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A #anthropology review for WCC.
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What is archaeology?
Study of interpreting meanings and beliefs in humans
Study of language and how it relates to culture
Study of artifacts and fossils--how they relate to us
Study of the body and how it relates to culture
2
What is acculturation?
When one/more groups come together and change over time
When one/more groups come together and quickly change
When a group absorbs one culture into itself
When cultures collide
3
Which of the following best describes an Agricultural Society?
Less mass manufacturing, more skilled workers
Ancient type of farming society
Modern products used to farm land
Goods produced under mass employment, factory work
4
Which of the following are Hominins?
Modern humans and extinct species of early humans
Bonobos and Chimpanzees
Gorillas and Early Humans
Lemurs and Owl Monkeys
5
Which of the following is an animal with high sexual dimorphism?
A human
A bird
A dog
A cat
6
What did Clifford Geertz contribute to anthropology?
Theory of Evolution
How Language and Culture Correlate
Thick Description
The Ethnographic Method
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What is linguistic anthropology?
Study of the body and how it relates to culture
Study of interpreting meanings and beliefs in humans
Study of artifacts and fossils--how they relate to us
Study of language and how it relates to culture
8
What is a Cash Crop?
The raw crop used for the ink used to print money
A plant that grows cash
A crop grown solely for monetary value
A crop grown for subsistence
9
What is physical/biological anthropology?
Study of the body and how it relates to culture
Study of interpreting meanings and beliefs in humans
Study of artifacts and fossils--how they relate to us
Study of language and how it relates to culture
10
Which of the following best describes Balanced Exchange?
Low income+high population+low productivity
Exchange where a return is eventually expected
System of transfers--goal is immediate/eventual equal value
system of transfers where one party seeks to make a profit
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Which of the following best describes Unbalanced Exchange?
Exchange where a return is eventually expected
Low income+high population+low productivity
system of transfers where one party seeks to make a profit
System of transfers--goal is immediate/eventual equal value
12
What is informal work?
Work is not regular, but sometimes illegal
The white-collar sector of work
None of the above
Salaried/wage-based work
13
Which of the following gives the best definition of culture
A community of people, alike and unalike, who share ideas
A belief system, visible and invisible, passed down, changes
An individual who practices shared beliefs of a nation
None of the above
14
Which of the following best describes a Technological Society?
Hunting and Gathering
Herding Animals
Slash and Burn
Tech-based
15
What is Food Security?
The ability to be able to protect one's livelihood
The ability to defend one's food from rival tribes
The ability to get enough food over time to be healthy
All of the above
16
What is Qualitative Data?
Data that is subjective; not "scientific"
Data that is objective; is not "scientific"
Data that is objective; is "scientific"
Data that is subjective; is "scientific"
17
What is formal work?
Work is not regular, but sometimes illegal
The white-collar sector of work
None of the above
Salaried/wage-based work
18
What is ethnocentrism?
Yes
How people learn about their culture, values, thoughts
Looking at other cultures and judging them by your own
Getting a central view of an ethnicity
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What did Bronislaw Malinowski contribute to anthropology?
Theory of Evolution
The Ethnographic Method
Thick Description
How Language and Culture Correlate
20
Which of the following best describes a Post-Industrial Society?
Less mass manufacturing, more skilled workers
Ancient type of farming society
Goods produced under mass employment, factory work
Modern products used to farm land
21
What is sexual dimorphism?
None of the above
Being born with more than one gender
The way some species can biologically change genders
The difference between the sexes of a species
22
Which types of societies have the lowest social inequality? Why?
Post-Industrial, need for skilled workers causes a gap
Industrial, large populations and need for factory work
Foraging, community shares what need
Agricultural, need for politics and armies
23
Which of the following is an example of informal work?
Drug Dealer
All of the above
Street Vendor
Freelance Artist
24
How do primates communicate with one another?
None of the above
Call System--oral communication with meaningful sounds
Sign Language--Hand signals, such as waving branches
Hoots--Form of communication based on symbols and signs
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What is enculturation?
The process of how a culture merges with another
Immersing yourself in a culture to best learn about it
The process by which a culture changes
How people learn about their culture
26
Which of the following is the best definition of Consumerism?
Protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
Trade and industry controlled by private owners for profit
Norms/values derive meaning in specific social context
Characterized by few and finite consumer demands
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Which of the following best describes an Industrial Society?
Modern products used to farm land
Goods produced under mass employment, factory work
Less mass manufacturing, more skilled workers
Ancient type of farming society
28
Which of the following best describes Underdevelopment?
system of transfers where one party seeks to make a profit
Low income+high population+low productivity
Exchange where a return is eventually expected
System of transfers--goal is immediate/eventual equal value
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What is ethnographic fieldwork?
People studied primates and made an ethnic study of them
People--lived with cultures, learned, and wrote about them.
People sat and asked other people to bring info on cultures
People preserving the original culture of a group
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Which of the following is the best definition of cultural relativity?
Protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
Trade and industry controlled by private owners for profit
Characterized by few and finite consumer demands
Norms/values derive meaning in specific social context
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What is Thick Description?
None of the above
An assumed standard by the anthropological association
Writing every detail you can think of in anthropology study
A word count device that allows anthropologists to do better
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What is cultural anthropology?
Study of the body and how it relates to culture
Study of language and how it relates to culture
Study of artifacts and fossils--how they relate to us
Study of interpreting meanings and beliefs in humans
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What is knuckle-walking?
Walking on all fours
Walking flat-footed but supporting upper body with knuckles
Walking on two feet
Arboreal travel using forlimbs
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What is the best definition of Modes of Exchange?
Making goods/money
Using up goods/money
Destroying goods/money
Transferring goods/money to people/institutions
35
What is the best definition of a Creole?
A small, annoying bird that leaves droppings everywhere
The evolution, has native speakers, richer vocab and grammar
None of the above
A language blend of 2 parent cultures
36
What was the name of the most famous discovery of an Australopithecus?
Davie
Dorian I
Lucy
Lynda
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What did Soussure contribute to Anthropology?
The idea that language is a reflection of culture
The idea that languages came from one ancient source
All of the above
The idea that language has structure independent of culture
38
Which types of societies have the highest of social inequality? Why?
Industrial, large populations and need for factory work
Foraging, community shares what need
Post-Industrial, need for skilled workers causes a gap
Agricultural, need for politics and armies
39
How does armchair anthropology differ from modern anthropology?
Modern anthropologists experience the culture and people
Modern anthropology hasn't changed
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What types of factors may affect collecting data during anthropological fieldwork?
Social (Sex, age, marital status)
Physical (War, violence)
Biological (Disease)
All of the above
41
What is Participant Observation?
Yes
A research method involving living in the culture
A research method involving the consent of participants
A research method allowing participants to do all the work
42
Which of the following best describes a Pastoralist Society?
Herding Animals
Tech-based
Hunting and Gathering
Slash and Burn
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What is a good way to think about Emic perspectives?
Think of getting info from a 3rd party
Think of a mic--putting it up to someone and talking to them
44
What was the big difference between Sapir-Whorf and Soussure?
Soussure didn't like anthropology
Soussure believed language can be studied apart from culture
Soussure wasn't interested in culture
None of the above
45
Why are the methods of subsistence among foraging societies and pastoralists in danger?
Colonialism
All of the above
Globalization and Displacement
Spread of Western Capitalism
46
What is a good way to think about Etic perspectives?
Think of a mic--putting it up to someone and talking to them
Think of getting info from a 3rd party
47
What is the best definition of a Pidgin?
None of the above
A small, annoying bird that leaves droppings everywhere
A language blend of 2 parent cultures
The evolution, has native speakers, richer vocab and grammar
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What is Salvage Anthropology?
The process of salvaging artifacts for anthropological study
The study of salvaging of a culture from ancient ruins
Preserving a culture in transition by recording it
None of the above
49
What was Sapir-Whorf's Hypothesis?
Language has a sign, mental component, and sound
All of the above
Language comes from one ancient parent
Language creates different ways of thinking
50
What is an Australopithecus?
A category of several extinct hominins
A unique species of hominin found in Australia
A living species of hominin
None of the above
51
What has Napoleon Chagnon's relationship with the Yanomani taught anthropologists?
All of the above
Do no harm
Don't assume you know everything about a society
Don't do what he did
52
Which of the following is the best definition of capitalism?
Characterized by few and finite consumer demands
Norms/values derive meaning in specific social context
Protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
Trade and industry controlled by private owners for profit
53
What is armchair anthropology?
All of the above
People who view culture from afar
People sitting at home and asking for culture info
People who pretend to know cultures, never experience them
54
Which of the following is not a Great Ape?
Lemurs
Humans
Gorrillas
Orangutans
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What did Sapir-Whorf contribute to Anthropology?
The idea that languages came from one ancient source
All of the above
The idea that language is a reflection of culture
The idea that language has structure independent of culture
56
What was Soussure's Theory of Language?
Language comes from one ancient parent
Language has a sign, mental component, and sound
Language creates different ways of thinking
All of the above
57
What did Franz Boas contribute to Anthropology?
Anthropological Historicism--no "one" cultural growth
Being the Father of American Anthropology
A great mustache
All of the Above
58
What is brachiation?
Walking on two feet
Walking on all fours
Arboreal travel using forlimbs
Walking flat-footed but supporting upper body with knuckles
59
What is Poverty?
None of the above
The inability to feed oneself in a conventional manner
Not having enough money
Lower access to the idea of life and well-being of a group
60
What is the best definition of Mode of Consumption?
Making goods/money
Using up goods/money
Transferring goods/money to people/institutions
Destroying goods/money
61
Which of the following best describes a Horticultural Society?
Herding Animals
Slash and Burn
Hunting and Gathering
Tech-based
62
What is Quantitative Data?
Data that is subjective; not "scientific"
Data that is subjective; is "scientific"
Data that is objective; is not "scientific"
Data that is objective; is "scientific"
63
What is a Great Ape?
None of the above
A smaller primate with a long tail
A large, tailless primate
An extinct species of hominin
64
Which of the following is the best definition of Minimalism?
Trade and industry controlled by private owners for profit
Protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.
Characterized by few and finite consumer demands
Norms/values derive meaning in specific social context
65
What are the four main sub fields of Anthropology?
Archaelogy, Physical/Biological, Linguistic, Cultural
Applied, Material, Medical, Linguistic
Ethnic, Primatology, Paleoanthropology, Written
None of the above
66
What is culture shock?
I dunno
Feelings of awe at experiencing a new culture
Feelings of alienation and shock at experiencing new culture
Feelings of wanting to be a part of a new culture
67
What is bipedalism?
Walking flat-footed but supporting upper body with knuckles
Walking on two feet
Walking on all fours
Arboreal travel using forlimbs
68
What is the difference between human subsistence and poverty?
How people work vs how poor someone is
The amount of material possessions between the two
None of the above
How people feed themselves vs a social construction
69
Which of the following gives the best definition for Anthropology?
The study of all things people
The study of all things human
The study of archaelogy
The study of people, where they come from, diversity
70
Which of the following best describes a Foraging Society?
Herding Animals
Slash and Burn
Hunting and Gathering
Tech-based
71
Which of the following is NOT an example of formal work?
All of the above
Freelance Artist
Grocery Store Manager
Gas Clerk
72
What is Globalization?
The main way to make a livelihood in a culture
Businesses spreading their influence to other countries
None of the above
A mode of livelihood requiring lots of land and movement
