Anthro Master List
True or False: Manchester has historically been a location where many
immigrants have settled. In the 19th Century, one of the main reasons for this
influx of foreign born people was the fishing industry along the Merrimack
River. - correct answer ✔False
According to the article, about how many refugees have been settled in the
Manchester area since 1980 (up to 2010)? - correct answer ✔around 6,000
In 2010, the "region of origin" for Manchester's foreign born population can
best be described as: - correct answer ✔From a variety of places, with Latin
American and Asia making up the majority
True or False: In general, the native born population of Manchester has higher
levels of education and lower levels of poverty than the foreign born
population. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: Following historical trends, the majority of recent immigrants to
Manchester are from North America and Europe. - correct answer ✔False
True or False: Immigration--the movement of people into the Manchester
area--is what has made Manchester more racially and ethnically diverse than
the rest of NH. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: In the film Then There Were None, the film maker's main goal
seems to be to take a historical look at the various ways in which the
cultural/ethnic/racial identities of Native Hawaiian have been changed,
challenged, and erased by the presence of outsiders. - correct answer
✔True
,True or False: In Then There Were None, one way in which Native Hawaiians
have sought to preserve their cultural identities and practices is through a
program which guarantees tracts of land to people who can prove a certain
percentage of native ancestry. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: In 2012, President Obama finally signed an official apology to
the state of Hawaii and Native Hawaiians for the role that the U.S. played in
the over throw of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893. - correct answer ✔False
True or False: In Then There Were None, the producer uses the Native
Hawaiians being forced to move to the West coast of the U.S. as one instance
of negative cultural change associated with globalization. - correct answer
✔False
Which is NOT one of the practices Horace Miner mentions in Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema?
a)Nacirema choosing to go to the latipso as a "place to die."
b)Nacirema children attending loohcs for many hours every day.
c)Nacirema women baking their heads in ovens on a regular basis.
d)Each Nacirema household having a charm box that they make ritual
offerings to on a daily basis. - correct answer ✔Nacirema children attending
loohcs for many hours every day.
True or False: In general, Miner describes the Nacirema as a very magic and
ritual-oriented society, where many of these practices seem pseudo-
masochistic and painful. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: The Nacirema are a group of people who live somewhere in the
region of South America. - correct answer ✔False
,According to Miner's description, which is NOT one of the jobs or functions of
the holy-mouth man in Nacirema culture?
a)To replace old teeth with false new ones.
b)To make holes in people's teeth.
c)To apply supernatural substances to people's teeth.
d)To exorcise evils of the mouth. - correct answer ✔To replace old teeth with
false new ones.
True or False: While the specifics differ depending on which field of
anthropology we are talking about, a key part of any anthropological
endeavor--and the primary way in which anthropologists learn about other
peoples and cultures--is fieldwork. - correct answer ✔True
What is ethnography?
a)A means of representing both what people say they do, and what they
actually do in reality.
b)Writing that attempts to holistically and neutrally share stories about a group
of people so that others can understand them.
c)The systematic study of a group of people.
d)All of these statements describe ethnography - correct answer ✔All of
these statements describe ethnography
As an academic discipline, anthropology really took off in Europe and North
America in which century?
a)17th
b)18th
c)19th
d)20th - correct answer ✔19th century
, Craig writes that "part of an anthropologists job is to help people understand
that to be different is not to be wrong." She mentions that another word for this
idea is:
a)ethnocentrism
b)cultural relativism
c)fieldwork
d)holism - correct answer ✔cultural relativism
True or False: It is fair to say, after reading Sienna Craig's description of
anthropology, that it is a wide-ranging, broadly applicable discipline that is
focused on observing, participating in, and thinking about the world (past,
present, and future) around us. - correct answer ✔True
As a way of thanking the !Kung Bushmen for dealing with his presence (and
seeming cold-heartedness when it came to sharing food supplies), Richard
Lee decided to purchase what animal for the Christmas celebration and feast?
- correct answer ✔An ox
True or False: The animal that Lee purchased for the Christmas feast was the
best that he could do, but it was small and skinny, and he knew from the
beginning that it wasn't going to be enough to feed a crowd of people. -
correct answer ✔False
True or False: After many of his friends and neighbors questioned his original
decision, Lee purchased a second ox to be slaughtered for the !Kung
Christmas feast. - correct answer ✔False
What happened when the ox was slaughtered?
a)Lee began to realize that his friends and neighbors had been "joking" with
him all along about their doubts about the ox.
True or False: Manchester has historically been a location where many
immigrants have settled. In the 19th Century, one of the main reasons for this
influx of foreign born people was the fishing industry along the Merrimack
River. - correct answer ✔False
According to the article, about how many refugees have been settled in the
Manchester area since 1980 (up to 2010)? - correct answer ✔around 6,000
In 2010, the "region of origin" for Manchester's foreign born population can
best be described as: - correct answer ✔From a variety of places, with Latin
American and Asia making up the majority
True or False: In general, the native born population of Manchester has higher
levels of education and lower levels of poverty than the foreign born
population. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: Following historical trends, the majority of recent immigrants to
Manchester are from North America and Europe. - correct answer ✔False
True or False: Immigration--the movement of people into the Manchester
area--is what has made Manchester more racially and ethnically diverse than
the rest of NH. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: In the film Then There Were None, the film maker's main goal
seems to be to take a historical look at the various ways in which the
cultural/ethnic/racial identities of Native Hawaiian have been changed,
challenged, and erased by the presence of outsiders. - correct answer
✔True
,True or False: In Then There Were None, one way in which Native Hawaiians
have sought to preserve their cultural identities and practices is through a
program which guarantees tracts of land to people who can prove a certain
percentage of native ancestry. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: In 2012, President Obama finally signed an official apology to
the state of Hawaii and Native Hawaiians for the role that the U.S. played in
the over throw of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893. - correct answer ✔False
True or False: In Then There Were None, the producer uses the Native
Hawaiians being forced to move to the West coast of the U.S. as one instance
of negative cultural change associated with globalization. - correct answer
✔False
Which is NOT one of the practices Horace Miner mentions in Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema?
a)Nacirema choosing to go to the latipso as a "place to die."
b)Nacirema children attending loohcs for many hours every day.
c)Nacirema women baking their heads in ovens on a regular basis.
d)Each Nacirema household having a charm box that they make ritual
offerings to on a daily basis. - correct answer ✔Nacirema children attending
loohcs for many hours every day.
True or False: In general, Miner describes the Nacirema as a very magic and
ritual-oriented society, where many of these practices seem pseudo-
masochistic and painful. - correct answer ✔True
True or False: The Nacirema are a group of people who live somewhere in the
region of South America. - correct answer ✔False
,According to Miner's description, which is NOT one of the jobs or functions of
the holy-mouth man in Nacirema culture?
a)To replace old teeth with false new ones.
b)To make holes in people's teeth.
c)To apply supernatural substances to people's teeth.
d)To exorcise evils of the mouth. - correct answer ✔To replace old teeth with
false new ones.
True or False: While the specifics differ depending on which field of
anthropology we are talking about, a key part of any anthropological
endeavor--and the primary way in which anthropologists learn about other
peoples and cultures--is fieldwork. - correct answer ✔True
What is ethnography?
a)A means of representing both what people say they do, and what they
actually do in reality.
b)Writing that attempts to holistically and neutrally share stories about a group
of people so that others can understand them.
c)The systematic study of a group of people.
d)All of these statements describe ethnography - correct answer ✔All of
these statements describe ethnography
As an academic discipline, anthropology really took off in Europe and North
America in which century?
a)17th
b)18th
c)19th
d)20th - correct answer ✔19th century
, Craig writes that "part of an anthropologists job is to help people understand
that to be different is not to be wrong." She mentions that another word for this
idea is:
a)ethnocentrism
b)cultural relativism
c)fieldwork
d)holism - correct answer ✔cultural relativism
True or False: It is fair to say, after reading Sienna Craig's description of
anthropology, that it is a wide-ranging, broadly applicable discipline that is
focused on observing, participating in, and thinking about the world (past,
present, and future) around us. - correct answer ✔True
As a way of thanking the !Kung Bushmen for dealing with his presence (and
seeming cold-heartedness when it came to sharing food supplies), Richard
Lee decided to purchase what animal for the Christmas celebration and feast?
- correct answer ✔An ox
True or False: The animal that Lee purchased for the Christmas feast was the
best that he could do, but it was small and skinny, and he knew from the
beginning that it wasn't going to be enough to feed a crowd of people. -
correct answer ✔False
True or False: After many of his friends and neighbors questioned his original
decision, Lee purchased a second ox to be slaughtered for the !Kung
Christmas feast. - correct answer ✔False
What happened when the ox was slaughtered?
a)Lee began to realize that his friends and neighbors had been "joking" with
him all along about their doubts about the ox.
