Test 3

Question 1

Ethnocentrism

Answer 1

is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture.

Question 2

Sign

Answer 2

Anything that communicates information

Question 3

Grammar and Syntax

Answer 3

A system of elements and rules for language

Question 4

Melanin

Answer 4

melanin is the primary determinant of skin colour.

Question 5

Racism

Answer 5

is usually defined as views, practices and actions reflecting the belief that humanity is divided into distinct biological groups called races and that members of a certain race share certain attributes which make that group as a whole less desirable, more desirable, inferior or superior

Question 6

Nationalism

Answer 6

a form of patriotism based upon the identification of a group of individuals with a nation

Question 7

Two-spirit people

Answer 7

native american multi gender role

Question 8

Gender stratification

Answer 8

a society’s unequal distribution of wealth, power and privilege between the two sexes

Question 9

Kalash Valley

Answer 9

culture of Kalash people is unique and differs completely from the various ethnic groups surrounding them in Pakistan

Question 10

Sherry Ortner

Answer 10

Nature conflicts with culture. Men are culture, women are nature, nature needs to be controlled

Question 11

Myth

Answer 11

Stories that can be religious or secular

Guide for dealing with problems 

Explanations of things that are not fully understood

Question 12

Ritual

Answer 12

Performed or active
Repetitive social practice
DIfferent than everyday life
Associated with myth

Question 13

Rituals of inversion

Answer 13

Where the standards of everyday society are inverted and/or suspended, otherwise solid social codes are ignored. Two examples include Carnival and Halloween

Question 14

liminal state

Answer 14

characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy

Question 15

Avoidance relationship

Answer 15

Avoidance relationships usually involve persons of opposite sexes who have a specific kin relationship to one another

Question 16

Joking relationship

Answer 16

relationship between two individuals or groups that allows or requires unusually free verbal or physical interaction

Question 17

Bilateral Kinship

Answer 17

which the relatives on the mother’s side and father’s side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth

Question 18

Unilateral Kinship

Answer 18

line of descent traced through one side of the family

Question 19

Capitalism

Answer 19

an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit

Question 20

Ethnicity

Answer 20

relates to cultural factors such as nationality, culture, ancestry, language and beliefs.

Question 21

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Answer 21

Linguistic relativity - A language shapes the concepts and world view of the people

Question 22

Symbol

Answer 22

Anything that stands for something else

Question 23

Exogamy

Answer 23

social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside of a social group

Question 24

Endogamy

Answer 24

the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group

Question 25

Polyandry

Answer 25

a form of polygamy whereby a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time

Question 26

Cultural relativism

Answer 26

Boas first articulated the idea in 1887: “…civilization is not something absolute, but … is relative, and … our ideas and conceptions are true only so far as our civilization goes.”

Question 27

Franz Boas

Answer 27

a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the “Father of American Anthropology”[3][4] and “the Father of Modern Anthropology”

Question 28

Hijara

Answer 28

A third gender in Pakistan and india

Question 29

Purdah

Answer 29

is the practice of concealing women from men.

Question 30

Race

Answer 30

An outdated means of classifying humans. Previously determined by physical traits such as skin color. Now is ambiguous and bears little meaning

Question 31

Modernity

Answer 31

typically refers to an historical era, roughly defined as a post-traditional or[clarification needed] post-medieval period beginning Renaissance (ca. 14th–17th Centuries), characterized by a move from feudalism (or agrarianism) toward capitalism

Question 32

Colonialism

Answer 32

the establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory

Question 33

Globalization

Answer 33

the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture.

Question 34

Dialects

Answer 34

used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language’s speakers.[1] The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class.

Question 35

Digital divide

Answer 35

is an inequality between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies