ANTH 411 QUIZZES 1-4
David Crawford's fieldwork takes place in - correct answer ✔Morocco
The remote village of Tagharghist was completely isolated and removed from
the rest of the world when Crawford first arrived. - correct answer ✔False.
When Crawford first arrives, he discovers families are already sending some
of their children to cities to work and this wage labor is responsible for some of
the household income.
At the beginning of his fieldwork, Crawford had to overcome some obstacles
in order to immerse himself in the local culture. These obstacles included -
correct answer ✔Learning the local language, figuring out how to feed
himself, finding a place to go to the bathroom
The "absent members" of the households were often members of the younger
generations, sent to the city to work and earn wages that would be sent back
to the village. Crawford found that the amount of wage labor in Tagharghist
increased over time. T/F. - correct answer ✔True
As Crawford observed Tagharghist over time, he found - correct answer ✔a
lot had changed, with roads and schools being built, new religion and
language brought in, and an increased movement of younger people to the
city.
What types of data on the community did Crawford collect during his stay in
Tagharghist? - correct answer ✔Family genealogies, counts/measures of
land and irrigation use, "life history" interviews
The Carsey Institute's report on immigration focused on data from: - correct
answer ✔New Hampshire
, Historically, immigrants had come to Manchester in order to - correct answer
✔Work in the mills
Where are the majority of recent refugees and immigrants to Manchester
coming from? - correct answer ✔Latin America, Asia, and Africa
There is very little difference in educational attainment between foreign born
and native born populations in Manchester. T/F. - correct answer ✔False
Which is not one of the practices Horace Miner mentions in Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema? - correct answer ✔Nacirema children attending
loohcs for many hours every day
In general, Miner describes the Nacirema as a very magic and ritual-oriented
society, where many of these practices seem pseudo-masochistic and painful.
T/F. - correct answer ✔True
According to Miner's description, which is not one of the jobs or functions of
the holy-mouth man in Nacirema culture? - correct answer ✔To replace old
teeth with false new ones
There are four fields of anthropology: archaeology, linguistic anthropology,
cultural anthropology, and psychological anthropology. T/F. - correct answer
✔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. T/F. - correct answer ✔True
David Crawford's fieldwork takes place in - correct answer ✔Morocco
The remote village of Tagharghist was completely isolated and removed from
the rest of the world when Crawford first arrived. - correct answer ✔False.
When Crawford first arrives, he discovers families are already sending some
of their children to cities to work and this wage labor is responsible for some of
the household income.
At the beginning of his fieldwork, Crawford had to overcome some obstacles
in order to immerse himself in the local culture. These obstacles included -
correct answer ✔Learning the local language, figuring out how to feed
himself, finding a place to go to the bathroom
The "absent members" of the households were often members of the younger
generations, sent to the city to work and earn wages that would be sent back
to the village. Crawford found that the amount of wage labor in Tagharghist
increased over time. T/F. - correct answer ✔True
As Crawford observed Tagharghist over time, he found - correct answer ✔a
lot had changed, with roads and schools being built, new religion and
language brought in, and an increased movement of younger people to the
city.
What types of data on the community did Crawford collect during his stay in
Tagharghist? - correct answer ✔Family genealogies, counts/measures of
land and irrigation use, "life history" interviews
The Carsey Institute's report on immigration focused on data from: - correct
answer ✔New Hampshire
, Historically, immigrants had come to Manchester in order to - correct answer
✔Work in the mills
Where are the majority of recent refugees and immigrants to Manchester
coming from? - correct answer ✔Latin America, Asia, and Africa
There is very little difference in educational attainment between foreign born
and native born populations in Manchester. T/F. - correct answer ✔False
Which is not one of the practices Horace Miner mentions in Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema? - correct answer ✔Nacirema children attending
loohcs for many hours every day
In general, Miner describes the Nacirema as a very magic and ritual-oriented
society, where many of these practices seem pseudo-masochistic and painful.
T/F. - correct answer ✔True
According to Miner's description, which is not one of the jobs or functions of
the holy-mouth man in Nacirema culture? - correct answer ✔To replace old
teeth with false new ones
There are four fields of anthropology: archaeology, linguistic anthropology,
cultural anthropology, and psychological anthropology. T/F. - correct answer
✔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. T/F. - correct answer ✔True
