Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
,Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
Chapter_01_Culture_Fieldwork_and_American_Anthropology
1. Bea Medicine was an early anthropologist who worked with Native Americans. All of the following are
associated with her work except:
a. her goals as an anthropologist were to alleviate problems and provide self-help for native peoples.
b. she served as the head of the Women’s Branch of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in
Canada.
c. although she was born Lakota, she recognized that native peoples had to learn to operate effectively
and accommodate to dominant society.
d. she worked as an advocate for national museums in order to expand their collections of native
artifacts.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: p. 21
TOPICS: Introduction
2. As an academic discipline, anthropology is most distinguished by its:
a. research methodology.
b. focus on urban societies.
c. interest in social change and adaptation.
d. use of research teams and in-depth surveying techniques.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 22
TOPICS: Introduction
3. Which of the following is most relevant to doing any kind of good anthropological research?
a. The number of interviews that the researcher can acquire while in the field
b. The quality of relationships with the people being studied
c. The amount of prior experience the researcher has had before any fieldwork occurs
d. The number of fieldworkers working within a site at any given time
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: p. 23
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
4. Participant observation is associated with all of the following except:
a. a prolonged field stay, typically one year.
b. a relationship of trust and rapport with those studied.
c. a development of positive ethnocentrism for the native society.
d. permissions and acceptance from the people being studied.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: p. 25
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
,Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
5. The anthropological view that all cultures should be understood on their own terms is called:
a. ethnocentrism.
b. cultural relativism.
c. cultural adaptation.
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
, Chapter_01_Culture_Fieldwork_and_American_Anthropology
d. salvage anthropology.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: p. 24
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
6. What is the primary advantage of utilizing participant observation in anthropological research?
a. It allows the researcher to more fully understand a unique cultural perspective.
b. It allows the researcher to get to know the names of every individual within the society.
c. It provides the researcher with housing and assistance while the study is occurring.
d. It helps researchers learn the native language and understand all of its nuances.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 26
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
7. What is the primary reason that early (proto) anthropologists worked in salvage anthropology?
a. They believed that Native cultures were going to disappear shortly and everything about earlier
human stages would be lost.
b. They believed that science needed research material and they had to build large museum collections.
c. They believed that Western society needed to learn more from Natives so that Westerners would
better adapt to the New World.
d. They saw ethnography as employment and wanted to exhibit Native peoples and artifacts to entertain
and impress large audiences.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 27
TOPICS: Fieldwork Origins in the U.S. Southwest
8. During which World’s Fair did amateur anthropologist William McGee sponsor the “Department of
Anthropology” exhibit of indigenous peoples and their artifacts?
a. 1918 Chicago World’s Fair
b. 1910 San Francisco World’s Fair
c. 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
d. 1908 New York City World’s Fair
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: p. 28
TOPICS: Fieldwork Origins in the U.S. Southwest
9. Which of the following is not associated with social evolutionary theory?
a. Idea of evolutionary types
b. Doctrine of superiority
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Cultural relativism
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: P. 29
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
,Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
Chapter_01_Culture_Fieldwork_and_American_Anthropology
1. Bea Medicine was an early anthropologist who worked with Native Americans. All of the following are
associated with her work except:
a. her goals as an anthropologist were to alleviate problems and provide self-help for native peoples.
b. she served as the head of the Women’s Branch of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in
Canada.
c. although she was born Lakota, she recognized that native peoples had to learn to operate effectively
and accommodate to dominant society.
d. she worked as an advocate for national museums in order to expand their collections of native
artifacts.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: p. 21
TOPICS: Introduction
2. As an academic discipline, anthropology is most distinguished by its:
a. research methodology.
b. focus on urban societies.
c. interest in social change and adaptation.
d. use of research teams and in-depth surveying techniques.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 22
TOPICS: Introduction
3. Which of the following is most relevant to doing any kind of good anthropological research?
a. The number of interviews that the researcher can acquire while in the field
b. The quality of relationships with the people being studied
c. The amount of prior experience the researcher has had before any fieldwork occurs
d. The number of fieldworkers working within a site at any given time
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: p. 23
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
4. Participant observation is associated with all of the following except:
a. a prolonged field stay, typically one year.
b. a relationship of trust and rapport with those studied.
c. a development of positive ethnocentrism for the native society.
d. permissions and acceptance from the people being studied.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: p. 25
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
,Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
5. The anthropological view that all cultures should be understood on their own terms is called:
a. ethnocentrism.
b. cultural relativism.
c. cultural adaptation.
Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology Mapping Cultures Across Space and Time, 1st Edition Stockard, Evelyn
, Chapter_01_Culture_Fieldwork_and_American_Anthropology
d. salvage anthropology.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: p. 24
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
6. What is the primary advantage of utilizing participant observation in anthropological research?
a. It allows the researcher to more fully understand a unique cultural perspective.
b. It allows the researcher to get to know the names of every individual within the society.
c. It provides the researcher with housing and assistance while the study is occurring.
d. It helps researchers learn the native language and understand all of its nuances.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 26
TOPICS: Fieldwork: Living Among the People You Study
7. What is the primary reason that early (proto) anthropologists worked in salvage anthropology?
a. They believed that Native cultures were going to disappear shortly and everything about earlier
human stages would be lost.
b. They believed that science needed research material and they had to build large museum collections.
c. They believed that Western society needed to learn more from Natives so that Westerners would
better adapt to the New World.
d. They saw ethnography as employment and wanted to exhibit Native peoples and artifacts to entertain
and impress large audiences.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: p. 27
TOPICS: Fieldwork Origins in the U.S. Southwest
8. During which World’s Fair did amateur anthropologist William McGee sponsor the “Department of
Anthropology” exhibit of indigenous peoples and their artifacts?
a. 1918 Chicago World’s Fair
b. 1910 San Francisco World’s Fair
c. 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
d. 1908 New York City World’s Fair
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: p. 28
TOPICS: Fieldwork Origins in the U.S. Southwest
9. Which of the following is not associated with social evolutionary theory?
a. Idea of evolutionary types
b. Doctrine of superiority
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Cultural relativism
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: P. 29
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