ANTHRCUL 101 Exam 3 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Margaret Meade - CORRECT ANSWER - Studied societies that have alternative gender roles,
and came to the conclusion that gender and sex are not decisive to another. Gender does not have
to be a strong biological determination.
Intersex - CORRECT ANSWER - Neither unambiguously male or female
Xanith - CORRECT ANSWER - Oman-- either men or women, a third gender; characteristics
of both. Have all rights of man since born as a man, but do women's work in households,
attractiveness judged by female standards. Join men in prayer, join women in festivals. Cannot
wear women's clothing by law
Hijra - CORRECT ANSWER - Alternative gender roles
Hijra: India-- Mostly men, but dress and act as women; in own words are neither men or women
Alternative Gender Roles - CORRECT ANSWER - Categorized neither as a man or a woman
Two Spirit Role - CORRECT ANSWER - Native American alternative gender role
Feminization of Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing demonstration of women as
America's poorest people. Many make under minimum wage and don't have the support of a man
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER - Speakers shift from 1 language/dialect to another
- Thinking in 1 lang & speaking in another
- Mark identity
- Build solidarity
- Not a word in 1 lang that's as good as in the other
, - Strategic device—so other people/kid don't know what you're saying
Ex: GSI speaks differently in Ann Arbor vs. in LA
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER - Substitution of an inoffensive word for a more
unpleasant one. Often used in religion/realm of sacred to avoid calling forth an evil pwr, etc
Ex: He passed away vs. He died.
Hypercorrection - CORRECT ANSWER - Correcting a mistake that isn't there
Ex: Prof's cousin wrote "sewerside" instead of "suicide" because he just assumed New Yorkers
naturally dropped the "r"
Ex: saying "I" instead of "me"
Minimal Pairs - CORRECT ANSWER - Words that resemble each other in all but one sound
(have totally different meanings)
Ex: pin vs. pen (look at vowels)
Morpheme/Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER - Morpheme: smallest unit having a specific
meaning
Sometimes 1 word: teach
"teacher"= teach + er ("er" = one who does)
"teachers"= teach + er + s ("s" = plural)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Margaret Meade - CORRECT ANSWER - Studied societies that have alternative gender roles,
and came to the conclusion that gender and sex are not decisive to another. Gender does not have
to be a strong biological determination.
Intersex - CORRECT ANSWER - Neither unambiguously male or female
Xanith - CORRECT ANSWER - Oman-- either men or women, a third gender; characteristics
of both. Have all rights of man since born as a man, but do women's work in households,
attractiveness judged by female standards. Join men in prayer, join women in festivals. Cannot
wear women's clothing by law
Hijra - CORRECT ANSWER - Alternative gender roles
Hijra: India-- Mostly men, but dress and act as women; in own words are neither men or women
Alternative Gender Roles - CORRECT ANSWER - Categorized neither as a man or a woman
Two Spirit Role - CORRECT ANSWER - Native American alternative gender role
Feminization of Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing demonstration of women as
America's poorest people. Many make under minimum wage and don't have the support of a man
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER - Speakers shift from 1 language/dialect to another
- Thinking in 1 lang & speaking in another
- Mark identity
- Build solidarity
- Not a word in 1 lang that's as good as in the other
, - Strategic device—so other people/kid don't know what you're saying
Ex: GSI speaks differently in Ann Arbor vs. in LA
Euphemism - CORRECT ANSWER - Substitution of an inoffensive word for a more
unpleasant one. Often used in religion/realm of sacred to avoid calling forth an evil pwr, etc
Ex: He passed away vs. He died.
Hypercorrection - CORRECT ANSWER - Correcting a mistake that isn't there
Ex: Prof's cousin wrote "sewerside" instead of "suicide" because he just assumed New Yorkers
naturally dropped the "r"
Ex: saying "I" instead of "me"
Minimal Pairs - CORRECT ANSWER - Words that resemble each other in all but one sound
(have totally different meanings)
Ex: pin vs. pen (look at vowels)
Morpheme/Morphology - CORRECT ANSWER - Morpheme: smallest unit having a specific
meaning
Sometimes 1 word: teach
"teacher"= teach + er ("er" = one who does)
"teachers"= teach + er + s ("s" = plural)
