Anthropology 205 - Darrell Lynch Final
Exam TAMU Questions With Correct
Answers
Solar |Water |pumps |in |India |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Did |not |take |fact |that |women |used |that |
time |as |a |social |event, |also |eliminated |jobs |for |young |boys |who |delivered |water |to |farm |
owners |due |to |idea |that |they |can |irrigate |own |crops
-Women |came |together |and |broke |the |well
Curare |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-traditionally |used |as |poison, |relaxes |and |paralyzes, |now |used |
for |abdominal |surgery |before |used |to |shoot |monkeys |out |of |trees
-drug |pulled |from |the |lilian |plant |in |the |Amazon |forest. |Used |as |a |blowgun |poison. |It |paralyzes
|people. |Blocks |the |neurotransmitters |to |the |skeletal |system. |A |person |becomes |paralyzed |
entirely |but |doesn't |bother |breather |of |heart |functions. |For |taking |monkeys |out |of |trees. |
Sometimes |used |in |warfare. |Good |for |abdominal |surgery |in |modern |medicine. |Surgery |is |
dangerous |because |of |involuntary |bodily |functions. |Curare |negates |the |danger |of |involuntary |
bodily |functions
Cocolitzli |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |Aztec |word |for |small-pox |(thought |it |was |caused |by |a |
demon)-killed |90% |of |the |population
Oxytoxic |Plants |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Speeds |up |child |birth |(parturition) |and |stimulates |
uterine |contractions
Zoonose |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Diseases |spread |from |animals |to |humans. |Especially |in |China
|pigs |pick |up |diseases |from |duck/geese |feces
,Sli |Poda |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--elephantiasis, |"Sli |Poda" |(Indian |for |big |foot)
Agent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(organism |causing |the |disease) |Nematode |(worm) |in |Filariasis
Vector |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |culex |mosquito |causes |the |spread |of |Filariasis
Coevolution |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-process |by |which |two |species |evolve |in |response |to |
changes |in |each |other
Prevalence |Rate |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |total |number |of |cases |of |a |particular |disease |in |a
|given |population |at |a |given |time |(eg. |79/100,000)
Ishi |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Yahi: |indian |tribe |living |in |the |mountains |of |California
-Ishi |was |interviewed; |last |of |the |Yahi, |came |out |of |hiding |in |1911 |after |40 |yrs.
-Yahi |began |hiding |in |1840's |due |to |gold |mining
-Ishi |was |labeled |as |the |wildman |and |was |blown |up |on |news/photographed |often
Incidence |Rate |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |number |of |new |cases |in |a |given |population |each |
year
Dawes |Act |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ACT |in |1887, |dismantled |American |Indian |tribes, |set |up |
individuals |as |family |heads |with |160 |acres, |tried |to |make |rugged |individualists |out |of |the |
Indians, |attempt |to |assimilate |the |Indian |population |into |that |of |the |American
World |Systems |theory |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-developed |by |sociologist |Immanuel |
Wallerstein, |is |an |approach |to |world |history |and |social |change |that |suggests |there |is |a |world |
economic |system |in |which |some |countries |benefit |while |others |are |exploited.
, Coprolite |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-fossilized |human |fecal |matter; |can |reveal |diet, |diseases, |and
|habits |through |analysis
koryak |shamen |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-WETRIPPYMAYNE. |
Would |cure |people |with |psychedelic |mushrooms |(Amanita |Muscaria) |and |drink |the |urine |of |
his |patients |to |try |and |see |the |mental |problems |the |patient |was |having
Susto |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Soul |Loss/sudden |fright |causing |soul |to |escape
Culture |bound |syndrome |of |Ixtepejanos, |Susto |describes |an |illness |that |does |not |
correspond |to |anything |known |in |our |(i.e. |
Western) |biomedicine
disease |patterning |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disease |is |never |random, |it's |always |patterned
Four |disease |patterning |categories |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Environmental |)eg |filariasis |in |
India)
2. |Demographic |(population |factors)
3. |Idiosyncratic |(risks |which |are |particular |to |the |individual)
4. |Cultural |(health |risks |directly |related |to |normative |cultural |behavior)
Environmental |disease |patterning |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Filariasis |in |India |- |Culex |
mosquitoes |breeding |in |India's |waterholes |which |often |fill |during |monsoons |providing |perfect |
breeding |ground |for |Culex |Mosquitoes
-Malaria
-a |disease |caused |by |the |conditions |of |surroundings |such |as |toxins |or |particles |in |the |air, |
water |or |soil. |Many |forms |or |cancer |have |a |link |to |this
Exam TAMU Questions With Correct
Answers
Solar |Water |pumps |in |India |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Did |not |take |fact |that |women |used |that |
time |as |a |social |event, |also |eliminated |jobs |for |young |boys |who |delivered |water |to |farm |
owners |due |to |idea |that |they |can |irrigate |own |crops
-Women |came |together |and |broke |the |well
Curare |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-traditionally |used |as |poison, |relaxes |and |paralyzes, |now |used |
for |abdominal |surgery |before |used |to |shoot |monkeys |out |of |trees
-drug |pulled |from |the |lilian |plant |in |the |Amazon |forest. |Used |as |a |blowgun |poison. |It |paralyzes
|people. |Blocks |the |neurotransmitters |to |the |skeletal |system. |A |person |becomes |paralyzed |
entirely |but |doesn't |bother |breather |of |heart |functions. |For |taking |monkeys |out |of |trees. |
Sometimes |used |in |warfare. |Good |for |abdominal |surgery |in |modern |medicine. |Surgery |is |
dangerous |because |of |involuntary |bodily |functions. |Curare |negates |the |danger |of |involuntary |
bodily |functions
Cocolitzli |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |Aztec |word |for |small-pox |(thought |it |was |caused |by |a |
demon)-killed |90% |of |the |population
Oxytoxic |Plants |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Speeds |up |child |birth |(parturition) |and |stimulates |
uterine |contractions
Zoonose |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Diseases |spread |from |animals |to |humans. |Especially |in |China
|pigs |pick |up |diseases |from |duck/geese |feces
,Sli |Poda |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--elephantiasis, |"Sli |Poda" |(Indian |for |big |foot)
Agent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(organism |causing |the |disease) |Nematode |(worm) |in |Filariasis
Vector |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |culex |mosquito |causes |the |spread |of |Filariasis
Coevolution |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-process |by |which |two |species |evolve |in |response |to |
changes |in |each |other
Prevalence |Rate |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |total |number |of |cases |of |a |particular |disease |in |a
|given |population |at |a |given |time |(eg. |79/100,000)
Ishi |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Yahi: |indian |tribe |living |in |the |mountains |of |California
-Ishi |was |interviewed; |last |of |the |Yahi, |came |out |of |hiding |in |1911 |after |40 |yrs.
-Yahi |began |hiding |in |1840's |due |to |gold |mining
-Ishi |was |labeled |as |the |wildman |and |was |blown |up |on |news/photographed |often
Incidence |Rate |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |number |of |new |cases |in |a |given |population |each |
year
Dawes |Act |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ACT |in |1887, |dismantled |American |Indian |tribes, |set |up |
individuals |as |family |heads |with |160 |acres, |tried |to |make |rugged |individualists |out |of |the |
Indians, |attempt |to |assimilate |the |Indian |population |into |that |of |the |American
World |Systems |theory |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-developed |by |sociologist |Immanuel |
Wallerstein, |is |an |approach |to |world |history |and |social |change |that |suggests |there |is |a |world |
economic |system |in |which |some |countries |benefit |while |others |are |exploited.
, Coprolite |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-fossilized |human |fecal |matter; |can |reveal |diet, |diseases, |and
|habits |through |analysis
koryak |shamen |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-WETRIPPYMAYNE. |
Would |cure |people |with |psychedelic |mushrooms |(Amanita |Muscaria) |and |drink |the |urine |of |
his |patients |to |try |and |see |the |mental |problems |the |patient |was |having
Susto |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Soul |Loss/sudden |fright |causing |soul |to |escape
Culture |bound |syndrome |of |Ixtepejanos, |Susto |describes |an |illness |that |does |not |
correspond |to |anything |known |in |our |(i.e. |
Western) |biomedicine
disease |patterning |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disease |is |never |random, |it's |always |patterned
Four |disease |patterning |categories |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Environmental |)eg |filariasis |in |
India)
2. |Demographic |(population |factors)
3. |Idiosyncratic |(risks |which |are |particular |to |the |individual)
4. |Cultural |(health |risks |directly |related |to |normative |cultural |behavior)
Environmental |disease |patterning |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Filariasis |in |India |- |Culex |
mosquitoes |breeding |in |India's |waterholes |which |often |fill |during |monsoons |providing |perfect |
breeding |ground |for |Culex |Mosquitoes
-Malaria
-a |disease |caused |by |the |conditions |of |surroundings |such |as |toxins |or |particles |in |the |air, |
water |or |soil. |Many |forms |or |cancer |have |a |link |to |this
