final exam 2410
One of the factors leading to Eritreans leaving their country is the indeterminate national service.
true
One way highland Papua New Guineans cope with pigs as pests is building or growing living fences.
true
Soil fertility is a problem in cultivating in tropical rain forest environments. One way highland Papua New Guineans cope with low soil fertility is long fallow periods.
true
Soil fertility is a problem in cultivating in tropical rain forest environments. One way highland Papua New Guineans cope with low soil fertility is mounding.
true
The incest taboo is a cultural universal for all existing cultures.
true
pastoralists are totally independent from agriculturalists
false
the author concluded that the refugees were dependent
false
the PRPC was opened in
1980
the author conducted research in the PRPC
1988-1990
chimpanees have the ability to make the same sounds that humans do
false
Vietnamese culture when doing the right thing is impossible the correct thing to do is
abstain, do nothing
in cultures with bilineal descent kinship is the basis of social organization
false
At marriage the kin of the wife give wealth to the family of the husband. This is __________
bride wealth
one of the characteristics of culture is innate
false
The belief that some locations or directions are imbued with some essence like good or bad is an example of:
cosmology
the range of cultures existing on earth is the subject of
cultural anthropology
In the online material on "Disputed Authority" the author explained that there were camp rules about boarding the buses that carried refugees around the camp and that the refugees ___________ follow the rules.
did not
one of the characteristics of horticulture is the use of machines
false
In the online material on economics in a refugee camp the support provided by the refugee's relatives was discussed. The support provided was for the refugee ______________.
disposable income
Marrying within a specified group of people is _________________
endogamy
based on the What is Anthropology ONLINE material answer the following: the origins of the discipline of anthropology are from
european exploration and colonialism
Marrying out side a specified group of people is ___________.
exogamy
paralanguage is
extra-linguistic noises that are important in conveying meaning
A state can persist when the real basis of social organization is kinship.
false
According to the online material the incest taboo has a biological basis.
false
According to the online material, dowry is when wealth from the wife's family is transferred to the family of the husband.
false
According to the online materil the definition of a refugee includes a well founded fear of famine.
false
All Eritreans who reach refugee camps want to resettle in Western countries.
false
Belloni, the author of the Big Gamble, believes that voluntary migrants and involuntary migrants (refugees) are completely different.
false
Highland PNG people believed that wealth came from sacred trees.
false
Human children are born knowing what to do and do not need to learn culture.
false
In generalized reciprocity you give with an expectation that you will receive more then you give.
false
In negative reciprocity you give with the expectation that you will receive negative back, i.e. less than you gave.
false
In the online material on 'Disputed Authority" there is a description of an incident where a camp security officer (blue guard) shot and killed a local Filipino. This incident was swiftly resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
false
Mead found that the period of adolescence for Samoans was as difficult as it is for Americans.
false
Once Eritreans reach a refugee camp they are guaranteed resettlement.
false
One of the characteristics of chiefdoms is acquired status and rank
false
The age at which people are expected to become productive members of a culture is the same in all cultures.
false
Using 'caretaker" language such as speaking to infants in higher tones makes a difference in language acquisition.
false
Vietnamese culture the concept of Nghia the righteous path includes quislyness
false
according to nelson the "field" where cultural anthropologists study a group of people is always in a remote isolated location
false
accoring to nelso everyone among the Jeninpopo-Kaninde agreed that they were Indio
false
accoring to nelson, Bronislaw Malinowski studied people in the Hawaiian Islands
false
archaeology relies on face to face intervies with the people they study
false
as pastoralists move their herds into pastures the group stays together as a whole
false
when you use the kin term "brother" or "sister" you are making a ______ distinction
gender
When you use the kin term "grand mother" you are making a gender and ____________ distinction.
generation
Cultures that are bilineal have ___________
kindreds
Living with or near the family of the wife after marriage is _______________
matri-local post marital residence
true pastoralists have
mobile households
the author of the study on the PRPC lived in a billet with refugees, ate the same food, experienced the same heat and typhoons. this research methodology
participant observation
core vocabulary is
prenouns, lower numberals, names for body parts
Anthropologists stress the __________ in exchanges while economists stress the rationality or cost benefit of an exchange.
social relations
A centralized political authority with the power to coerce is a ___________
state
the natural history approach to humans means
studying humans just like studying any other species
the design features of language include all of the following EXCEPT:
teleopathy
Vietnamese culture the concept of Ly is
that there is a natural order to the universe
In the online material on "The Riot" there are descriptions of who blamed who for the riot. The Filipinos who worked for the administration blamed ____________
the American expatriate staff
Vietnamese culture concept of De is
the relationship between brothers
PRPC section on Research presented the idea that the Vietnamese refugees benefited from their time in the PRPC because
they were surrounded by other Vietnamese
In the online material on economics in a refugee camp the amount of money the refugees received from their relatives was almost _________ during the time studied
three million dollars
"refugees" the hypotheses the author used when studying refugees in the PRPC was "refugees are dependent"
true
A man becomes a "big man" in highland PNG culture by giving away a lot in a pig feast.
true
Americans enculturate their children to believe that the causes of behavior are internal to the individual.
true
Belloni believe that the term "aspiration" is a better way to describe Eritrean's approach to seeking asylum and resettlement than "plan."
true
Belloni conducted research in Italy, Eritrea and Sudan.
true
Eritreans who stay in Eritrea and have relatives living in Western countries receive support from those relatives.
true
For a state to persist it must conscript labor
true
Human children during their second and third year mostly refine words and develop rules for putting words together.
true
If a human is NOT exposed to human speech before the age of 12 they will not be able to attain full linguistic ability
true
In balanced reciprocity you give with an expectation that you will receive something of equal value back.
true
In some cultures, such as highland Papua New Guinea, there is a sexual division of labor where males are expected to engage in certain activities and females in others.
true
In the Social Organization Papua New Guinea (PNG) example it was explained that the two major inputs into horticulture are land and labor. Highland PNG social organization provides access to these inputs. Access to labor is through marriage.
true
In the Social Organization Papua New Guinea (PNG) example it was explained that the two major inputs into horticulture are land and labor. Highland PNG social organization provides access to these inputs. Access to land is through clan membership.
true
Market exchanges are often dominated by middlemen engaged in arbitrage.
true
Mead found that among the Samoans during adolescence there was no pressure to have, or not have, sex.
true
Mead found that in Samoa children are raised by a variety of relatives, not just a mother and father.
true
Most modern states have bilineal kinship.
true
The reasons for Eritreans to flee their country are the result of a long history of war and displacement.
true
Tribe is a term not really used any more but it applies to groups of people whose social organization is based on kinship.
true
according to Lavenda and Schultz it is in the "preface" to an athnography where the author explains what the topic of the ethnography will be
true
according to Lavenda and Schultz, it is in the "introduction" to an ethnography where the author presents an "entrace narrative"
true
according to nelson "salvage ethnography" is an attempt to preserve a culture before it is lost or disappeas
true
according to nelson, Franz Boas human behavior was determined by culture, not biology
true
according to nelson, an anthropologist's own observations resulting rom living with and participating with the people they study is participant observation
true
bands tend to be egalitarian
true
hunter gatherers are highly mobile
true
hunter gatherers tend to be egalitarian
true
in lingustics signals are sounds or gestures that has a natural self-evident meaning
true
one of the changes in the human vocal tract from infants to children is the lowering of the larynx
true
one of the characteristics of culture is acquired
true
one of the characteristics of horticulture is vegetative propagation
true
one of the four branches of anthropology is linguistic anthropology
true
the author, katie nelson of Doing Fieldwork originally sought to study how the Jenipopo-Kaninde negotiated land rights without private land ownership
true
the defintion of culture is information stored in your head in the form of expectations of what other people will do and the physical world will be
true
the goal of reading an ethnography is to get a sense of a way of life different from your own
true
there are certain regions of the brain that have special language functions, such as Warnicke's area
true
what we consider food is acquired as part of our culture
true
babies are born
useless