Anthropology midterm review

1.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What is Anthropology?

the study of the full scope of human diversity.

the study of ants.

the study of human fossil remains.

the study of cultural histories.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Anthropology’s approach to the study of human diversity helps us avoid the intellectual pitfalls of

globalization.

ethnography.

ethnocentrism.

fieldwork.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is NOT one of the primary four fields of anthropology?

linguistic anthropology

archaeology

physical anthropology

business anthropology

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The forces of globalization have changed

the communities that anthropologists study.

the methods that anthropologist use to do research.

how anthropologists communicate with their research participants.

all of the above.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Human culture is

taught through formal instruction.

hardwired into our DNA.

learned informally.

both A and C.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The framework that anthropologists use to challenge ethnocentrism is

ethnography.

norms and values.

cultural relativism.

mental maps of reality.

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In early evolutionary frameworks of cultural variation, anthropologists tended to describe Western cultures as

savage

barbarian

unilineal

civilized

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The study of epigenetics tells us that

even our genes can be affected by the environment.

there is a clear-cut line between biology and culture.

men and women are different for hard-wired evolutionary reasons.

culture is determined by biology.

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The roots of anthropological fieldwork lie in

Franz Boas’s dedication to “salvage anthropology.”

Margaret Mead’s role in bringing anthropological knowledge to bear on public debates.

the increased international movement of Europeans during the late nineteenth century.

the need to provide objective, scientific accounts of isolated cultures.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A successful ethnographer needs

expensive recording equipment.

excellent listening skills.

a way to maintain strict social distance from the community.

only a short amount of time to fully understand the local culture.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Having the people studied in an ethnography also write for the ethnography is an example of

ethnographic authority.

informed consent.

reflexivity

polyvocality

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The variety of a language that gets called “standard” is typically spoken by

all members of a society.

the most socially powerful group.

women

people who have completed at least two years of college.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The field of sociolinguistics studies

the ways that language and cultural categories intersect.

who determines the best language in a society.

how language changes over time.

the best words to use in a given situation.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The idea that different languages create different ways of thinking is called

the Chomskyan Hierarchy.

the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

the Western Apache Worldview.

paralanguage

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which animal is known to have language?

chimpanzees

border collies

all great apes

only humans

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The current concept of race has its roots in

biological facts.

the slave trade.

colonization

B and C.

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The scientific foundations for race as a biological concept

don’t exist.

have been proven countless times.

are easy to demonstrate by simply looking at people.

can be determined by looking at genes.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The rule of hypodescent marked children of one black parent and one white parent as

black.

white.

mixed race.

whatever they wanted to identify as.

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One group whose racial categorization has shifted over time in the United States is

African Americans.

Germans

Irish

Scottish

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Racial ideologies are

individual beliefs and opinions that don’t affect others.

culturally shared sets of beliefs that underlie systems of inequality.

based on scientific knowledge.

a reflection of meritocracy.

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

A group of people who share a sense of historical, cultural, and sometimes ancestral connection and who see themselves as distinct from people in other groups is described as a(n)

society

ethnic group

cultural dominion

nation-state

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which of the following reasons can partially explain the conflict between the Rohingya and the Bamar in Myanmar?

The Bamar and the Rohingya have always fought and have been antagonists for over a millennium.

Colonial rule strengthened ethnic identities and forced different ethnicities to form a single nation-state.

Islam and Buddhism are fundamentally and violently opposed at an ideological level.

Ethnic identities in the region were once rigid but colonial rule created more flexibility, allowing for greater and ultimately confusing ethnic identities.

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Sometimes the legal language about immigration is written in a manner that signifies “American-ness,” using veiled racial markers to clearly identify those who are “in” and those who are “out.” What do anthropologists call this kind of demarcation?

apartheid

cultural wall

ethnic boundary

segregation

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

When minorities abandon their separate identity and adopt the culture and norms of the dominant group, what are they practicing?

nationalization

ethnic cleansing

absorption

assimilation

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