Which question about the health transition most strongly represents the focus of critical medical anthropology?

Why did some social groups experience improvements and others didn't?

How do institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund create pressue on states?

Pressures states to adopt neoliberal economic policies

When gender studies first emerged, what was the first target for research?

the apparent universality of male dominance across cultures

How does medical pluralism account for the relationship between culture and health and illness?

It provides opportunities for alternative and complimentary choices in care

What is the goal of those who engage in ethnic cleansing?

to remove or destroy another ethnic group

How do anthropologists define ethnicity?

The connection of people who share a common history, culture, ancestry

What does an ethnic boundary maker signify?

who is in a group and who is not

Which aspect of the body would a biomedical cultural conception focus on?

The individual body and its biological components

Who are the Two-Spirits in Native North American cultures?

people with gender and sexual identities taht are beyond "man" and "woman"

What is one way that humans differ from most other mammals in their sexuality?

Most humans are in long-term relationships and co-parent joint offspring

What is the most fundamental problem with race?

It claims to be grounded in biology, but it has no biological basis

Why do anthropologists refer to "racisms" in the plural?

Race is constructed among people in different places in a variety of ways

What statement fits best with Jim Crow?

Black people may only drink from water fountains designated for them

Why is a nation an "imagined community"?

All members of the society have never met and will never meet

How do civil society coalitions challenge the ultimate claims of state sovereignty over intrastate affairs?

Mobilizing global sentiment and pressures nation-states to address issues

Do bands have politics?

Yes. It is decentralized and decisions are primarily made by consensus

What current gender ideology is most closely linked to Man the Hunter, Woman the Gatherer myth?

"boys will be boys" and "that's just a girl thing"

What political feature defines a nation-state, as opposed to a state?

the population shares a sense of culture, ancestry,and destiny as a people

What must a state be able to do?

use force to maintain order and defend its territory

Which question is most central to critical medical anthropology?

How does inequality and stratification impact health outcomes?

Which feature of political systems is distinctive of modern Western-style states?

Central administration penetrates the everyday social life of its citizenry

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1
Which question about the health transition most strongly represents the focus of critical medical anthropology?
How does age play in the role in the benefits of the health transition?
How can the gains of the health transition be preserved and advanced?
Which aspects of health have improved and which remain problematic?
Why did some social groups experience improvements and others didn't?
2
How do institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund create pressue on states?
Provide safe pathways for migration
Pressures states to adopt neoliberal economic policies
Promoting flexible accumulation strategies that extract raw materials
Encourage time-space compression to work against the state interests
3
When gender studies first emerged, what was the first target for research?
the apparent universality of male dominance across cultures
cultural dynamics of "proving" one's gender identity or sexuality
protrayals of gender stereotypes in ancient petroglyphs
foundational narratives about the sperm and the egg
4
How does medical pluralism account for the relationship between culture and health and illness?
It focuses on illness rather than on disease
It targets physical and mental well-being, not social well-being
It provides opportunities for alternative and complimentary choices in care
It favors ethnomedicine over biomedicine
5
Learning slang or how to behave in certain situations by watching television is an example of...
Hegemony
Power
Enculturation
Agency
6
What is the goal of those who engage in ethnic cleansing?
to remove or destroy another ethnic group
to stereotype and belittle other groups
promoting assimilation as preferable to ethnic diversity
to protray one's own ethnic group as acceptable where it is unwelcomed
7
What idea is fundamental to the construction of race in the United States?
Phenotype
White Supremacy
Nativism
Miscegenation
8
How do anthropologists define ethnicity?
Knowledge, beliefs, artifacts, patterns, and behavior shared between people
A category of human belonging and a term that is interchangeable with race
A designation for minority groups within large, diverse nations
The connection of people who share a common history, culture, ancestry
9
What does an ethnic boundary maker signify?
who is in a group and who is not
the territory historically associated with a group
how identity can shift according to social location
the race of the people within a group
10
Which aspect of the body would a biomedical cultural conception focus on?
The mind, especially the way the patient experiences illness
The social factors that influence the body
The microbiome
The individual body and its biological components
11
Who are the Two-Spirits in Native North American cultures?
married couples compromised of a man and a woman
individuals who become an alternate sex and gender through a ritual
individuals that undergo gender-affirming surgery to change genders
people with gender and sexual identities taht are beyond "man" and "woman"
12
What is one way that humans differ from most other mammals in their sexuality?
Humans are the only mammals that have sex for fun and reproduction purposes
Ovulation is linked to a female's sexuality
Most humans are in long-term relationships and co-parent joint offspring
Humans are capable of living individually
13
What is the most fundamental problem with race?
It is a modern category, so it does not apply to premodern humans
It does not account for gradual changes of variation in a geographic space
It claims to be grounded in biology, but it has no biological basis
Some groups of people don't easily fit into race categories
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"The individual patient's experience of being unwell"
Sickness
Health
Illness
Disease
15
Before every test, Emily will eat an apple and a peach. The first time she did this she got a 100 on the test. This is?
Magic
Religion
Ritual
Economy
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Why do anthropologists refer to "racisms" in the plural?
Some societies have dozens or even hundreds of race categories
Race is constructed among people in different places in a variety of ways
individuals express racism in a wide variety of ways
Race can be configured in terms of what races are privileged and what arent
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Example: "There is an innate difference in men and women's emotional capacity and patience towards children"
Gender Stratification
Gender Ideology
Gender Stereotype
Cultural Construction of Gender
18
In 1697 France went to Haiti, changed its name and made enslaved people grow sugar. This is an example of?
Cultural Capital
Class
Cultural Relativism
Colonialism
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Example: "There are more women as elementary school teachers than men"
Gender Stereotype
Cultural Construction of Gender
Gender Ideology
Gender Stratification
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What statement fits best with Jim Crow?
Black people may only drink from water fountains designated for them
Race of mixed children is the lower subordinate race between the parents
Immigrants may weaken the racial purity of the nation's existing population
A white landlord is legally permitted to own enslaved people
21
Why is a nation an "imagined community"?
Citizenship is a social construct
Identity entrepreneurs encourage people to imagine identity and ethnicity
All members of the society have never met and will never meet
People imagine themselves to be harmoniously multicultural
22
How do civil society coalitions challenge the ultimate claims of state sovereignty over intrastate affairs?
Mobilizing global sentiment and pressures nation-states to address issues
Assert regional autonomy
Form independent militaries that defend and protect populations
Promote neoliberal economic policies
23
Do bands have politics?
Yes. It is decentralized and decisions are primarily made by consensus
No. They are centered on kinship
Yes. Unelected leaders make decisions as representative for the group
No. They are too small in size
24
What current gender ideology is most closely linked to Man the Hunter, Woman the Gatherer myth?
"boys will be boys" and "that's just a girl thing"
Governments have the right to disappear people when it is in their interest
there is a natural unequal distribution of power shaped through gender
sexual reproduction mimics the cultural dynamics of romance
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"A discrete natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by health professionals"
Disease
Sickness
Illness
Health
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Which country has an expansive color-coded system of racial classifications that includes hundred of categories?
Brazil
South Africa
Colonial United States
Malaysia
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What political feature defines a nation-state, as opposed to a state?
the government is centralized and authorized to make laws
the government uses force to maintain order and defend its territory
it exists within geographical territory
the population shares a sense of culture, ancestry,and destiny as a people
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What must a state be able to do?
shape the thinking of most of the people within its domain
make aggressive efforts to consolidate autonomous regions into its state
to be flexible in adapting to a changing environment
use force to maintain order and defend its territory
29
Which question is most central to critical medical anthropology?
How can public health be placed in areas that aren't financially viable?
How might global definitions of health negatively impact local communities?
How can ethnomedicine and biomedicine partner successfully?
How does inequality and stratification impact health outcomes?
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Which feature of political systems is distinctive of modern Western-style states?
Structure is decentralized, with decision mostly made by consensus
The system helps people survive and to make communities better places
A political structure exerts automony within its region
Central administration penetrates the everyday social life of its citizenry
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Example: "Women are better with children"
Gender Stereotype
Gender Stratification
Cultural Construction of Gender
Gender Ideology
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What is one of the only universals found in every culture?
Food Taboo
Incest Taboo
Adultery Taboo
Nudity Taboo
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In addition to export-processing factories, what is the major area of employment for migrating women?
international call centers
Social activism
jobs traditionally taken by men
care work

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