Globalization and Culture Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course examines the complex interplay between globalization and cultural identities, exploring how global forces shape, challenge, and are reshaped by local cultures. Students will analyze the flows of ideas, media, commodities, and people across borders, and consider the impacts on traditions, values, and social practices. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the course addresses topics such as cultural homogenization, hybridity, transnationalism, and resistance to global influences, equipping students to critically assess the dynamic relationship between global processes and cultural transformation in contemporary societies.
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Cultural Anthropology 1st Edition by Kenneth J. Guest
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Chapter 1: Anthropology in a Global Age
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Q1) Anthropologists take a comprehensive approach to understanding human beings, and this is accomplished through:
A) exploring the past.
B) the four-field approach.
C) looking at biology.
D) participant observation.
E) cross-fertilization.
Answer: B
Q2) Dr. Robin Lakoff explores how men and women use language differently and how this regularly leads to miscommunication between them. What type of linguist is she?
A) genderist
B) sociolinguist
C) morphologist
D) descriptive linguist
E) phonologist
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Culture
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Q1) Using an interpretivist approach, anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) argues that seemingly straightforward actions such as winking have deep cultural meanings. Describe what constitutes an interpretivist approach. Next, provide your own example of a cultural action that you think conveys deep cultural meaning. What do you believe the action symbolizes culturally? How do you know that the action conveys deep cultural meaning and how did you learn its meaning? Would an individual need to be a member of the particular society in order to understand the deep cultural meaning of the action, or would anyone be able to interpret it correctly? Discuss why or why not. Answer: Students must use the correct definition of the interpretivist approach. They must also be able to provide at least one example of a cultural action and should adequately discuss what they think the action symbolizes. Students should conclude with a reasonable argument for whether or not the action's symbolism is particular to a society and why.
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Chapter 3: Fieldwork and Ethnography
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Q1) It is essential that ethnographers map communities because this:
A) allows the anthropologist to identify key informants.
B) documents the randomness of the built environment.
C) provides a deep immersion in the rhythms of daily life.
D) illuminates how use of space influences social interactions.
E) facilitates learning the local language.
Answer: D
Q2) Evaluate the El Dorado controversy around anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. You must demonstrate that you know when and where the contested activities occurred, and how the population was allegedly affected. Conclude by stating why this would have violated ethical standards, and what the American Anthropological Association ultimately found upon review of the evidence presented.
Answer: Students should discuss that Patrick Tierney's book Darkness in El Dorado accused Chagnon and Neel of compromising their subjects' health. Students should know that this violates the ethical principle to do no harm, and conclude by stating that the AAA ultimately dropped sanctions against Chagnon (and Neel).
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Chapter 4: Language
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Q1) According to the textbook, which of the following statements about the "N-word" is false?
A) It has been used as a derogatory word throughout much of U.S. history.
B) In 1962, the U.S. government started using the word "Negro."
C) It has been revived among African American youth involved in hip-hop music.
D) Most older African Americans advocate the use of the "N-word."
E) Many young people carefully say "niggah," taking an edge off the meaning of the word.
Q2) According to the textbook, the ________ government has struggled to monitor and censor highly decentralized information that publicizes worker strikes, oppressive working conditions, and local government corruption.
A) Australian
B) Chinese
C) Canadian
D) French
E) Swedish
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Chapter 5: Human Origins
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Q1) Genetic studies of mtDNA indicate that:
A) all living modern humans have a matrilineal ancestor who lived in Africa 170,000 years ago.
B) there is less genetic variation in African populations.
C) it is the only source of new genetic material.
D) Native Americans had a high incidence of disease.
E) there is more genetic variation farther from Africa.
Q2) What are the differences between absolute dating techniques and relative dating techniques?
Q3) A dating technique that indicates the age of a fossil in comparison to nearby plants, animals, or cultural artifacts is called:
A) absolute.
B) stratigraphic.
C) relative.
D) radiometric.
E) ecometric.
Q4) Summarize the process of how sickle-cell anemia is an example of natural selection at work in the human population.
Q5) Contrast the two theories on the ultimate fate of the Neandertals.
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Chapter 6: Race and Racism
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Q1) A set of ideas about a group of people, such as "All Irishmen are drunks who beat their wives" or "All Arabs are terrorists," that then makes it seem natural and normal to discriminate against them is referred to as:
A) group racism.
B) institutional racism.
C) eugenics.
D) racist ideology.
E) fascism.
Q2) What rule assigns the children of racially "mixed" unions to the subordinate group?
A) miscegenation
B) hypodescent C) racialization
D) drop down
E) eugenics
Q3) Explain how race is constructed in Brazil.
Q4) In at least two cultures discussed in the text, wealth is a factor in determining race. Explain how money can have an effect on racial determination, a supposedly biological classification, and provide an example from the class.
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Chapter 7: Ethnicity and Nationalism
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Q1) The process by which minorities adopt the patterns and norms of the dominant culture and cease to exist as separate groups is known as:
A) assimilation.
B) indoctrination.
C) multiculturalism.
D) nationalization.
E) naturalization.
Q2) During the colonial period, colonial powers redrew the political boundaries of much of the world to suit their economic needs and without regard to local ethnic, political, or religious realities. When colonialism ended, these new boundaries became new countries and most had groups claiming multiple ethnicities and identities within these new countries. This has resulted in:
A) civil war.
B) ethnic cleansing.
C) ethnic conflict.
D) genocide.
E) all of the above
Q3) Identify three things that are used as ethnic boundary markers, and explain what cultures they are used in and how.
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Chapter 8: Gender
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Q1) The pattern of behavior including gambling, drinking, infidelity, and drug use that Matthew Gutmann studied in Mexico is associated with:
A) intersexuals.
B) transgenders.
C) machismo.
D) fatherhood.
E) lesbians.
Q2) In the gender-based violence against nonheterosexuals, ________ are especially vulnerable.
A) lesbians
B) fags
C) transgenders
D) gay men
E) bisexuals
Q3) Explain how physicians' attitudes toward children born intersexed have changed in recent decades in parallel with changes in attitudes toward sexuality. Specifically, what has influenced the American Academy of Pediatrics to allow children to make their own choices once they reach an age where they are able to do so?
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Chapter 9: Sexuality
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Q1) Nigerians do not regard homosexuality as:
A) an authentically African lifestyle.
B) part of the Western influences that have been flooding into Africa for years.
C) a new front of Western imperial domination.
D) forbidden by Muslim sharia law.
E) a marginalized status.
Q2) DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, stated which of the following about marriage?
A) Marriage is the legal union between any two U.S. citizens.
B) Marriage is the legal union between one man and one woman.
C) Marriage is a union between one man and one woman recognized by a religious institution, but not the U.S. government.
D) Marriage is a union between any two individuals recognized by a religious institution, but not the U.S. government.
E) Marriage is a union between one man and no more than three women.
Q3) Heterosexuality in the United States:
A) is the country's historical norm of sexuality.
B) is a relatively new invention, and not the historical norm.
C) refers to reproductive intercourse between a man and a woman only.
D) was enshrined by Victorian society as a Christian ideal.
E) excludes erotic feelings for the opposite sex as a perversion.
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Chapter 10: Kinship, Family, and Marriage
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Q1) Nation-states draw heavily on ideas of which of the following in order to create a sense of connection among very different people found within their national borders?
A) nationalism and kinship
B) kinship and family
C) hegemony and kinship
D) nationalism and hegemony
E) family and hegemony
Q2) One way in which humans construct kinship groups is by tracking genealogical: A) ascent.
B) kinship.
C) family.
D) descent.
E) monogamy.
Q3) Anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard conducted ethnographic research with Nuer people of southern Sudan in the 1930s, and argued that this group of people constituted a patrilineal descent group. What does it mean to be a patrilineal descent group and how does this differ from a matrilineal descent group? How were cattle used to reflect the patrilineal nature of Nuer descent? Provide at least two examples.
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Chapter 11: Class and Inequality
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A) Wealth in the United States is even more unevenly distributed than income, and the gap continues to widen.
B) Income in the United States is even more unevenly distributed than wealth, and the gap continues to widen.
C) Income is as unevenly distributed as wealth, and the gap is more or less stable.
D) Income is more unevenly distributed than wealth, but the income gap is closing while the wealth gap stays the same.
E) Wealth is more unevenly distributed than income, but both the income gap and the wealth gap are narrowing.
Q2) In India's caste system, the population is divided into how many different castes, or varna?
A) twelve
B) seven
C) four
D) thirteen
E) two
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Chapter 12: The Global Economy
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Q1) According to the text, in the contemporary world, global cities are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
A) a well-developed infrastructure.
B) local transportation and communications systems.
C) a skilled labor force.
D) large-scale industrial manufacturing.
E) advanced communication technology.
Q2) As discussed in the text, one of the frictions resulting from the interconnectedness of the global economy is deforestation of the rainforest in:
A) Chiapas, Mexico.
B) Kalimantan, Borneo.
C) Osaka, Japan.
D) Sao Paolo, Brazil.
E) Yunnan, China.
Q3) Why are anthropologists interested in the anticolonial and independence movements? When did the majority occur, and summarize reasons for this. Identify three strategies commonly used to gain independence and how external forces often contributed to the quest for independence.
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Chapter 13: Migration
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Q1) Scholars call the generation of migrants who left their home countries as adults the ________ generation.
A) first
B) second
C) "lost"
D) "1.5"
E) "motivation"
Q2) Which of the following best describes how anthropologists conceptualize migration as a "gendered" process?
A) Low-wage informal labor by Mexican women has virtually no effect on their families in Mexico.
B) Migration by women has forced family members to adjust to shifting gender roles and family patterns.
C) Men continue to make up the majority of immigrants in all receiving countries except Canada.
D) Without fail, women migrants are unable to enhance their economic and social status.
E) The second generation of migrants has more women than men due to selective reproductive strategies.
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Chapter 14: Politics and Power
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Q1) Groups of indigenous people like the Maasai, who live outside the direct control of the government of Tanzania and have had to form their own nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other political organizations to fight against the state's efforts to act as though they did not exist, are today known as:
A) tribes.
B) states.
C) groups.
D) chiefdoms.
E) bands.
Q2) Hunting and gathering peoples developed a successful adaptation that promoted generosity, altruism, and sharing while resisting upstarts, aggression, and egoism. This is referred to as:
A) compatibility.
B) consensus.
C) egalitarianism.
D) hierarchy.
E) parallelism.
Q3) Describe what it means to say that the state, soldiers, and warfare are all constructed.
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Chapter 15: Religion
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Q1) In his work with Azande peoples, E. E. Evans-Pritchard found that which of the following individuals are formally taught the knowledge of rituals and medicines and use that knowledge to thwart the work of a witch?
A) shamans
B) priests
C) witch doctors
D) rabbis
E) witches
Q2) French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) was the first to theorize a category of ritual called "rites of passage." What are rites of passage, and what is an example of a rite of passage in your own cultural experience? How are rites of passage related to rituals and religion? Are there rites of passage in cultural groups that are not tied to religion? Provide an example. How do rites of passage affect the individual and how do they affect the cultural group as a whole?
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Chapter 16: Health and Illness
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Q1) ________ is the individual patient's experience of sickness.
A) Disease
B) Microbiome
C) Bacteria
D) Illness
E) Biomedical
Q2) Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?
A) Researchers have identified a uniform set of Chinese medical practices used by practitioners within and outside China that complement biomedical treatments.
B) It was suppressed as "unscientific" after the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
C) Patients submit to the authority of the doctor, accepting a regimented prescription to achieve and maintain heath.
D) Chinese medicine rejected Western medicine in the early twentieth century as "inauthentic" and "un-Chinese."
E) Chinese medical practices vary widely within China, from patient to patient, and also over time.
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Chapter 17: Art and Media
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Q1) According to the text, desi men's performance of an "authentic" Indian marriageable identity:
A) does not conflict with their performance at dance clubs because they consult with their elders about expectations.
B) includes adopting the look, dress, and language of U.S.-based "gangstas."
C) includes consulting a marriage broker because all of these marriages are arranged.
D) includes working toward a career that will support a wife and family.
E) includes trying to blend into mainstream U.S. culture.
Q2) One result of the attention focused on Morrinho has been:
A) that art students received scholarships to study at a university in Madrid.
B) that the number of Internet users in Paris increased dramatically.
C) opportunities for the creators to re-create it at an arts festival in London.
D) new guidelines in regulations about television broadcasts for children.
E) the revision of immigration policies to the United States.
Q3) Evaluate this statement: "As people become frustrated with the lack of intimacy provided by electronic technologies, this form of communication will become less important in coming decades." Is it true or false? Use examples from the text to support your conclusion.
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