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This course offers an in-depth exploration of Canadian society and culture, examining the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped contemporary Canada. Students will analyze key themes such as multiculturalism, Indigenous histories and perspectives, regional diversity, and the evolution of Canadian identity. The course also addresses French-English relations, immigration, popular culture, and the impact of globalization. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will gain a nuanced understanding of the complexities and dynamics that define modern Canadian life.
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Cultural Anthropology 4th Canadian Edition by Barbara
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D. Miller
Chapter 1: The Nature of Anthropology
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Q1) According to the text,why did ethnographer Hazel Weidman have considerable difficulty doing fieldwork in Myanmar (Burma)?
A) She did not speak the language.
B) She was a woman.
C) Myanmar was not a democratically governed country.
D) She was a Westerner.
Answer: B
Q2) Some anthropologists excavate and study sites where the material remains of pre-contact peoples are found.What is the term for this type of anthropologist?
A) cultural materialist
B) early historic archaeologist
C) prehistoric archaeologist
D) preliterate anthropologist
Answer: C
Q3) New ethnographies often present multiple voices and points of view,including those of the people being studied themselves.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Culture
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Q1) Numerous studies by a variety of social scientists have clearly shown that the death penalty does deter violent crime in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Annette Weiner maintains that the differences between her interpretations of Trobriand culture and those of Bronislaw Malinowski simply illustrate historical developments in anthropological knowledge and inquiry.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Punk subcultures tend to be female-dominated.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Polygyny is defined as the marriage of one man to more than one woman.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Beginnings of Human Culture
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Q1) Which three factors are most characteristic of the upper Paleolithic period?
A) specific regional adaptations;better hunting,fishing,and gathering techniques;complex tools
B) specific regional adaptations;better hunting,fishing,and gathering techniques;higher reliance on physical adaptation
C) an enhanced sense of smell;better hunting,fishing,and gathering techniques;complex tools
D) the first smelting of bronze tools;better hunting,fishing,and gathering techniques;higher reliance on physical adaptation
Answer: A
Q2) Which two types of Homo have a common ancestor in Homo Heidelbergensis?
A) habilis and erectus
B) erectus and ergaster
C) sapiens and neanderthalensis
D) sapiens and africanus
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Language and Communication
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Q1) Which of the following do we depend on for the transmission of culture?
A) signals
B) imitation
C) vocalization
D) language
Q2) Which of the following is notated and analyzed by means of "kinesics"?
A) the effects of aging
B) child social development
C) verbal communication
D) body language
Q3) How is language linked to gender? Use examples from the text and add two different examples of your own.
Q4) Human language is always embedded in the social identity,emotional state,and intentions of the speaker.What is this form of nonverbal communication referred to as?
A) syntax-frame system
B) background-position system
C) gesture-call system
D) lingua franca
Q5) Explain and critique the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
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Chapter 5: Making a Living
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Q1) Which statement about swidden agriculture is true?
A) It produces ash that is removed from the gardening area and used for medicinal purposes.
B) It is ecologically sustainable with low population densities.
C) It can be used as a sustainable way to clear tropical forests for cattle raising.
D) It depletes soil more quickly than animal husbandry.
Q2) Which animals did New World cultures domesticate for eating?
A) sheep and chickens
B) dogs and turkeys
C) dogs and wild cats
D) goats and horses
Q3) Accumulation of wealth among food foragers is seen as a sign of deviance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following was true of the Aztec capital city in the 16th century?
A) It had a population greater than that of London.
B) Its economy was largely pastoral.
C) Its inhabitants belonged to a single clan.
D) Its economy was based on foraging.
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Chapter 6: Economic Systems
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Q1) Approximately how many megalithic monuments are there along the coastal regions of Western Europe?
A) 800
B) 5,000
C) 20,000
D) 100,000
Q2) What is the most common form of distribution among close kin or people who have very close ties with one another?
A) balanced reciprocity
B) negative reciprocity
C) generalized reciprocity
D) market exchange
Q3) About how many square kilometres of land does a typical Ju/'hoansi band of 10 to 30 people require?
A) 75
B) 250
C) 650
D) 900
Q4) Distinguish between market exchange and the marketplace.
Q5) Describe the working conditions and specialized skills of Afar salt miners.
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Chapter 7: Sex and Marriage
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Q1) Which of the following is true of Canada today?
A) Fewer than half a million couples live in common-law relationships.
B) Common-law relationships are declining rapidly as more people embrace marriage.
C) Common-law families have grown more than any other type of family.
D) Common-law marriages are most common in British Columbia.
Q2) What have most anthropological studies of same-sex relationships concluded?
A) They are universally regarded with disapproval.
B) In most of the cultures studied,male homosexuality was socially acceptable.
C) They are a very recent development,occurring only since the rise of cities.
D) Lesbians are treated with more tolerance and acceptance than are gay men.
Q3) Which of the following is characteristic of polyandry as practiced by the Tibetans?
A) There is frequently a shortage of men.
B) Polyandry helps to prevent the constant subdividing of farmlands among sons.
C) Polyandry increases the number of descendants a man will have.
D) Polyandry prevents the ratio of men to women from getting out of balance.
Q4) What factors must be taken into consideration when arranging a marriage in India? Describe.
Q5) Discuss the relationship between polygyny and wealth.
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Chapter 8: Family and Household
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Q1) Which set of terms applies to the types of residence patterns that anthropologists study in different societies?
A) conjugal,consanguineal
B) partrilocal,neolocal,matrilocal
C) polygynous,polyandrous,monogamous
D) nuclear,extended
Q2) How does the socialization of North American females to be both good mothers and supermothers conflict with the realities and limitation of motherhood?
Q3) In developing countries,women have become increasingly impoverished and socially disadvantaged.Why?
A) because of debt repayment reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund
B) because labour unions demand higher wages and force corporations to move out
C) because government funding to education,health,and social welfare encourages dependency
D) because of women's irrational management of household income
Q4) The prevalence of nuclear families is declining in Canadian society.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why are the Aka pygmies considered to be the best dads in the world?
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Chapter 9: Kinship and Descent
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Q1) The Stone Age housing discovered at Terra Amata represents some of the oldest houses known.How old is this Stone Age housing complex?
A) 2 million years
B) 1 million years
C) 380,000 years
D) 120,000 years
Q2) Which statement about Eskimo kinship terminology is true?
A) It is the most common kinship system in the world.
B) It is rarely used by European Canadians.
C) It emphasizes the extended family.
D) It is used by many hunting-and-gathering peoples.
Q3) Who are your parallel cousins?
A) all children of the brothers and sisters of your mother and father
B) your father's brother's children and your mother's sister's children
C) your father's sister's children and your mother's brother's children
D) your father's brother's sons but not your father's brother's daughters
Q4) House form is often linked to gender roles,and physical divisions are used to reinforce social categories.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Social Stratification and Groupings
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Q1) What do all individuals in a given social class have in common?
A) inherited status
B) ascribed status
C) equal or nearly equal prestige
D) widely varying prestige
Q2) What do we generally find behind the notion of race?
A) a reasonable means of classifying human physical variation
B) a justification for exploitation
C) the mechanism of the evolutionary theory
D) a concept that accompanies and parallels culture
Q3) Among the Huron,males and females performed different duties,but both were considered significant.How often did rape occur in this Aboriginal society?
A) frequently
B) seldom
C) unpredictably
D) more often when the men were conducting warfare
Q4) A contributing factor to the violence in Rwanda was racial discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the motive,means,and opportunity for the destruction of Africville.
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Chapter 11: Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order
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Q1) What does the "similarity" model of political inequality propose?
A) Women seeking political office in Canada must possess the same social and political resources that men do.
B) Minority women must possess the same standards as have long been set for majority women and men.
C) Women seeking political office must hold the same views as their political party.
D) Women will advance only after having formed their own "separate but equal" political party.
Q2) What do "sanctions" refer to?
A) internalized social controls
B) holy behaviour
C) externalized social controls
D) ritualized behaviour
Q3) Which term refers to the way power is distributed and embedded in a cultural group?
A) government
B) political organization
C) adjudication
D) law
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Chapter 12: Religion and the Supernatural
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Q1) Which term refers to a Shi'ite legal scholar?
A) mullah
B) imam
C) priest
D) ayatollah
Q2) Which of the following statements about Wiccans is true?
A) They believe in divine spirits that can inform them about the future.
B) They believe their power comes from the supernatural.
C) They believe that only certain aspects of nature have spirit value.
D) They believe their power comes from the inner self.
Q3) Bar and bat mitzvahs,elaborate weddings,baby showers,and graduation parties help individuals mark major changes in their lives.Which term is most often used to refer to these events?
A) transition ceremonies
B) rituals of intensification
C) services of separation
D) rites of passage
Q4) Magic plays an equal role in Wicca and reconstructionist Religions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: The Arts
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Q1) In most cultures,art is primarily aesthetic and non-useful.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following would NOT be included in an anthropologist's study of art?
A) obtaining the life history or background of the artist who created the work
B) identifying the meaning or symbolism the art has for the artist and the audience
C) ranking the work of different artists according to the anthropologist's personal tastes
D) understanding the representation of social structure by the artist
Q3) Archaeologists have found musical instruments from China dated to 100,000 years ago.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the main factor that determines the form taken by imaginative play?
A) chance
B) culture
C) physical environment
D) unhappiness
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Chapter 14: Anthropology at Work
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Q1) Diamond Jenness,who worked with Inuit bands in the Canadian North,helped the government implement the relocation of several Inuit bands because he believed it was in the Inuit's best interest.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is another term for salvage archaeology?
A) emergency heritage dig (EHD)
B) cultural collections management (CCM)
C) heritage recovery project (HRP)
D) cultural resource management (CRM)
Q3) Many applied anthropologists are concerned that the militarization of anthropology runs counter to their humanitarian orientation and may be used by governments to harm innocent people.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Applied anthropology has been used to help design megaprojects such as large hydroelectric dams in such a way that they do not harm local agriculture.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity
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Q1) The Shuar of Ecuador have shown that they are not merely "remnants" of a once great past but are fully capable of forging viable models for their future.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why did changes occur in Skolt Lapp society?
A) Men switched from reindeer herding to other sources of income.
B) Epidemics wiped out many reindeer herds.
C) Snowmobiles were used to herd reindeer.
D) Society became hierarchical.
Q3) In Canada,more edible food is thrown away each day than is exported for famine relief.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Approximately 25,000 years ago,humans discovered that firing clay made it permanently hard.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the impact of modernization on the Skolt Lapps and Shuar Indians.
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