ANTH 411 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Anthropology is a holistic science, which means: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-All of these answers; | | | |
We study people in the past and present,
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We study people everywhere that they live,
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We study both the biological and cultural aspects of humanity
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Anthropologists often note that culture is "all encompassing," meaning
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that there are many parts of our culture behavior are subliminally
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programmed and that we don't think about concretely on a daily basis. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with
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humans? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is holistic and comparative, both
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geographically and historically. | |
,Anthropologists primarily study individuals and their unique | | | | | | |
characteristics rather than the shared characteristics of the entire
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group. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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One of the most important lessons a student can take away from an
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anthropology class is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How to be more | | | | | | | | |
culturally sensitive |
Culture could be defined as everything we do, think, and believe that is
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not instinctual. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Match the following anthropologists on the left with the concept, idea,
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or culture they are well known for. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bronislaw
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Malinowski: Long-term where... | |
Gerald Murray: Knowledge of the culture and...
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Dr. Paul Farmer: Brings medical care and...
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Richard Lee: Build trusting relationships...
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Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best
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describes what is going on: | | | |
Dan routinely went to the farmer's market every Saturday morning
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during the summer. This summer, he frequently saw African refugees
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shopping at the fruit and vegetable stalls. "Wow," he thought to himself,
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,|"they look so strange, and the women are covered head to foot in long
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dresses and head scarves. Don't they know that it is summer time, that
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it is too hot to wear so many clothes, and that they look funny? Don't
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they want to look more American? Why wouldn't everyone want to
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blend in better when they live here, and look more normal, more like
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us?" Dan was experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnocentrism
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Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best
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describes what is going on: | | | |
"I just don't understand why any woman would agree with or support
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the idea of female genital modification—of whatever kind, I don't even
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want to hear any more about it," said Maureen. "The practice is
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barbaric, and not to mention it's often dangerous to the health of the
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woman!" Her friend Fred just looked at her, and responded, "I know it's
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hard to really wrap your mind around, but it might be easier to
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understand if you took the time to listen to why the practice still exists
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based on the explanations given by the people from within that
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culture." "Some parts of our culture are just as odd, no? Just think of all
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of the things that probably seem strange to outsiders about our own
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culture—what about plastic surgery, tanning, wearing makeup, etc.?" he | | | | | | | |
finished. Fred is advocating that Maureen practice: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Cultural relativism |
The tendency to see one's own culture as natural or superior is called: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnocentrism |
, There are some societies that do not benefit from so-called progress
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and in fact, often suffer greatly because of progress imposed on them by
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more powerful societies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Match each of the theoretical orientations on the right with the most
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appropriate key figure on the left. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Charles
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Darwin: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their
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environment tend to survive and prooduce more offspring | | | | | | |
Horace Miner: took an etic perspective to make the familiar strange
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Louis Henry Morgan: the theory that indiviuals, groups, and people's are
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subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and
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animals.
Franz Boas: looked for the particulars of a culture to understand its
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development and contemporary characteristics. | | |
Match the following aspect of culture change and globalization on the
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left with its description on the right. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"standard
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of living": Mainly quantitative, Western-centric measure of culture
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change and progress... | |
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Anthropology is a holistic science, which means: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-All of these answers; | | | |
We study people in the past and present,
| | | | | | |
We study people everywhere that they live,
| | | | | |
We study both the biological and cultural aspects of humanity
| | | | | | | | |
Anthropologists often note that culture is "all encompassing," meaning
| | | | | | | | |
that there are many parts of our culture behavior are subliminally
| | | | | | | | | | |
programmed and that we don't think about concretely on a daily basis. -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| |
How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with
| | | | | | | | |
humans? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is holistic and comparative, both
| | | | | | | | |
geographically and historically. | |
,Anthropologists primarily study individuals and their unique | | | | | | |
characteristics rather than the shared characteristics of the entire
| | | | | | | | |
group. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
| | |
One of the most important lessons a student can take away from an
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
anthropology class is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How to be more | | | | | | | | |
culturally sensitive |
Culture could be defined as everything we do, think, and believe that is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
not instinctual. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | |
Match the following anthropologists on the left with the concept, idea,
| | | | | | | | | | |
or culture they are well known for. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bronislaw
| | | | | | | | | |
Malinowski: Long-term where... | |
Gerald Murray: Knowledge of the culture and...
| | | | | |
Dr. Paul Farmer: Brings medical care and...
| | | | | |
Richard Lee: Build trusting relationships...
| | | |
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best
| | | | | | | | | |
describes what is going on: | | | |
Dan routinely went to the farmer's market every Saturday morning
| | | | | | | | | |
during the summer. This summer, he frequently saw African refugees
| | | | | | | | | |
shopping at the fruit and vegetable stalls. "Wow," he thought to himself,
| | | | | | | | | | |
,|"they look so strange, and the women are covered head to foot in long
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
dresses and head scarves. Don't they know that it is summer time, that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
it is too hot to wear so many clothes, and that they look funny? Don't
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
they want to look more American? Why wouldn't everyone want to
| | | | | | | | | | |
blend in better when they live here, and look more normal, more like
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
us?" Dan was experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnocentrism
| | | | | |
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best
| | | | | | | | | |
describes what is going on: | | | |
"I just don't understand why any woman would agree with or support
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the idea of female genital modification—of whatever kind, I don't even
| | | | | | | | | | |
want to hear any more about it," said Maureen. "The practice is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
barbaric, and not to mention it's often dangerous to the health of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
woman!" Her friend Fred just looked at her, and responded, "I know it's
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
hard to really wrap your mind around, but it might be easier to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
understand if you took the time to listen to why the practice still exists
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
based on the explanations given by the people from within that
| | | | | | | | | | |
culture." "Some parts of our culture are just as odd, no? Just think of all
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of the things that probably seem strange to outsiders about our own
| | | | | | | | | | | |
culture—what about plastic surgery, tanning, wearing makeup, etc.?" he | | | | | | | |
finished. Fred is advocating that Maureen practice: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Cultural relativism |
The tendency to see one's own culture as natural or superior is called: -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnocentrism |
, There are some societies that do not benefit from so-called progress
| | | | | | | | | | |
and in fact, often suffer greatly because of progress imposed on them by
| | | | | | | | | | | |
more powerful societies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | |
Match each of the theoretical orientations on the right with the most
| | | | | | | | | | | |
appropriate key figure on the left. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Charles
| | | | | | | | |
Darwin: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their
| | | | | | | | |
environment tend to survive and prooduce more offspring | | | | | | |
Horace Miner: took an etic perspective to make the familiar strange
| | | | | | | | | |
Louis Henry Morgan: the theory that indiviuals, groups, and people's are
| | | | | | | | | |
subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
animals.
Franz Boas: looked for the particulars of a culture to understand its
| | | | | | | | | | | |
development and contemporary characteristics. | | |
Match the following aspect of culture change and globalization on the
| | | | | | | | | | |
left with its description on the right. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"standard
| | | | | | | | | |
of living": Mainly quantitative, Western-centric measure of culture
| | | | | | | |
change and progress... | |
