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2023
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ANSWER S
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ENGAGING
WITH SOCIETY: MEETINGTHE CHALLENGES
OF A
CHANGING WORLD
EWS2601
MAY/JUNE2013
UESTION1
A cross-cultural analysis of how different societies classify race Is likely to result in
which of the following observations?
BwN
Racial classification is based on consistently applied measures of physical difference.
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Racial classification is a reflection of sacial rather than biological categories
Racial classification systems ensure that individuals retain their classification for Irfe.
Racial classification is a social way of quantifying genetic differences between
individuals
5. Racial classification reflects distinctive breaks in the humanphenotype.
Answer: 2
QUESTION2
In the analysis of identity, what does the term "achieved attributes" refer to? They are
identity attributes ...
that are the consequenceof genetic disease.
ahon
oa
acquired over the course of a person’s lifetime
determined at birth by the society one is born into
resulting from historical ethnic and trade diasporas
defined by a community's environmental context.
Answer: 2
QUESTION3
Which of the following represents an intangible marker of identity?
nhwnh
a biker who drives a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
—
a Christian nun who wears a black and white habit
a Yao person whose teeth are filed into a distinctwe pattern
a Jewish person's avoidance of foods containing pork
a teenager with the latest smartphone
Answer: 4
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QUESTION4
Why do some people of Maori descent argue that non-Maori people SHOULDNOT
regard Ta Moko tattoo designs as “free-to-use”?
Because...
1. the tattoo designs are reserved for marking adopted membersof the group, for
examplethose who marry into the Maori community
2 the New Zealand governmenthas outlawed the use of the tattoo designs because they
are a symbol of the fight for Maori independence
3 young Maori use the tattoo designs as a form of protest against current socio-political
conditions such as unem ployment
and limited access to state resources.
4 Ta Moko designs are a symbol of what It meansto be Maori and are reflective of the
wearer's cultural, personal and family history
5 the surgery to remove such tattoos when one is tred of ther 1s extremely painful and a
long, tedious process
Answer: 4
QUESTION5
Complete the following sentence. Retraditionalisation in the context of contemporary
South Africa, as described in the study guide, refers to ...
1 areturn to traditional ways of life, such as the wearing of traditional clothing, a revival
of ancestor rituals and a rejection of Christianity
2. an upsurge of groups in which symbols and customs are revived to identify such
groups as culturally distinct and as being characterised by a unique way of Iife
3 the reinstitution of racial and cultural differences as the overarching rationale for social
and economic discrimination.
4 the unification of South Africans irrespective of race or cultural association by drawing
on broad, encompassingAfrican images of the past
Answer: 2
QUESTION6
After the institution in 1994 of a democratic governmentin South Africa, which notion
of identity was used by chiefs in the Sodwanaarea of Maputalandto open up a way to
provide benefits to membersof their chiefdoms?
ahaha
National identity
Transnational identity
Cultural identity
Racial identity
. Religious identity
Answer: 3
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2023
QUESTIONS and
ANSWER S
,For queries and
assignment
assistance email:
, EWS2601
ENGAGING
WITH SOCIETY: MEETINGTHE CHALLENGES
OF A
CHANGING WORLD
EWS2601
MAY/JUNE2013
UESTION1
A cross-cultural analysis of how different societies classify race Is likely to result in
which of the following observations?
BwN
Racial classification is based on consistently applied measures of physical difference.
|
Racial classification is a reflection of sacial rather than biological categories
Racial classification systems ensure that individuals retain their classification for Irfe.
Racial classification is a social way of quantifying genetic differences between
individuals
5. Racial classification reflects distinctive breaks in the humanphenotype.
Answer: 2
QUESTION2
In the analysis of identity, what does the term "achieved attributes" refer to? They are
identity attributes ...
that are the consequenceof genetic disease.
ahon
oa
acquired over the course of a person’s lifetime
determined at birth by the society one is born into
resulting from historical ethnic and trade diasporas
defined by a community's environmental context.
Answer: 2
QUESTION3
Which of the following represents an intangible marker of identity?
nhwnh
a biker who drives a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
—
a Christian nun who wears a black and white habit
a Yao person whose teeth are filed into a distinctwe pattern
a Jewish person's avoidance of foods containing pork
a teenager with the latest smartphone
Answer: 4
1|Page
, EWS2601
QUESTION4
Why do some people of Maori descent argue that non-Maori people SHOULDNOT
regard Ta Moko tattoo designs as “free-to-use”?
Because...
1. the tattoo designs are reserved for marking adopted membersof the group, for
examplethose who marry into the Maori community
2 the New Zealand governmenthas outlawed the use of the tattoo designs because they
are a symbol of the fight for Maori independence
3 young Maori use the tattoo designs as a form of protest against current socio-political
conditions such as unem ployment
and limited access to state resources.
4 Ta Moko designs are a symbol of what It meansto be Maori and are reflective of the
wearer's cultural, personal and family history
5 the surgery to remove such tattoos when one is tred of ther 1s extremely painful and a
long, tedious process
Answer: 4
QUESTION5
Complete the following sentence. Retraditionalisation in the context of contemporary
South Africa, as described in the study guide, refers to ...
1 areturn to traditional ways of life, such as the wearing of traditional clothing, a revival
of ancestor rituals and a rejection of Christianity
2. an upsurge of groups in which symbols and customs are revived to identify such
groups as culturally distinct and as being characterised by a unique way of Iife
3 the reinstitution of racial and cultural differences as the overarching rationale for social
and economic discrimination.
4 the unification of South Africans irrespective of race or cultural association by drawing
on broad, encompassingAfrican images of the past
Answer: 2
QUESTION6
After the institution in 1994 of a democratic governmentin South Africa, which notion
of identity was used by chiefs in the Sodwanaarea of Maputalandto open up a way to
provide benefits to membersof their chiefdoms?
ahaha
National identity
Transnational identity
Cultural identity
Racial identity
. Religious identity
Answer: 3
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