ANTHR 230 MODULE 2 – TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
In the model of traditional anthropological fieldwork associated with the work
of scholars like Malinowski and dominant throughout the first part of the
twentieth century, the focus is on what form of life? - ANSWER local life as
observed in small-scale, face-to-face village settings
What did Gough argue? - ANSWER Anthropologists have to study the impact
of imperialism on the societies in which they worked
Sherry Ortner developed her account of the "practice theory" approach to
emphasize... - ANSWER Culture is historically reproduced in/through action so
that we need studies of local cultures and of global processes
"materialist" anthropologists like Eric Wolf are primarily interested in -
ANSWER The ways people's lives are shaped by the economic and political
forces at play, both locally and globally
culturalist anthropologists like Clifford Geertz are primarily interested in -
ANSWER How culture provides people with meaning in their lives
Eric Wolf argued that anthropologists needed to study the world in which of the
following ways? - ANSWER As a totality made up of interconnected
processes, in which all peoples are part of a global history
What is the key notion of Marshall Sahlins' idea of "developman"? - ANSWER
The first commercial impulse of the people is not to become just like us but
more like themselves
Which theorist from Module One seems closest in spirit to Eric Wolf because of
his interest in the impact of colonialism and capitalism on local cultural orders?
- ANSWER Karl Marx
ANSWERS
In the model of traditional anthropological fieldwork associated with the work
of scholars like Malinowski and dominant throughout the first part of the
twentieth century, the focus is on what form of life? - ANSWER local life as
observed in small-scale, face-to-face village settings
What did Gough argue? - ANSWER Anthropologists have to study the impact
of imperialism on the societies in which they worked
Sherry Ortner developed her account of the "practice theory" approach to
emphasize... - ANSWER Culture is historically reproduced in/through action so
that we need studies of local cultures and of global processes
"materialist" anthropologists like Eric Wolf are primarily interested in -
ANSWER The ways people's lives are shaped by the economic and political
forces at play, both locally and globally
culturalist anthropologists like Clifford Geertz are primarily interested in -
ANSWER How culture provides people with meaning in their lives
Eric Wolf argued that anthropologists needed to study the world in which of the
following ways? - ANSWER As a totality made up of interconnected
processes, in which all peoples are part of a global history
What is the key notion of Marshall Sahlins' idea of "developman"? - ANSWER
The first commercial impulse of the people is not to become just like us but
more like themselves
Which theorist from Module One seems closest in spirit to Eric Wolf because of
his interest in the impact of colonialism and capitalism on local cultural orders?
- ANSWER Karl Marx
