 | Term | Definition |
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chiefdom |
A segmentary social system organized into a hierarchy of more and less powerful groups is a definition of: |
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hunter / gatherer |
In which type of society are decisions made by group consensus? |
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otherwise the United States and Canada will be permitted to impose restrictive tariffs on selected European goods. |
Why must European countries accept shipments of hormone-treated beef from the United States and Canada? Because: |
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differential access to wealth. |
Anthropologist Morton Fried suggests that social stratification emerges from: |
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2% |
Approximately what percent of the world's population live in countries of which they are not citizens? |
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the control of trade. |
Nation-states perform many of the same functions of earlier states, but with more emphasis on: |
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train and socialize children to be good citizens. |
The major goal of the modern national education system is to: |
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False |
True or False: Companies such as the East India Company and the Hudson Bay Company were established in defiance of the state. |
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True |
True or False: Bringing together the diverse citizens is one of the greatest challenges of a nation-state. |
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False |
True or False: Of the approximately 200 countries in the world, most were established 100+ years ago. |
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False |
True or False: The World Trade Organization (WTO) works through non-governmental organizations to ensure that nations comply with universal health, environmental, and labor standards. |
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True |
True or False: Anthropologists see the concept of "race" as a social construct. |
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hierarchical forms of social organization. |
The game of chess symbolizes the validity of: |
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the Sapir/Whorf Hypothesis. |
The idea that language and culture influence each other describes: |
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The massacre at Wounded Knee. |
What tragedy followed the adoption of the ghost dance by the Lakota (Sioux)? |
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visualization and meditation. |
In rituals of contemporary witchcraft and magic, emphasis is placed on: |
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A revival of a traditional way of life. |
What were the groups who adopted the ghost dance seeking? |
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war, sports, economics. |
Americans borrow heavily from the metaphoric domains of: |
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money in order to wear the right clothes, the right hairstyle, the right perfume. |
"Acting" in love requires: |
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were a celibate group. |
Why did the Shakers have to constantly recruit new members? Because they: |
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True |
T or F: Language serves to order the experiences of the language speaker. |
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True |
T or F: Metaphors we use to describe experiences may lead us to specific solutions to problems associated with those experiences. |
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True |
T or F: The Shakers believed Jesus would return as a woman in the Second Coming. |
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True |
T or F: The movies "Star Wars" and "The Wizard of Oz" are both coming of age tales to American society. |
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True |
T or F: When a particular view of the world or belief is threatened people utilize secondary elaboration and selective perception to preserve what they believe. |
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watch their soap operas. |
A good way to learn about another culture is to: |
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son and father. |
In the creation myth of the Trobriand Islanders each dala or lineage originated with a: |
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virginity |
What must a woman possess in traditional China to be a marriageable bride that a Trobriand woman or a Ju/wasi woman would not need? |
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who has the same first name as a close kinsperson. |
The Ju/wasi are not permitted to marry a close kinperson nor one: |
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house |
Which of the following is not a correct component of a traditional Chinese dowry? |
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father and son |
In traditional Chinese society what is the most important relationship in the family? The relationship between: |
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partible |
When a man dies, he divides his property equally among his children. This is an example of ________ inheritance. |
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absence of a son. |
The biggest threat to the Chinese family is: |
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yams and banana leaf bundles. |
What ensures the stability of a marriage and a matrilineage in Trobriand society? The successful completion of the cycle of exchanges of: |
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False |
T or F: In a patrilineal kinship system the female line is usually ignored. |
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False |
T or F: Infidelity among Chinese men is important to the stability of the family unit. |
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False |
T or F: Among the Ju/wasi divorce is rare. |
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True |
T or F: Polygyny is uncommon among the Ju/wasi because it causes jealousy and disharmony. |
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False |
T or F: Research shows that when people are aware of the dangers of unprotected sex it motivates them to use condoms. |
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keigo |
In Japanese the relative social standing of speaker and listener is established at the beginning of a conversation. This is known as "polite speech" or: |
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a third gender of biological males who chose to adopt many female roles. |
The berdache or nadle among Native Americans were: |
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masculine social power and dominance. |
What does Sanday claim "phallocentrism" refers to or defines? The penis as a symbol of: |
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Trobriand Islanders. |
The kula ring is part of which New Guinea society? The: |
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The person who contributes the most wealth to the potlatch. |
Who receives the name as a potlatch? |
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an identity struggle |
When there is conflict between the identity a person claims to possess and the identity attributed to that person by others what is it called? |
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New Guinea. |
A Big Man would be found in: |
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personality |
In Fat Talk, anthropologist Mimi Nichter found that 90% of adolescent white girls surveyed were dissatisfied with their weight while African American girls felt that beauty was better defined by: |
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Social situations possess qualities, not individuals. |
Which of the following is true from a sociocentric perspective? |
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False |
T or F: In Japanese the language does not reflect the status conscious nature of the culture. |
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True |
T or F: Parents use more diminutives when speaking to girls and more direct prohibitives when speaking to boys. |
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True |
T or F: Females and males with little power use the same form of speech that reflects their weak social position. |
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False |
T or F: "Pulling Train" is the term fraternity men use for masturbation. |
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True |
T or F: Teachers perceive heavy children as having more behavioral problems than others. |
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a perfect income equality. |
Based on the Gini coefficient, if a country scored "0" it would indicate: |
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Hungary |
Based on the Gini coefficient, which country has the most equal distribution of household income? |
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racial discrimination. |
Samuel George Morton, the scientist of the early 1800's attempted to prove that there was a scientific basis for: |
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Oscar Lewis |
Who coined the term "culture of poverty?" |
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a spontaneous set of rebellious practices. |
According to Philippe Bourgois, poverty and marginalization of the inner cities has resulted in an "inner-city street culture." This subculture is: |
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health is a basic human right |
After working for many years among the poor in Haiti, Paul Farmer concluded that: |
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False |
T or F: Most societies use the same criteria to differentiate people into various levels in society. |
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True |
T or F: The division of labor can lead to some form of social stratification. |
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False |
T or F: Franz Boas was an anthropologist who supported the idea that there was a link between race and intelligence. |
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True |
T or F: In the Flats, described by Carol B. Stack, those who provided child care considered it to be a privilege as well as a responsibility. |
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False |
T or F: Among the Hutterites, inappropriate behavior is punished through the decisions of a panel of elders - all male. |
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little effect on population growth. |
Modern war in large scale societies seems to have had: |
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male solidarity. |
Societies that engage in war place a greater emphasis on: |
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violence against women is sanctioned. |
In societies that sanction collective violence: |
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language used by nuclear strategists. |
What did Cohn label "technostrategic"? The: |
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religious act. |
The Kohistani have constructed a system of meaning in which taking vengeance is considered a/an: |
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a man without integrity. |
Among the Kohistani, a man who allows his women freedom is referred to as "Baghrairatman," meaning he is: |
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10 |
What percent of the men in Kiowa society would rise to the top rank of "ongop?" |
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6 months – 2 years |
How long does it usually take to gain access to all of the security levels in a nuclear laboratory? |
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False |
T or F: Peggy Sanday states that scarce resources encourage gender equality. |
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True |
T or F: The use of the metaphors in technostrategic language allowed strategists to clearly understand the consequences of their planning. |
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False |
T or F: The Ju/wasi were happy that Lee had bought a huge ox for the feast. |
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False |
T or F: The Xinguanos of S. America maintain harmony between villages by discouraging the creation of village monopolies on the production of a certain type of trade item. |
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True |
T or F: Yanomamo men often vent anger and demonstrate their ferocity to others by beating their wives. |
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True |
T or F: Scientists interviewed at nuclear weapons laboratories feel that the weapons they produce are used more for deterrence than for use. |
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Sabino Arana |
Founder of the Basque Nationalist Party |
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Louis Henry Morgan |
Primarily studied Native Americans |
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Historical particularism |
It argued that each society is a collective representation of its unique historical past. |
