ANTH 411 Final Exam
Anthropology is a holistic science, which means: - correct answer ✔All of
these answers;
We study people in the past and present,
We study people everywhere that they live,
We study both the biological and cultural aspects of humanity
Anthropologists often note that culture is "all encompassing," meaning that
there are many parts of our culture behavior are subliminally programmed and
that we don't think about concretely on a daily basis. - correct answer ✔True
How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with humans?
- correct answer ✔It is holistic and comparative, both geographically and
historically.
Anthropologists primarily study individuals and their unique characteristics
rather than the shared characteristics of the entire group. - correct answer
✔False
One of the most important lessons a student can take away from an
anthropology class is: - correct answer ✔How to be more culturally sensitive
Culture could be defined as everything we do, think, and believe that is not
instinctual. - correct answer ✔True
Match the following anthropologists on the left with the concept, idea, or
culture they are well known for. - correct answer ✔Bronislaw Malinowski:
Long-term where...
,Gerald Murray: Knowledge of the culture and...
Dr. Paul Farmer: Brings medical care and...
Richard Lee: Build trusting relationships...
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best describes
what is going on:
Dan routinely went to the farmer's market every Saturday morning during the
summer. This summer, he frequently saw African refugees shopping at the
fruit and vegetable stalls. "Wow," he thought to himself, "they look so strange,
and the women are covered head to foot in long dresses and head scarves.
Don't they know that it is summer time, that it is too hot to wear so many
clothes, and that they look funny? Don't they want to look more American?
Why wouldn't everyone want to blend in better when they live here, and look
more normal, more like us?" Dan was experiencing: - correct answer
✔Ethnocentrism
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best describes
what is going on:
"I just don't understand why any woman would agree with or support the idea
of female genital modification—of whatever kind, I don't even want to hear any
more about it," said Maureen. "The practice is barbaric, and not to mention it's
often dangerous to the health of the woman!" Her friend Fred just looked at
her, and responded, "I know it's hard to really wrap your mind around, but it
might be easier to understand if you took the time to listen to why the practice
still exists based on the explanations given by the people from within that
culture." "Some parts of our culture are just as odd, no? Just think of all of the
things that probably seem strange to outsiders about our own culture—what
about plastic surgery, tanning, wearing makeup, etc.?" he finished. Fred is
advocating that Maureen practice: - correct answer ✔Cultural relativism
,The tendency to see one's own culture as natural or superior is called: -
correct answer ✔Ethnocentrism
There are some societies that do not benefit from so-called progress and in
fact, often suffer greatly because of progress imposed on them by more
powerful societies. - correct answer ✔True
Match each of the theoretical orientations on the right with the most
appropriate key figure on the left. - correct answer ✔Charles Darwin: the
process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to
survive and prooduce more offspring
Horace Miner: took an etic perspective to make the familiar strange
Louis Henry Morgan: the theory that indiviuals, groups, and people's are
subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
Franz Boas: looked for the particulars of a culture to understand its
development and contemporary characteristics.
Match the following aspect of culture change and globalization on the left with
its description on the right. - correct answer ✔"standard of living": Mainly
quantitative, Western-centric measure of culture change and progress...
"quality of life": An open-ended, qaulitative measurement...
gloacalization: Aspect of globalization where a non-local idea, product, or
practice is altered...
, syncretism: Feature of globalization and culture change when two diff. beliefs
combine...
Which of the following is NOT one of the strange rituals described in "Body
Ritual Among the Nacirema?" - correct answer ✔Light-skinned women
baking their bodies in long ovens to darken their skin
The land grab and forced cultural assimilation that occurred in Hawaii
throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s is very similar to the plight of many
Native American societies 100-200 years beforehand. - correct answer
✔True
Archaeological field survey involves - correct answer ✔Walking and looking
for artifacts.
Prehistoric archaeologists study the period before writing. - correct answer
✔True
Dr. Sarah Parcak uses what unique tool to help her uncover potential
archaeological sites around the world? - correct answer ✔satellite imagery
In this phase of archaeological research, all the data that has been collected
is given a cultural interpretation. - correct answer ✔synthesis and publication
Match each of the sub-fields of anthropology on the right with the most
accurate description: - correct answer ✔This field relies on artifacts to learn
about human behavior in the past: archaelogical anthropology
This field of anthropology studies how languages change over time and how
they are related: linguistic anthropology
Anthropology is a holistic science, which means: - correct answer ✔All of
these answers;
We study people in the past and present,
We study people everywhere that they live,
We study both the biological and cultural aspects of humanity
Anthropologists often note that culture is "all encompassing," meaning that
there are many parts of our culture behavior are subliminally programmed and
that we don't think about concretely on a daily basis. - correct answer ✔True
How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with humans?
- correct answer ✔It is holistic and comparative, both geographically and
historically.
Anthropologists primarily study individuals and their unique characteristics
rather than the shared characteristics of the entire group. - correct answer
✔False
One of the most important lessons a student can take away from an
anthropology class is: - correct answer ✔How to be more culturally sensitive
Culture could be defined as everything we do, think, and believe that is not
instinctual. - correct answer ✔True
Match the following anthropologists on the left with the concept, idea, or
culture they are well known for. - correct answer ✔Bronislaw Malinowski:
Long-term where...
,Gerald Murray: Knowledge of the culture and...
Dr. Paul Farmer: Brings medical care and...
Richard Lee: Build trusting relationships...
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best describes
what is going on:
Dan routinely went to the farmer's market every Saturday morning during the
summer. This summer, he frequently saw African refugees shopping at the
fruit and vegetable stalls. "Wow," he thought to himself, "they look so strange,
and the women are covered head to foot in long dresses and head scarves.
Don't they know that it is summer time, that it is too hot to wear so many
clothes, and that they look funny? Don't they want to look more American?
Why wouldn't everyone want to blend in better when they live here, and look
more normal, more like us?" Dan was experiencing: - correct answer
✔Ethnocentrism
Read the following situation and decide which option (A-D) best describes
what is going on:
"I just don't understand why any woman would agree with or support the idea
of female genital modification—of whatever kind, I don't even want to hear any
more about it," said Maureen. "The practice is barbaric, and not to mention it's
often dangerous to the health of the woman!" Her friend Fred just looked at
her, and responded, "I know it's hard to really wrap your mind around, but it
might be easier to understand if you took the time to listen to why the practice
still exists based on the explanations given by the people from within that
culture." "Some parts of our culture are just as odd, no? Just think of all of the
things that probably seem strange to outsiders about our own culture—what
about plastic surgery, tanning, wearing makeup, etc.?" he finished. Fred is
advocating that Maureen practice: - correct answer ✔Cultural relativism
,The tendency to see one's own culture as natural or superior is called: -
correct answer ✔Ethnocentrism
There are some societies that do not benefit from so-called progress and in
fact, often suffer greatly because of progress imposed on them by more
powerful societies. - correct answer ✔True
Match each of the theoretical orientations on the right with the most
appropriate key figure on the left. - correct answer ✔Charles Darwin: the
process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to
survive and prooduce more offspring
Horace Miner: took an etic perspective to make the familiar strange
Louis Henry Morgan: the theory that indiviuals, groups, and people's are
subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
Franz Boas: looked for the particulars of a culture to understand its
development and contemporary characteristics.
Match the following aspect of culture change and globalization on the left with
its description on the right. - correct answer ✔"standard of living": Mainly
quantitative, Western-centric measure of culture change and progress...
"quality of life": An open-ended, qaulitative measurement...
gloacalization: Aspect of globalization where a non-local idea, product, or
practice is altered...
, syncretism: Feature of globalization and culture change when two diff. beliefs
combine...
Which of the following is NOT one of the strange rituals described in "Body
Ritual Among the Nacirema?" - correct answer ✔Light-skinned women
baking their bodies in long ovens to darken their skin
The land grab and forced cultural assimilation that occurred in Hawaii
throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s is very similar to the plight of many
Native American societies 100-200 years beforehand. - correct answer
✔True
Archaeological field survey involves - correct answer ✔Walking and looking
for artifacts.
Prehistoric archaeologists study the period before writing. - correct answer
✔True
Dr. Sarah Parcak uses what unique tool to help her uncover potential
archaeological sites around the world? - correct answer ✔satellite imagery
In this phase of archaeological research, all the data that has been collected
is given a cultural interpretation. - correct answer ✔synthesis and publication
Match each of the sub-fields of anthropology on the right with the most
accurate description: - correct answer ✔This field relies on artifacts to learn
about human behavior in the past: archaelogical anthropology
This field of anthropology studies how languages change over time and how
they are related: linguistic anthropology
