Exam modules 1-5

Pohnpeians called breadfruit "fruit in the hands of men" (34)

(34) False, fruit in the hand of God

According to Martha's research, about how many Pohnpeians have been adopted (lifted up)?

25 percent

According to Martha Ward's description of Floyd, (16) all human beings are essentially the same, there are psychological universals, women by nature serve men, matrilineal inheritance goes against the laws of nature, all of the above

All of the above (16)

Trading goods and services directly for other goods and services without the use of money as a medium of exchange is called

Barter

The kinds of societies that are most likely to have subcultures.

Complex, diverse societies

Suspending one's judgments in order to understand and appreciate another culture.

Cultural relativity

________ are learned behavior patterns that are shared by all of humanity collectively.

Cultural universals

All of the following are foods you would find at a Pohnpeian feast except deer, pigs, dogs, breadfruit (25)

Deer (25)

An anthropological study that systematically compares similar cultures.

Enthology

The deep felt belief that your culture is superior to all others.

Ethnocentrism

Anthropological research in which one learns about the culture of another society through fieldwork and first-hand observation.

Ethnography

Pohnpeian treatments for illness are very similar to Western medical practices. (15)

False (15)

The most common kin naming pattern in North America and Europe today is known as the Crow system. (18)

False (18)

The word "consanguinity" comes from Latin roots meaning "consequences of marriage." (4)

False, It means "with the blood." (4)

Nightcrawling is a type of nightmare common throughout Micronesia. (10)

False, Nighttime visitations by males to female households. (10)

Based on Martha's observations of men like Souehdi, Pohnpeians like to sleep during the heat of the day and venture forth in the evening to do chores. (5)

False, Souehdi kept busy doing activities that might increase his status. (5)

The language of gestures, expressions, and postures are known as particularism. (3)

False, body language or kinesics (3)

Water seal toilets were quickly adopted by many Pohnpeian families. (24)

False, everyone hated them (24)

Polyandry is a common marriage practice. (17)

False, one wife, several husbands is very uncommon. (17)

As the use of general purpose money draws a society into the global economic system, it results in economic independence for the society as a whole. (19)

False, opposite occurs (19)

Pohnpeian funerals last a minimum of ___ days. one, two, three, four

Four days

What is the capital of Pohnpei?

Kolonia

The diagram above exemplifies a ___centric family.

Matri-centric

Pohnpei is part of _______, a series of 2,141 islands located ________.

Micronesia/between Hawaii and the Philippines.

What form of money consists of objects that serve as a medium of exchange in only limited contexts?

Special purpose

When Jane talks to a friend and mentions her parents, she will most likely use ___________________ for them.

Terms of reference

Which of the following is true of the Omaha, Crow, and Iroquois kin naming systems?

They all distinguish between parallel and cross cousins.

Some men in Pohnpei achieve status in both the traditional and modern political systems. (1)

True (1)

Kinship provides a means for transmitting status and property from generation to generation. (11)

True (11)

According to Martha Ward, some younger men have given up seeking titles in the traditional system. (12)

True (12)

According to Sohn Alpet, feelings of jealousy and greed toward others is the same as sending a curse. (13)

True (13)

Participant observation is one of the methods used for gathering data. (14)

True (14)

Bilateral descent, the one practiced mostly in North America, is rare among the societies of the world. (2)

True (2)

In Pohnpei, females typically begin to have sexual relations between 11 and 14. (20)

True (20)

All societies have incest taboos. (21)

True (21)

For Pohnpeians, places have personalities and spiritual characteristics. (22)

True (22)

With patrilineal descent, both males and females belong to their father's kin group but not their mother's. (23)

True (23)

Anti-social or otherwise deviant behavior often results in an individual being labeled as a witch. (26)

True (26)

Pohnpeian men keep secret garden plots to grow foods for feasts. (28)

True (28)

The World Health Organization removed homosexuality as an illness from their classification of diseases (29)

True (29)

All of the large-scale societies of the world today have market economies. (30)

True (30)

The least complex kin naming pattern is found in the Hawaiian system. (31)

True (31)

As the result of culture shock, Roger committed bizarre acts such as writing postcards to 200 people he would not send Christmas cards to, lurking behind trees to take pictures of bare-breasted women, and ordering useless items to be sent from his hometown. (32)

True (32)

When asked about something, Pohnpeian women typically defer to their husband; they do not see their opinion as significant. (33)

True (33)

A Pohnpeian yam can grow to the size of a small jeep. (6)

True (6)

Sohn Alpet held a feast to rid the research team of a curse that plagued the group in Wene. (7)

True (7)

In a belief system that uses magic as the most logical explanation for illness, accidents, and other unexpected occurrences, there is no room for natural causes or chance. Witchcraft provides the explanation--it can be the cause for most effects. (8)

True (8)

In the United States, almost any simple market exchange involves the interaction of people all over the world and elaborate technology used in production and distribution. (9)

True (9)

The use of a stick to "fish out" food from a crevice is a natural instinct for survival, hard-wired into the brain at birth, learned from the ape-man of the Jurassic age, a learned behavior pattern using culture

a learned behavior pattern using culture.

Sahngoro, High Chief of U, wanted the Seebees to do what? build a church, bring him a piece of moon rock, construct a dock, bring him the leader of the free world

bring him a piece of moon rock

Which of the following does not belong? Flies, feces, foods, fingers, facts

facts

Occasionally, a third category of bond, referred to as _____ kinship is used to create links to people who otherwise would not be kinsmen. fictive, fanciful, related, kissing

fictive

Pohnpei is more densely populated in the ______ regions that have ______.

lowland/less rainfall

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

Because Martha and Roger did not own pigs, they were considered by Pohnpeian standards to be

proper adults

In the kinship diagram below, the person labeled K is L's: aunt, wife, sister (27)

sister (27)

What normally functions as rudimentary credit institutions in non-market economies? local banks that lend money at low-interest rates, social ties including kinship, nothing serves the function of a credit institution in these societies---each family must fend for itself.

social ties including kinship

Anthropologists in Pohnpei had to establish trust with the community despite suspicion of CIA spying, fear of Western disease, a political coup, disagreements over census taking

suspicion of CIA spying

Pohnpei was seen as a "natural laboratory" for studying the effects of social change on blood pressure in part because (A) the population was known to have low blood pressure from earlier studies,(B) the people of Pohnpei were concerned about rising blood pressures and requested the research, (C) the tropical environment was a breeding ground for many different kinds of health issues, (D)it had never had contact from other cultures.

the population was known to have low blood pressure from earlier studies.

The break-up of the former empire of the Soviet Union into largely ethnic based nations is an example of ___________ . globalism, tribalism, the Rashoman effect, the Heisenburg effect

tribalism