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Anthropology of the Middle East Final Exam Review
Anthropology of the Middle East Final Exam Review
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This is a final exam review for ANTH-216 (Anthropology of the Middle East)
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The capacity of individuals to make their own decisions
Agency
Social Structure
Influence
Social constructivism
2
Many modern national borders in the Middle East were created by European powers, particularly in Syria and Iraq.
True
False
3
The Qur'an distinctly prohibits forced conversion to Islam.
True
False
4
Prayer, five times a day if possible
Zakat
Salat
Shahadah
Hajj
5
Which of the following is an
inaccurate
statement about Muhammad, the holiest prophet in Islam?
Muhammad advocated for warfare against non-Muslims (jihad).
Muhammad advocated for the monotheism of God (tahwid).
Muhammad advocated against forced conversion to Islam.
Muhammad advocated for tolerance towards other religions.
6
This modern religious movement is founded on the idea of extremely enforcing
tahwid
(monotheism).
Jihadism
Salafism
Sufism
Wahhabism
7
Rabi
, the word for "spring" amongst the Awlad 'Ali, refers to:
The season
The coiled metal object
A state of weather
A state of pasture
8
groups of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by at least one essential trait
Social structure
Cultural Complex
Trait complex
Culture Area
9
All MENA countries west of Egypt
Middle East
al-Maghrib
Near East
al-Mashriq
10
Which of the following films is an NOT an example of how the West has exoticized, or "Othered," Middle Eastern culture?
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Disney's Aladdin (1992)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Persepolis (2007)
11
This refers to how multiple identities often relate to one another, & how reforms need to take that into account.
Agency
Intersectionality
Social structure
Affinity
12
All MENA countries east of Egypt, including Egypt and Sudan
Near East
al-Maghrib
Middle East
al-Mashriq
13
Pilgrimage to Mecca (only if you can afford it)
Shahadah
Salat
Zakat
Hajj
14
living usually in portable or temporary dwellings & practicing seasonal migration, but cultivating crops at a base camp
Sedentism
Nomadism
Transhumant Pastoralism
Semi-nomadism
15
the systematic study of people & cultures, designed to explore cultural phenomena from the point of view of that culture
Ethnology
Ethnicity
Ethnoarchaeology
Ethnography
16
She demonstrated in her
Ted Talk
how the hijab can be viewed as a feminist tool.
Zaha Hadid
Rania Al-Abdullah
Lila Abu-Lughod
Kinza Khan
17
Iranian culture is generally considered to be an amalgam of three different cultures: Arab, Islamic, and Eastern.
True
False
18
In Iranian culture,
baten
is the inner dimension of one’s identity, &
zaher
is the outer dimension, or public face.
True
False
19
All women in the Middle East are required to wear
hijabs
by their governments.
False
True
20
the theory that knowledge and identity are constructed by predominantly social and political choices
Social Constructivism
Agency
Social Structure
Social Constructionism
21
Epistemology is defined as the study of communication, symbols and meaning, focusing on power relationships in society.
True
False
22
short, two line emotional lyric poems in Awlad 'Ali Society
Naqqalis
Ghiwannas
Doubeks
Kamanchas
23
a sect in Islam which favors meditation and personal growth
Shi'a
Sunni
Ismaili
Sufi
24
the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture
Cultural Relativism
Cultural determinism
Ethnocentrism
Orientalism
25
the theory that human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others
Social constructionism
Agency
Social constructivism
Social Structure
26
In Orientalist art, women from the Middle East, called
odalisques
, are often depicted as being sexualized and exotic.
False
True
27
The anthropological study of social relationships, particularly families
Affinity
Lifeways
Kinship
Agency
28
Iran is primarily Sunni, while Iraq is primarily Shi'a; the two fought a bitter war in the 1990s.
False
True
29
bonds created between two or more people as a result of someone's marriage
affinity
co-residency
reciprocity
consanguinity
30
Egyptomania refers to renewed interest of Europeans in ancient Egypt during the 19th-early 20th centuries.
False
True
31
The act of marrying
inside
a given social group, or
moeity
, is called ______________.
Monogamy
Exogamy
Polygamy
Endogamy
32
The theory of Orientalism was influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, who developed the field of discourse analysis.
True
False
33
This Bedouin group lives in Western Egypt, though they most identify with their origins in the Arabian Peninsula
Beni Hamida
Benu Salaym
Awlad 'Ali
Bedul
34
What is the preferred type of marriage among the Awlad 'Ali Bedouin?
Matrilateral parallel-cousin marriage
Matrilateral Cross-Cousin Marriage
Patrilateral Cross-Cousin Marriage
Patrilateral parallel-cousin marriage
35
a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale
Immigration
Migration
Diaspora
Emigration
36
Guests in Iranian homes are always provided a lavish spread of far more food than they could ever eat.
True
False
37
the evaluation of other cultures according to the standards and customs of one's own culture
Cultural determinism
Orientalism
Cultural Relativism
Ethnocentrism
38
Examples of pre-colonial
civil society
in the MENA region
Sheikhs (local dignitaries)
Amirs (regional rulers)
Majlis (coucils)
All of the above
39
Which of the following is key to the study of religion from an
anthropological
point of view?
Heterogeneity
Social Expressions
All of the Above
Contextualism
40
bonds created through the property of being from the same kinship as another person
Reciprocity
Consanguinity
Co-residency
Affinity
41
The theory of
Orientalism
was developed by ___________________________.
Paul-Michel Foucault
Fuad L. Khuri
Edward W. Said
Claude-Levi Strauss
42
Why is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem so important to Muslims?
It's where Muhammad was born.
It's where Muhammad chose his successor (caliph).
It's the birthplace of Jesus
It's where Muhammad died and went to Heaven
43
Which of the following are NOT
halal
food rules in Islam?
No pork products
No food blessed in another religion other than Islam
No meat and dairy together
No alcohol
44
Gender-based segregation among the 'Awlad Ali and other Bedouin groups has
decreased
as a result of greater sedentism.
False
True
45
a seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures
Semi-nomadism
Transhumant Pastoralism
Nomadism
Sedentism
46
Iranian food is best experienced in restaurants.
False
True
47
bonds created through the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially gifts
consanguinity
affinity
reciprocity
co-residency
48
Which of the following is at the center of the Sunni/Shi'a split in Islam?
Different interpretations of the Qur'an
Sunni, not Shi'a, Muslims form the Palestinian diaspora.
Shi'a believe that Muhammad appointed Hazrat Ali as his successor (caliph).
Shi'a, not Sunni, Muslims form the Palestinian diaspora.
49
Iranian bread, called
sangak
, is called that because of:
the small stones it's cooked on
its connection to Iranian legends
its shape
how it's eaten with the hands
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receiving precipitation below the level of potential evaporation
semi-arid
hyper-arid
arid
desert
