Anthropology 205 Exam 3 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Ethnomedicine - CORRECT ANSWER What is information that pertains to theories of disease
and forms of therapy specific to a given culture?
Human universals - CORRECT ANSWER Sickness and diseases are what?
Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER What is a type of therapy where surgery is preformed by
cutting a small hole into the skull in circular shape and removing part of the skull?
to let something out, such as an evil spirit, demon, or even pressure - CORRECT ANSWER
What did indigenous people believe that trephination was for?
Too much complex knowledge to have happened at random or at chance, the scientific method must
have been used - CORRECT ANSWER How were medicinal plants discovered?
medicinal plants - CORRECT ANSWER What were often strong alkaloids?
oxytoxic - CORRECT ANSWER What is an agent used to induce contraction during labor that
is found in Avocado and Papaya plants?
zoonose - CORRECT ANSWER What is an infectious disease spread by animals that can
naturally be transmitted to humans that is high virulence and unrecognizable?
China - CORRECT ANSWER Where was a zoonose originated?
Koryak shaman - CORRECT ANSWER Who gave patients Amanita muscaria (hallucinogenic
mushrooms), then drank the patient's urine, and then hallucinates and has visions of the cure for that
patient?
Siberia - CORRECT ANSWER Where are the Koryak people from?
,Amanita muscaria - CORRECT ANSWER What is an hallucinogenic mushroom used by the
Koryaks for cure and recreational purposes?
By watching animal behavior (reindeer love the mushrooms and drink each other's urine) -
CORRECT ANSWER How did the Koryak people discover drinking the urine of those who ate
the mushrooms would get you high?
Probably from reindeers getting high after eating mushrooms and jumping/ hopping around -
CORRECT ANSWER What is probably the origin of the idea that reindeers can fly?
- In traditional societies, it is believed there is a finite amount of "good" to go around.
- In other words the amount of land, money, etc. available is held to be finite, so every time one
person profits, another one loses. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the concept of the Limited
Good?
The World's Have-Not's (rural and urban poor) - CORRECT ANSWER What is an off-shoot,
or product of state level societies and market economies?
-high infant mortality rates
-poor health and nutrition
-little or no autonomy
-unequal distribution of income - CORRECT ANSWER Describe the world's have-nots:
50% - CORRECT ANSWER What percent of the world's population is a part of the world's
have-nots?
30% - CORRECT ANSWER What percent of the world lives on a dollar a day or less?
(extreme poverty)
40-42 years old - CORRECT ANSWER What is the average life expectancy for those living in
extreme poverty?
, - geography
- Lack of land/resources
- climate
- Only recently oil, metals, construction metals, etc have become crucial for the development of
countries
- history of colonization
-rural to urban migration
-cultural lag - CORRECT ANSWER What are the reasons for underdevelopment?
many times, the base of which many indigenous countries could have started their wealth was stolen
and their resources were often stripped by dominating countries - CORRECT ANSWER What
is the history of colonization?
70% - CORRECT ANSWER In 1914, what percent of the world's population lived in colonies?
5 times - CORRECT ANSWER In the US, the richest 10% earns how much more than the
poorest 40%?
28 times - CORRECT ANSWER In Brazil the richest 10% made how much more than the
poorest 40%?
agrarian family ideals
-people from rural areas bring their agrarian ideals when they migrate to urban areas (such as having
lots and lots of children) which causes extremely crowded shanty towns and disease - CORRECT
ANSWER What is an example of rural to urban migration and the cultural gap?
Penny Capitalism
- Indigenous economies in which there is land tenure over tiny plots of land, where farmers produce
crop surplus and engage in small-scale trading. - CORRECT ANSWER What is desperate
Supply & Selective Demand?
-Guatemalan peasants
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Ethnomedicine - CORRECT ANSWER What is information that pertains to theories of disease
and forms of therapy specific to a given culture?
Human universals - CORRECT ANSWER Sickness and diseases are what?
Trephination - CORRECT ANSWER What is a type of therapy where surgery is preformed by
cutting a small hole into the skull in circular shape and removing part of the skull?
to let something out, such as an evil spirit, demon, or even pressure - CORRECT ANSWER
What did indigenous people believe that trephination was for?
Too much complex knowledge to have happened at random or at chance, the scientific method must
have been used - CORRECT ANSWER How were medicinal plants discovered?
medicinal plants - CORRECT ANSWER What were often strong alkaloids?
oxytoxic - CORRECT ANSWER What is an agent used to induce contraction during labor that
is found in Avocado and Papaya plants?
zoonose - CORRECT ANSWER What is an infectious disease spread by animals that can
naturally be transmitted to humans that is high virulence and unrecognizable?
China - CORRECT ANSWER Where was a zoonose originated?
Koryak shaman - CORRECT ANSWER Who gave patients Amanita muscaria (hallucinogenic
mushrooms), then drank the patient's urine, and then hallucinates and has visions of the cure for that
patient?
Siberia - CORRECT ANSWER Where are the Koryak people from?
,Amanita muscaria - CORRECT ANSWER What is an hallucinogenic mushroom used by the
Koryaks for cure and recreational purposes?
By watching animal behavior (reindeer love the mushrooms and drink each other's urine) -
CORRECT ANSWER How did the Koryak people discover drinking the urine of those who ate
the mushrooms would get you high?
Probably from reindeers getting high after eating mushrooms and jumping/ hopping around -
CORRECT ANSWER What is probably the origin of the idea that reindeers can fly?
- In traditional societies, it is believed there is a finite amount of "good" to go around.
- In other words the amount of land, money, etc. available is held to be finite, so every time one
person profits, another one loses. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the concept of the Limited
Good?
The World's Have-Not's (rural and urban poor) - CORRECT ANSWER What is an off-shoot,
or product of state level societies and market economies?
-high infant mortality rates
-poor health and nutrition
-little or no autonomy
-unequal distribution of income - CORRECT ANSWER Describe the world's have-nots:
50% - CORRECT ANSWER What percent of the world's population is a part of the world's
have-nots?
30% - CORRECT ANSWER What percent of the world lives on a dollar a day or less?
(extreme poverty)
40-42 years old - CORRECT ANSWER What is the average life expectancy for those living in
extreme poverty?
, - geography
- Lack of land/resources
- climate
- Only recently oil, metals, construction metals, etc have become crucial for the development of
countries
- history of colonization
-rural to urban migration
-cultural lag - CORRECT ANSWER What are the reasons for underdevelopment?
many times, the base of which many indigenous countries could have started their wealth was stolen
and their resources were often stripped by dominating countries - CORRECT ANSWER What
is the history of colonization?
70% - CORRECT ANSWER In 1914, what percent of the world's population lived in colonies?
5 times - CORRECT ANSWER In the US, the richest 10% earns how much more than the
poorest 40%?
28 times - CORRECT ANSWER In Brazil the richest 10% made how much more than the
poorest 40%?
agrarian family ideals
-people from rural areas bring their agrarian ideals when they migrate to urban areas (such as having
lots and lots of children) which causes extremely crowded shanty towns and disease - CORRECT
ANSWER What is an example of rural to urban migration and the cultural gap?
Penny Capitalism
- Indigenous economies in which there is land tenure over tiny plots of land, where farmers produce
crop surplus and engage in small-scale trading. - CORRECT ANSWER What is desperate
Supply & Selective Demand?
-Guatemalan peasants
