ANTHR 101 MidTerm Review Fall Semester BYU 2024

Question 1

Why aren't kula beads money?

Accepted Answer

They are not exchanged at the same time as quid pro quo, their value comes from their individuality not their uniformity, their value depends on their history

Question 2

Levi-Strauss: woman's difficult childbirth is resolved by the shaman's incorporation of incoherent pains into meaning

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Evans-Pritchard's characterization of the Azande's understanding of the witchcraft (granary) is best summed up as:

Accepted Answer

Termites caused it to fall, but witchcraft caused it to fall on the people

Question 4

Define dividuality (shout it out!) and pick your favorite kitchen utensil

Accepted Answer

frying pan, fork, spoon, whisk

Question 5

Marshall Sahlins calls hunter-gatherers "the original affluent society" because:

Accepted Answer

They have limited needs/wants and so they are able to fulfill them

Question 6

What kind of science is anthropology NOT defined as?

Accepted Answer

hard

Question 7

Filotomo (or "social worth") has the exact same meaning on both Greek islands mentioned in the Engelke reading

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an anthropological approach to the study of race?

Accepted Answer

politically conservative thinking to leftist thinking

Question 9

What did the Yanomami call Chagnon?

Accepted Answer

Shaki or "pesky bee"

Question 10

Levi-Strauss: what did the boy accused of causing a girl's seizure do in order to avoid punishment?

Accepted Answer

He proved to them that he was a sorcerer

Question 11

The Hopi conjugate their verbs according to:

Accepted Answer

How the statement is known (epistemic)

Question 12

Hallowell described an Ojibwa man who said that he saw a rock, on its own, roll around in a circle during a Midewiwin

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Shalins points out what about Chagnon's research? Select all that apply

Accepted Answer

asked neighboring groups for the names of people/ancestors of other groups, He told them the food he ate were animal penises and feces

Question 14

Why is an emphasis on biological relatedness considered antisocial/possessive in Vezo communities?

Accepted Answer

A core value of Vezo life is to have as many relations as possible

Question 15

The biggest difference in the Hawaiian kinship system compared to others is:

Accepted Answer

differences between the nuclear family and the extended family

Question 16

Levi-Strauss reading: when found naked nearby his former clan, what was the shaman's explanation for how he got there?

Accepted Answer

he was taken by the thunder of a passing thunderstorm and set down there

Question 17

Which misconceptions or limits of the concept of culture are noted by Engelke (select all)

Accepted Answer

Culture unified and singular, as if everyone believes the same thing, culture is too often thought of as being bounded in time, culture is too often thought of as being bounded in place

Question 18

One of Engelke's main points about the practice of bridewealth among Zimbabweans is that ____ maintains a relationship

Accepted Answer

debt

Question 19

Viveiros de Castro" do Amerindians really believe it when they say that they are animals or animals are human

Accepted Answer

When they say this, they mean it both literally and figuratively

Question 20

A basic principle of holism is: the part contains the whole

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Where does a dollar bill get its value?

Accepted Answer

from society

Question 22

Turner's main argument about the liminal phase (rite of passage) the initiates (aka, ritual subjects):

Accepted Answer

experience communitas with other initiates

Question 23

What is a difference between a gift and a market economy?

Accepted Answer

Social ties are produced by a gift economy but not a market economy

Question 24

Regarding Agrama's research in Egypt (described by Engelke):

Accepted Answer

Fatwa Council's were more likely to be followed than Personal Status Courts

Question 25

Which of the following are classified by the Ojibwe as "animate"?

Accepted Answer

Thunder, The sun and moon, pipes, kettles, stones

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a point Engelke made about identity:

Accepted Answer

Identity is a culturally and historically universal category

Question 27

What is the difference between 'bridewealth' and 'brideprice'?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 28

The strongest effects of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis come from:

Accepted Answer

Differences in grammatical categories

Question 29

What is milk kinship? (pick your favorite milk and then shout out the answer)

Accepted Answer

almond, 2%, chocolate, hmmm milk

Question 30

What does Sapir mean by "the unconscious patterning of behavior in society"?

Accepted Answer

an unawareness of how their behavior is affected by their culture

Question 31

Select the best description about adoption differences among Oceania (Terrell and Modell article)

Accepted Answer

mainstream American assumption that adoption is a tragedy is not universal

Question 32

How was the explanation from the previous question received?

Accepted Answer

people wondered if he was scheming, but in public said the thunder story

Question 33

What are the stages of social evolution according to Morgan, Tylor, and Spencer? (Low to High)

Accepted Answer

Savagery, barbarism, and civilization

Question 34

What did Martin's study of biology textbooks regarding sperm/eggs show?

Accepted Answer

scientific explanations are affected by culture

Question 35

Science is cultural

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

According to Boas' article on Alternating Sounds, words in one language can easily be translated to another (1 to 1)

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Which of the following are ways that Engelke suggests the word "civilization" should be used in anthropology?

Accepted Answer

Engelke doesn't think that the word can or should be used in anthropology

Question 38

Engelke and Douglas: what is the primary purpose of the potlatch?

Accepted Answer

By giving away (or even destroying) goods shows the status of the giver

Question 39

The nature/culture boundary is found in all cultures

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

The concept "natural" is not present in Ojibwa thought because Ojibwa mythical beings are not considered "supernatural"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

Boas': color and sound categories illustrate how different cultures have different ways to understand the world

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

In the chapter on blood, Engelke argues that race is a biological reality based in genetics

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

What did Malinowski get wrong about authority?

Accepted Answer

He only paid attention to men

Question 44

Sahlins' main points about kinship include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

all cultures understand kinship in the form of blood ties

Question 45

Which of the following are (some of) the epistemes of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

Holism (emergence, processualism, structuralism, relationalism, context)

Question 46

J. Christopher Crocker/Bororo : which of the following is NOT something he discovered about the phrase "We are parrots"

Accepted Answer

confirmed Levy-Bruhl's contention that they can't think metaphorically

Question 47

Genetic diversity among humans suggests that there are discrete racial categories

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

A blobfish is an example of which episteme of anthropology

Accepted Answer

contextualism

Question 49

According to Marshall Sahlins' review of existing research, how much do hunter-gatherers work per day?

Accepted Answer

3-5 hours

Question 50

Engelke describes the broad category of ritual, and its key feature is:

Accepted Answer

Its "set-apartness"

Question 51

Engelke: values remain constant and unchanging in cultures across time so they are useful in studying cultures

Accepted Answer

False

Question 52

What is the name for the type of kinship system traditionally used in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Eskimo

Question 53

Based on the Engelke chapter, what can blood symbolize?

Accepted Answer

purity, impurity, Life/Death

Question 54

Engelke (ch. civilization): anthropologists have good reasons to claim that Idaho rural people are 'backwards'

Accepted Answer

False

Question 55

According to Whorf, Indo-European languages (aka "Standard Average European Languages"):

Accepted Answer

focus on entities and action rather than states

Question 56

Engelke: in a gift economy, what is the role of bridewealth debt?

Accepted Answer

maintains a post-marital relationship, obligation from groom to bride fam

Question 57

What does Engelke have to say about social evolutionism and the concept of civilization?

Accepted Answer

They introduce unhelpful categorical boundaries which are used to dominate

Question 58

According to Sahlins, kinship can be generated through:

Accepted Answer

naming, Eating together, traveling long journeys together, residency in the same home/area

Question 59

Malinowski described the logic of the Kula ring as: "To posess is to_____"

Accepted Answer

give

Question 60

The importance of the terminological difference between cross-cousins and parallel cousins in Iroquois kinship is:

Accepted Answer

It is permissible to marry your cross but not parallel cousin

Question 61

One of the main ways Engelke notes that rituals establish authority is by:

Accepted Answer

de-emphasizing the individual so the words come from a higher source

Question 62

Ahmadu argues the following values are part of FGC ceremonies among the Kono: bravery, fearlessness, audacity, tenacity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 63

Which is an example that Engelke gives in American culture that calls into question the nature/culture divide?

Accepted Answer

Pets

Question 64

Which of the following captures what anthropologists believe that rituals do? Select all that apply

Accepted Answer

They are used by those in power to keep people in line and subjected, They are a vehicle of human creativity, They are a critique of authority, They are enabler of agency of less powerful people

ANTHR 101 MidTerm Review Fall Semester BYU 2024

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ANTHR 101 MidTerm Review Fall Semester BYU 2024

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