Anthropology Final Questions – Flashcards
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In which kind of reciprocity is something given and nothing is expected directly in return?
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Generalized Reciprocity
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How does horticulture differ from agriculture?
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Many more species of edible plants are produced in a single field under horticulture than under agriculture.
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Gender stratification refers to the unequal access to power, prestige, rights, and personal freedom.
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True.
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What term do social scientists use to refer t the socially approved use of power?
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Authority.
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Weber's three dimensions of social stratification are
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Wealth, power, and prestige.
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Which of the following is true about foraging societies?
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They may use fire to control their environment.
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Under a bilateral descent system,
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both the mother's and the father's sides are equally important.
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A state is
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a form of sociopolitical organization with centralized government and social stratification.
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Which of the following is a cultural construct?
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Gender
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Which of the following is NOT one of kinship?
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Apical
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Modern European-American marriage differs from most of the rest of the worlds in that
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...
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According to the film Roots of Love: On Sikh Hair and Turban, traditionally in Sikh Culture,
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hair should never be cut for men or women.
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According to Daniel Miller in his book Theory of Shopping is about all the following EXCEPT
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the evils of shopping
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The Maya people mysteriously disappeared thousands of years ago, and all we know about them comes from archaeological records including their calendar.
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False
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According to the film 2012: The Mayan Word, which of the following is NOT an aspect of Maya spirituality
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That the world is scheduled to end with the current calendar year.
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Which of the following hardships have Maya people faced in recent history?
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All of the above
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Dan Miller identifies three key ideas in shopping including all of these EXCEPT:
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Eros
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A subject devotion is a thing that
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devotion is direct at.
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The second stage in rites of sacrifice, smoke ascends to the divinity, includes which of the following?
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This stage makes a distinction but also a connection to something higher, making the mundane sacred.
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Shopping can be seen as a type of sacrifice because people will sacrifice quality for lower prices?
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False.
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Why are women expected to do the provisioning for the family?
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Because they are thought of as the paradigmatic lovers in the family.
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Which of the following is NOT true about the Maasai?
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They practice monogamy.
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When a woman has multiple husbands it is known as
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Polyandry
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Gender is
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a range of characteristics of femininity and masculinity.[1] Depending on the context, the term may refer to such concepts as sex (i.e. the state of being male or female), social roles (as in gender roles) or gender identity.
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Sex is
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a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety, each known as a sex.
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What is the term for supernatural techniques intended to accomplish specific aims?
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Magic
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Which of the following could be characterized as a periphery country?
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Papua New Guinea
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Which of the following is NOT generally true of core nations?
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they have less control of finance
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Haiti is poor country because it didn't become an independent republic until 2006.
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False
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Which of the following is NOT true about Haiti?
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It was forced to pay reparations to France.
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What hurt Jamaican banana farmers?
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Michael Manley struck a deal in 1977 with a consortium of economic institutions through the International Monetary.Fund, who would loan money to the nation in exchange for removal of trade restrictions and subsidized exports.
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Bruce Knauft visited the Gebusi
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in all of the above years, 1982, 1998, and 2008.
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Which of the following was not true about the Gebusi on Bruce Knauft's second true?
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Sister exchange was the ideal marriage arrangement.
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Imagined community refers to..
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Nation
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A Theory of Shopping
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looks at how the study of everyday purchases can be a route to understanding how love operates within the family
