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Social and cultural anthropology’s hallmark method is A. Ethnology B. Ethnography C. Observation D. Semi-structured interviews
ethnography
The four fields of anthropology common in the United States are:
A. Social Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Archaeology and Forensic Science
B. Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology and Biological Anthropology
C. Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology
D. Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology and Archaeology
Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology and Archaeology
Bronislaw Malinowski’s groundbreaking research was conducted in the
Trobriand Islands
Moka is a ritual exchange of valued goods, especially:
Pigs
Three anthropologists working at MIT featured in the Doing Anthropology video were specialists in:
Migrant communities, making cheese and studying scientists
“Culture, or civilization, taken in its broad, ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. This famous early anthropological definition of culture was written by:
Bronislaw Malinowski in his book Argonauts of the Western Pacific.
Marcel Mauss in his book The Gift.
Margaret Mead in her book Coming of Age in Samoa.
Edward B. Tylor in his book Primitive Culture.
Edward B. Tylor in his book Primitive Culture.
Ethnocentrism is:
Judging another culture according to one’s own cultural standards
Which of the following is not a characteristic of culture defined by Kottak in Chapter 2 of the textbook: A. Culture is Symbolic B. Culture is Integrated C. Culture is Intrinsic D. Culture is Shared
Culture is Intrinsic
Which of the following is not a characteristic of ethnography:
A. It traditionally studies entire communities
B. It usually focuses on a small number of variables within a sample population
C. It is based on firsthand fieldwork
D. It traditionally has been conducted in non-industrial, small-scale societies
It usually focuses on a small number of variables within a sample population
Which of the following statements is not true:
Peer-reviewed journal articles are assessed by an expert reviewer
Peer-reviewed journals offer a very high standard for research quality
All scholarly journals are peer-reviewed
All scholarly journals include references.
All scholarly journals are peer-reviewed
Australopithicus afarensis lived
between 2.8 and 3.6 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia
The Acheulean Industry is known for
Hand axes
Neanderthals had a cranial capacity of:
1600 – 1640 c.c
Ethnographic analogy brings archaeology and anthropology together to deliver an holistic understanding of the past. However there are some important caveats on the use of ethno-archaeology. Which ONE of the following statements best summarises the opportunities and barriers to the use of ethnoarchaeology?
A. Ethnoarchaeology assumes that people’s behaviour in the present is identical to behaviour in the past. As a consequence ethnoarchaeology is only valuable when assessing evidence from the very recent past.
B. Ethnoarchaeology can be problematic if practitioners are not careful to avoid drawing simplistic analogies between the present and the deep past. However, that said, it IS possible to use ethnography to provide options for thinking about archaeological interpretation.
C. Ethnoarchaeology provides that, what people do in the ethnographic present is a direct analogy for what they have always done. In this sense, ethnoarchaeology provides that Indigenous people’s culture is unchanging through time.
D. All of the above statements are true.
Ethnoarchaeology can be problematic if practitioners are not careful to avoid drawing simplistic analogies between the present and the deep past. However, that said, it IS possible to use ethnography to provide options for thinking about archaeological interpretation.
What is anthropometry?
the measurement of human body parts and dimensions
According to Kottak, what are the two major components of fieldwork in archaeological anthropology?
A. systematic survey and excavation
B. the genealogical method and excavation
C. systematic survey and the emic perspective
D. excavation and participant observation
systematic survey and excavation
Kinship was described as ‘the basic discipline’ of anthropology by:
Robin Fox
In Afro-Caribbean societies, families are typically:
matrifocal
The island featured in the ethnographic film The Forgotten Island is called:
Tristan da Cunha
The nuclear family is the most common kin group in what kinds of societies?
industrial middle class and foraging bands
Which of the following is not true of the current exhibitions at the UQ Anthropology museum?
A. Written on the body places items from the museum collection alongside everyday items such as kitchen implements and rear-view mirrors.
B. Gapuwiyak Calling includes a short film made about mobile phone ringtones.
C. Written on the body critically revisits tradition museum practices such as inscribing items with numbers and categories.
D. Both exhibitions are centred around Aboriginal Australian artefacts belonging to the museum collection.
Both exhibitions are centred around Aboriginal Australian artefacts belonging to the museum collection.
In lectures, which of the following arguments was not made with reference to refrigerators in Cuba?
A. Refrigerators from different eras offer a ‘biography’ of how Cubans have fared across different political periods from the 1960s to today.
B. Refrigerators are an example of domestic material culture.
C. Refrigerators in Cuba are becoming increasingly affordable.
D. The breakdown of a refrigerator can challenge the capacity of women to be good mothers.
Refrigerators in Cuba are becoming increasingly affordable.
In the Kottak textbook, patriarchy is described as:
A. Male supremacy based on patrilineality, patrilocality and warfare.
B. A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior social and political status.
C. Descent traced through men only.
D. Married couple resides in husband’s (father’s) community.
A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior social and political status.
Among foragers:
men excel in the harsh life and therefore accrue vastly more prestige than women
warfare makes men dominant over women
the status of women falls when they provide most of the food.
the lack of a clear public-domestic dichotomy is related to relatively mild gender inequality.
the lack of a clear public-domestic dichotomy is related to relatively mild gender inequality.
What is the term for social status that is not automatic; that comes through choices, actions, effects, talents, or accomplishments; and that may be positive or negative?
achieved status
Which of the following is not referred to in the Australian census?
ethnicity
According to Frederik Barth (as discussed in Kottak), ethnic boundaries are most stable and enduring when:
A. assimilation is inevitable.
B. groups occupy different ecological niches.
C. groups occupy different regions of a nation-state.
D. they live in a plural society.
groups occupy different ecological niches.
Which of following arguments was made in lectures with regards to the keeping of human remains in museum collections?
A. Descendants of the community from which remains were taken should be allowed to request the repatriation of human remains.
B. Researchers should have access to rare remains to advance scientific knowledge.
C. Museums often provide the best physical conditions to prevent remains from deteriorating.
D. All of the above.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
In lectures, it was argued that race:
A. exists as a social construct, as a historical formation, but not as scientific fact.
B. exists as a social construct, as scientific fact but not as a historical formation.
C. exists as a social construct, as a historical formation and as scientific fact.
D. does not exist.
exists as a social construct, as a historical formation, but not as scientific fact.
There are at least 4 ways we can observe sex, and the results of each may be at odds with one or more of the others. The 4 ways listed in lectures were:
A. biological sex, genetic sex, phenotypic sex and sex identity.
B. chromosomal sex, gonadal sex, morphological sex and phenotypic sex.
C. chromosomal sex, morphological sex, biological sex and sex identity.
D. biological sex, gonadal sex, phenotypic sex and chromosomal sex.
chromosomal sex, gonadal sex, morphological sex and phenotypic sex.
Which of the following is not true of applied anthropology?
A. Applied anthropological research is typically carried out for companies or organisations that are not Universities.
B. In Australia, applied anthropologists are regularly sought as experts in legal cases related to native title.
C. Applied anthropology is not taught in courses at the University of Queensland.
D. Cultural resource management is an example of applied anthropology.
Applied anthropology is not taught in courses at the University of Queensland.
In a speech shown during lectures, the editor of the Financial Times Gillian described herself as which of the following? A. an applied anthropologist B. a public anthropologist C. an amateur anthropologist D. n anti-anthropologist
an amateur anthropologist
In lectures, we discussed how people juggling multiple media hold a view of what is significant about how a medium functions. What term was used to describe this phenomenon? A. media ideologies B. media perspectives C. media opinions D. media attribution
media ideaologies
In the textbook, Kottak’s previous book called Prime Time Society: An Anthropological Analysis of Television and Culture is discussed. The book compares the effects of television in which two societies? A. Australia and Canada B. Brazil and Argentina C. Argentina and the United States D. Brazil and the United States
Brazil and the United States
Ethnomusicology is the comparative study of music as an aspect of culture and society. Which of the following is true?
A. Music is a cultural universal, although some suggest that there is a genetic component which is a factor in the predisposition for music.
B. Ethnomusicologists study non-Western, tradition and folk music but they also sometimes study contemporary popular music from a cultural perspective.
C. Ethnomusicology works in between and across the two disciplines of music and anthropology.
D. All of the above are true.
all of the above
Anthropologists have emphasised the importance of studying new media practices in the context of the local community in which the new media is used. Two studies of the local offline contexts in which online relationships are formed were mentioned in lectures. What local contexts did they examine?
A. The formation of online fan communities for Filipino television shows, and the use of Facebook in the country of Trinidad.
B. Chinese and US American pen-pal and online relationships leading to marriage, and the use of Facebook in the country of Trinidad.
C. Chinese and US American pen-pal and online relationships leading to marriage, and the formation of online fan communities for Filipino television shows.
D. All of the above.
Chinese and US American pen-pal and online relationships leading to marriage, and the use of Facebook in the country of Trinidad.
The idea that a discernible social system, based on wealth and power differentials, transcends individual countries is defined in the textbook as:
World-system theory
Which ethnographic film was shown in lectures to exemplify the sometimes surprising cultural effects of colonialism? A. Malaccan football B. Trobriand football C. Malaccan cricket D. Trobriand cricket
Trobriand cricket
In lectures, which food item was discussed as an example of contemporary globalisation?
SUSHI
Which of the following is not true of colonialism?
A. It is the policy of one country controlling another economically and politically.
B. The Spanish, French and British were all major colonial powers.
C. British colonialism declined rapidly after World War II.
D. Colonialism is a synonym for imperialism.
Colonialism is a synonym for imperialism.
