Anthropology 101, Exam 3, UMich
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER - The cultural construction of whether someone is female,
male, or something else.
Feminization of Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER - The increasing representation of women
and their children among America's poorest people
Intersex - CORRECT ANSWER - Pertaining to a group of biological conditions reflecting
a discrepancy between external and internal genitals.
Hijra - CORRECT ANSWER - India's third gender; men who undergo castration and adopt
women's dress and behavior; known for ritualized performances at births and marriages
Xanith - CORRECT ANSWER - In Oman; biologically male, with legal rights of men, but
socially interacts with women; can become men if they marry and father children
Nadle - CORRECT ANSWER - The term used in the Navajo society to describe someone
of intersex; these people are seen as spiritually gifted.
Sex - CORRECT ANSWER - the biological distinction between females and males
Code Swtching - CORRECT ANSWER - When a speaker alternates between two or more
languages, or language varieties, in a single conversation
Sociolinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of relationships between social and
linguistic variation; study of language in its social context
, Creole - CORRECT ANSWER - A pidgin language that evolves to the point at which it
becomes the primary language of the people who speak it; usually between colonizers and
natives
Diglossia - CORRECT ANSWER - A language with "high" (formal) and "low" (informal,
or colloquial) dialects (ie at work/school vs with friends/family)
Style Shifts - CORRECT ANSWER - Varying one's speech in different social contexts
Gender and Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in phonology, grammar, and
vocabulary as well as in the body stances and movements that accompany speech
• Men and women have different pronunciations and choices of vocabulary (ex. adjectives like
charming, cute, divine)
• Voice technology → how we react to different voices that appear to be male or female, but are
actually machines
• Women tend to be better about not using "uneducated speech" ("I don't want none")
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER - A language's meaning system
Bilingualism/multilingualism - CORRECT ANSWER - Being able to speak in multiple
languages. Thought to help people think differently if they can speak more than 1 language
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER - An indirect, less offensive way of saying something
that is considered unpleasant.
Grammar - CORRECT ANSWER - a set of rules that specify how the units of language
can be combined to produce meaningful messages
Honorifics - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms of respect; used to honor people (ie. Mrs., Dr.,
Senator, Lord)
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER - The cultural construction of whether someone is female,
male, or something else.
Feminization of Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER - The increasing representation of women
and their children among America's poorest people
Intersex - CORRECT ANSWER - Pertaining to a group of biological conditions reflecting
a discrepancy between external and internal genitals.
Hijra - CORRECT ANSWER - India's third gender; men who undergo castration and adopt
women's dress and behavior; known for ritualized performances at births and marriages
Xanith - CORRECT ANSWER - In Oman; biologically male, with legal rights of men, but
socially interacts with women; can become men if they marry and father children
Nadle - CORRECT ANSWER - The term used in the Navajo society to describe someone
of intersex; these people are seen as spiritually gifted.
Sex - CORRECT ANSWER - the biological distinction between females and males
Code Swtching - CORRECT ANSWER - When a speaker alternates between two or more
languages, or language varieties, in a single conversation
Sociolinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of relationships between social and
linguistic variation; study of language in its social context
, Creole - CORRECT ANSWER - A pidgin language that evolves to the point at which it
becomes the primary language of the people who speak it; usually between colonizers and
natives
Diglossia - CORRECT ANSWER - A language with "high" (formal) and "low" (informal,
or colloquial) dialects (ie at work/school vs with friends/family)
Style Shifts - CORRECT ANSWER - Varying one's speech in different social contexts
Gender and Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Differences in phonology, grammar, and
vocabulary as well as in the body stances and movements that accompany speech
• Men and women have different pronunciations and choices of vocabulary (ex. adjectives like
charming, cute, divine)
• Voice technology → how we react to different voices that appear to be male or female, but are
actually machines
• Women tend to be better about not using "uneducated speech" ("I don't want none")
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER - A language's meaning system
Bilingualism/multilingualism - CORRECT ANSWER - Being able to speak in multiple
languages. Thought to help people think differently if they can speak more than 1 language
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER - An indirect, less offensive way of saying something
that is considered unpleasant.
Grammar - CORRECT ANSWER - a set of rules that specify how the units of language
can be combined to produce meaningful messages
Honorifics - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms of respect; used to honor people (ie. Mrs., Dr.,
Senator, Lord)
