning with who the self thinks it ought to be?

Performativity

What is the name for the time period from the 18th to the 20th century during which institutions of European political control were standardized, particularly in Africa?

classic colonialism

Which of the following is NOT a typical outcome of forced migration?

increase in economic wealth

Americans are often characterized by anthropologists as having a concept of the self in which individuals are primarily responsible for their own actions. This is reflected in which trait?

individualism

What term refers to a form of herding in which people live in small seasonal camps as they move with their animals?

nomadism

Which of the following BEST defines meritocracy?

the idea that people succeed based entirely on their own effort and abilities

Which of the following BEST defines systemic oppression?

the normalization of political, economic, and social inequalities in a society

Anthropologists can use the scientific method, but their findings are often not objective. t or f

true

Culture is integrated into society's infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure. t or f

true

Culture is something that is understood by both actor and audience, outside of formal rules. t or f

true

Culture is the unique beliefs, behaviors, norms, values, ideas, and actions that are taken for granted as a shared way of life. t or f

true

Culture manifests in both the material and ideological. t or f

true

For most of humanity's existence, groups of humans were relatively isolated. t or f

true

In social settings, meaning emerges from conversation and social interaction, not (just) from rules. t or f

true

Our social reality creates stress, causes wear, enables certain healthy or unhealthy habits, and has a real impact on physical health. t or f

true

People are generally ethnocentric because they are most familiar with their own experiences, which feels "right" to them. t or f

true

Power is maintained through the manipulation of different types of capital, structural violence, the control of ideologies, and mass surveillance. t or f

true

Queer Anthropology examines how the hegemonic forces in society work to marginalize and silence alternative ways of being. t or f

true

Social constructions feel very real because we are surrounded by people immersed in the same cultural context. t or f

true

Status and roles help to create structure to interact with others in society. t or f

true

Symbols make to work culture real to those that understand them. t o f

true

As cities and states emerged, there was an increase in demand for higher yields to support growing populations. What did this force farmers to do?

work as peasants on small plots of land owned by the state

Which of the following BEST describes a paradigm?

worldviews that define the thinking of a specific time period

Which is an example of embodiment?

Dressing professionally while at work to maintain a good working relationship with colleagues

What is the earliest hominin species to show an increasing control over their environment and to migrate into new geographical regions?

homo erectus

Which term refers to the exchange of ideas and artifacts between cultures as a result of migration or globalization?

cultural hybridity

Which description BEST defines gender?

cultural roles associated with the biological categories of male and female

Identity is completely constructed from the culture around us. t or f

false

In Durkheim's organic solidarity, everyone in the community participates in all the same economic activities. t or f

false

Most anthropologists these days take ownership of the culture they are studying. t or f

false

National news always manages to be unbiased in their framing of events. t or f

false

Primitivism and orientalism are types of cultural relativism. t or f

false

What do anthropologists believe was the first step in the development of agriculture?

gatherer-hunters growing plants in areas that were more convenient for them

What term refers to people sharing things with no regard to value or compensation?

generalized reciprocity

What area of study looks at the ways in which political and economic systems reinforce or contradict one another over time?

political economy

The culturally defined agreement between patients and family members to acknowledge that a patient is legitimately sick, which involves certain responsibilities and behaviors that caregivers expect of the sick is called

sick role

The creation of classes in a society to reflect different levels of capital is referred to as:

social stratification


Related study sets

Seafloor Spreading, Plate Tectonics: STEMScopes, Modeling Waves Through Various Mediums, Intro to Properties of Waves

View Set