Midterm 1 - Q&A Flashcards
1
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Anthropology is the study of A) fossils B) humanity C) dinosaurs D) archaeology
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B) humanity
2
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\_\_\_\_\_ are populations of people living in organized groups with social institutions and expectations of behaviour A) Communities B) Cultures C) Societies D) Nations
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C) Societies
3
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The learned values, beliefs, and rules of conduct shared, to some extent, by the members of a society that govern their behaviour with one another is called A) Nationality B) Ethics C) Culture D) Citizenship
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C) Culture
4
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The tools people make and use, the clothing and ornaments they wear, the buildings they live in and the household utensils they use are defined as A) Materialism B) Material culture C) Symbolic culture D) Culture
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B) Material culture
5
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Which of the following is NOT a part of anthropology? A) Archaeology B) Sociology C) Linguistics D) Physical anthropology E) None of the above
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B) Sociology
6
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Anthropological interest in the power relationship among individuals in tribal societies overlaps with which other discipline? A) History B) Political sciences C) Psychology D) biology
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B) Political sciences
7
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The \_\_\_\_\_ is a perspective in anthropology that views culture as an integrated whole, no part of which can be completely understood without considering the whole. A) Cultural perspective B) Comparative perspective C) Global perspective D) Holistic perspective
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D) holistic perspective
8
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Which subfield of anthropology would a paleoanthropologist work in? A) cultural anthropology B) biological anthropology C) archaeology D) linguistic anthropology
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B) biological anthropology
9
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The idea that indigenous societies are unchanged since early human history is \_\_\_\_\_. A) A research hypothesis B) Relativistic C) Ethnocentric D) Ethnographic
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C) Ethnocentric
10
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Canadian anthropology was profoundly influenced by the work of A) Margaret Mead B) Ruth Benedict C) Lewis Henry Morgan D) Franz Boas
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D) Franz Boas
11
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the method in cultural anthropology by which comparative data on cultures and societies is gathered. A) Bibliographical research B) Ethnographic research C) Ethnological research D) Historical research
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B) Ethnographic research
12
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is an approach in anthropology that stresses the importance of analyzing cultures in their own terms rather than in terms of the culture of the anthropologist. A) Holism B) Comparative perspective C) Cultural relativism D) Ethnocentrism
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C) Cultural relativism
13
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Many of the best early accounts of non-Western societies written during the early period of colonialism were written by: A) governors B) Catholic missionaries C) soldiers D) naturalists
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B) Catholic missionaries
14
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Early anthropologists such as Edward Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan developed
A) non-theoretical, descriptive schools of anthropology
B) comparative evolutionary approaches for studying cultures
C) highly systematic fieldwork techniques
D) critical approaches to evolutionary theory
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B) comparative evolutionary approaches for studying cultures
15
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Morgan proposed a \_\_\_ stage evolutionary scheme for all societies based on many comparative criteria. A) 8 B) 3 C) 5 D) 10
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B) 3
16
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Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 fundamental concepts of Cultural Materialism? A) Infrastructure B) Substructure C) Structure D) Superstructure
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B) Substructure
17
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The founder of professional anthropology in the United States was A) Lewis Henry Morgan B) Franz Boas C) Bronislaw Malinowski D) Margaret Mead
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B) Franz Boas
18
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Franz Boas introduced the idea of \_\_\_\_\_\_ into America anthropology. A) evolutionary stages B) cultural relativism C) conflict oriented explanations D) armchair anthropology
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B) cultural relativism
19
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Durkheim’s contribution to anthropological theory was an emphasis on the importance of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ on culture. A) race B) the individual C) the natural environment D) society
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D) society
20
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According to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, culture is a unique system of symbols with multiple layers of meaning. A) cultural materialism B) interpretive anthropology C) conflict theory D) structuralism
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B) interpretive anthropology
