Anthropology 205 Exam 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Cocolitzli - CORRECT ANSWER *Aztec word for smallpox.
*Is highly virulent.
Macpalxocitl - CORRECT ANSWER *Hand-Flower Tree
*Made a tea from this that helped with many cardiac problems.
Oxytoxic - CORRECT ANSWER *A plant that induces labor.
*Ex. Avocado and Papaya
Zoonose - CORRECT ANSWER *Diseases that can be passed from animals to humans.
*High virulence and unrecognizable.
*Originated in China.
Virulence - CORRECT ANSWER The ability of an agent of infection to produce disease.
Sli Poda - CORRECT ANSWER Also known as Elephantiasis or Filariasis.
*Affects the lower extremities.
*Estimated Population Risk: 1.3 Billion
*Host: Humans
*Agent: Nematodes (round-like worms that live in the lymphatic system).
*Vector: The Culex Mosquito
Co-Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER The influence of closely associated species on each
other in their evolution.
Example: Vector feeds exclusively at night, agent active only at night. It requires both the host and the
vector to complete its life cycle.
,Prevalence and Incidence Rates - CORRECT ANSWER *Prevalence the total percentage or
number of cases of an illness at a given time
*Incidence is the number of new cases of a disease at a specified time.
Ishi - CORRECT ANSWER Yahi was driven off land during california gold rush; yahi people
were attacked and killed because of the land they chose; Ishi, his sister, and his mother, another girl
his age, and a few others went and hid in the mountains for years. Surveyors came upon them, and
took their supplies as souvenirs. Ishi was the only one who survived that winter, and was alone for
three years before found then given a room in museum, became a tourist attraction. Died 3 years later
for tuberculosis.
Curare - CORRECT ANSWER a drug used in ethnobotany
Dawes Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1887; One hundred million acres of land lost, 160 acre
plots; each head of household get 160 acres of land. Big Problem; were going to have to be divided
between multiple children
World-Systems Theory - CORRECT ANSWER effect of powerful international corporations
Coprolite - CORRECT ANSWER worms of intestinal parasites, outer coats of seeds, scales on
a reptile
Koryak Shamen - CORRECT ANSWER *Would give patients a hallucinogenic mushroom
called Amanita Muscaria.
*They would then collect the urine from the patient and drink it so they would both hallucinate.
*Then the shaman would have visions on how to cure the patient.
Susto - CORRECT ANSWER Soul Loss; Culture Bound Syndrome; heavy disease load; can
carry a variety of biological symptoms; was believed for al ing time a way for people to get out of
work.
What is the concept of the limited good? - CORRECT ANSWER *In traditional societies, it is
believed there is a finite amount of good to go around.
, *Therefore, when one person profits, another one loses.
Variables of Disease Patterning - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Environmental: Ex-Filariasis and
Malaria.
2. Demographic: Population factors like population density. Ex-Small Pox in the new world which
was far more deadly among the Aztecs (a.k.a. Cocolitzlo).
3. Idosyncratic: risks which are particular to the individual...Can be behavioral or genetic.
4. Cultural: health risks which directly relate to normative cultural behavior. Ex-Beri Beri in Thailand,
Prostate Cancer in U..S (diet in red meat), Heart Disease in Japan.
Sub-Categories:
*Incidence Rate-the number of new cases in a given population each year.
*Prevalence Rate-the total number of cases of a particular disease in a given population at a given
time. Ex-Higher in U.S. than Brazil.
Infectious Disease - CORRECT ANSWER Using evolutionary models at the population level
to mold pathogens to a more benign state of existence.
Ex: Wide-spectrum antibacterials, re-thinking cost-benefit analysis, and "Nothing but Nets."
What are wide-spectrum antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER An antibiotic that acts against a
wide range of disease-causing bacteria.
Origins of Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER *Began about 2000 years ago in Central and West
Africa with the spread of agriculture.
*The deforestation of tropical areas caused the rapid spread of the disease.
*Transmission by mosquitoes.
*Occurs mostly in rural, poor economical areas.
Penny Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER Desperate Supply & Selective Demand:
*Indigenous economies in which there is land tenure over tiny plots of land, where farmers produce
crop surplus and engage in small-scale trading.
Ex-Minimum Salaries, Selling of Wares (pottery), International Companies can skirt around
environmental laws in poor economies.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Cocolitzli - CORRECT ANSWER *Aztec word for smallpox.
*Is highly virulent.
Macpalxocitl - CORRECT ANSWER *Hand-Flower Tree
*Made a tea from this that helped with many cardiac problems.
Oxytoxic - CORRECT ANSWER *A plant that induces labor.
*Ex. Avocado and Papaya
Zoonose - CORRECT ANSWER *Diseases that can be passed from animals to humans.
*High virulence and unrecognizable.
*Originated in China.
Virulence - CORRECT ANSWER The ability of an agent of infection to produce disease.
Sli Poda - CORRECT ANSWER Also known as Elephantiasis or Filariasis.
*Affects the lower extremities.
*Estimated Population Risk: 1.3 Billion
*Host: Humans
*Agent: Nematodes (round-like worms that live in the lymphatic system).
*Vector: The Culex Mosquito
Co-Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER The influence of closely associated species on each
other in their evolution.
Example: Vector feeds exclusively at night, agent active only at night. It requires both the host and the
vector to complete its life cycle.
,Prevalence and Incidence Rates - CORRECT ANSWER *Prevalence the total percentage or
number of cases of an illness at a given time
*Incidence is the number of new cases of a disease at a specified time.
Ishi - CORRECT ANSWER Yahi was driven off land during california gold rush; yahi people
were attacked and killed because of the land they chose; Ishi, his sister, and his mother, another girl
his age, and a few others went and hid in the mountains for years. Surveyors came upon them, and
took their supplies as souvenirs. Ishi was the only one who survived that winter, and was alone for
three years before found then given a room in museum, became a tourist attraction. Died 3 years later
for tuberculosis.
Curare - CORRECT ANSWER a drug used in ethnobotany
Dawes Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1887; One hundred million acres of land lost, 160 acre
plots; each head of household get 160 acres of land. Big Problem; were going to have to be divided
between multiple children
World-Systems Theory - CORRECT ANSWER effect of powerful international corporations
Coprolite - CORRECT ANSWER worms of intestinal parasites, outer coats of seeds, scales on
a reptile
Koryak Shamen - CORRECT ANSWER *Would give patients a hallucinogenic mushroom
called Amanita Muscaria.
*They would then collect the urine from the patient and drink it so they would both hallucinate.
*Then the shaman would have visions on how to cure the patient.
Susto - CORRECT ANSWER Soul Loss; Culture Bound Syndrome; heavy disease load; can
carry a variety of biological symptoms; was believed for al ing time a way for people to get out of
work.
What is the concept of the limited good? - CORRECT ANSWER *In traditional societies, it is
believed there is a finite amount of good to go around.
, *Therefore, when one person profits, another one loses.
Variables of Disease Patterning - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Environmental: Ex-Filariasis and
Malaria.
2. Demographic: Population factors like population density. Ex-Small Pox in the new world which
was far more deadly among the Aztecs (a.k.a. Cocolitzlo).
3. Idosyncratic: risks which are particular to the individual...Can be behavioral or genetic.
4. Cultural: health risks which directly relate to normative cultural behavior. Ex-Beri Beri in Thailand,
Prostate Cancer in U..S (diet in red meat), Heart Disease in Japan.
Sub-Categories:
*Incidence Rate-the number of new cases in a given population each year.
*Prevalence Rate-the total number of cases of a particular disease in a given population at a given
time. Ex-Higher in U.S. than Brazil.
Infectious Disease - CORRECT ANSWER Using evolutionary models at the population level
to mold pathogens to a more benign state of existence.
Ex: Wide-spectrum antibacterials, re-thinking cost-benefit analysis, and "Nothing but Nets."
What are wide-spectrum antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER An antibiotic that acts against a
wide range of disease-causing bacteria.
Origins of Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER *Began about 2000 years ago in Central and West
Africa with the spread of agriculture.
*The deforestation of tropical areas caused the rapid spread of the disease.
*Transmission by mosquitoes.
*Occurs mostly in rural, poor economical areas.
Penny Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER Desperate Supply & Selective Demand:
*Indigenous economies in which there is land tenure over tiny plots of land, where farmers produce
crop surplus and engage in small-scale trading.
Ex-Minimum Salaries, Selling of Wares (pottery), International Companies can skirt around
environmental laws in poor economies.
