LR Most Strongly Supported 2.3 Flashcards
MSS Question I missed on 12/23/24
Cultural anthropological theory tends to fall into two camps. One focuses on everyday social behavior as a system that has developed in response to human needs in a given environment. The other rejects this approach, focusing on the systems of meanings by which thoughts, rituals, and mythology in a society are structured. Cultural anthropologists, however, should employ both approaches, and also attend to a third, often neglected dimension: the view of a community as a set of individuals whose actions constitute the actual stuff of everyday life.
Level 3
Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?
(A) Patterns of social behavior have meaning only when considered from the point of view of the community.
(B) Cultural anthropologists too often (thought it was this answer but the text didn’t say “too often”) rely on a conception of human needs that excludes the notion of community.
(C) Cultural anthropological theorists who focus on issues of meaning overlook the humanity of their individual subjects.
(D) Systems of behavior can be understood only by experiencing the environments to which they respond.
(E) Disagreement among cultural anthropological theorists does not necessarily imply that their approaches are incompatible.
The answer comes straight from the text!
128 - Section 2 - Question 21
MSS Question I missed on 1/3/25
Storytelling appears to be a universal aspect of both past and present cultures. Comparative study of traditional narratives from widely separated epochs and diverse cultures reveals common themes such as creation, tribal origin, mystical beings and quasi-historical figures, and common story types such as fables and tales in which animals assume human personalities.
Level 3
The evidence cited above from the study of traditional narratives most supports which one of the following statements?
(A) Storytellers routinely borrow themes from other
cultures.
(B) Storytellers have long understood that the
narrative is a universal aspect of human culture.
(C) Certain human concerns and interests arise in
all of the world’s cultures.
(D) Storytelling was no less important in ancient cultures than it is in modern cultures. (comparative statement & we aren’t comparing in the text. Initially picked this because of the first sentence)
(E) The best way to understand a culture is to
understand what motivates its storytellers.
Don’t overlook a correct answer while searching for an ideal answer
132 - Section 4 - Question 08
MSS Question I missed on 1/3/25
Numismatist: In medieval Spain, most gold coins were minted from gold mined in West Africa, in the area that is now Senegal. The gold mined in this region was the purest known. Its gold content of 92 percent allowed coins to be minted without refining the gold, and indeed coins minted from this source of gold can be recognized because they have that gold content. The mints could refine gold and produced other kinds of coins that had much purer gold content, but the Senegalese gold was never refined.
Level 5
Which one of the following inferences about gold coins minted in medieval Spain is most strongly supported by the information the numismatist gives?
(A) Coins minted from Senegalese gold all contained the same weight, as well as the same proportion, of gold
(B) The source of some refined gold from which coins were minted was unrefined gold with a gold content of less than 92 percent.
(C) Two coins could have the same monetary value even though they differed from each other in the
percentage of gold they contained.
(D) No gold coins were minted that had a gold
content of less than 92 percent.
(E) The only unrefined gold from which coins could
be minted was Senegalese gold.
102 - Section 2 - Question 13
