Human Societies Review
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Course Introduction
This course explores the diverse structures, dynamics, and evolution of human societies across time and space. Students will examine foundational concepts in sociology and anthropology, including social organization, cultural practices, economic systems, kinship, religion, and political structures. Emphasis is placed on how environmental, technological, and historical forces shape human interactions and institutions. Through comparative case studies, the course fosters an understanding of the shared challenges and unique adaptations that characterize communities around the world, encouraging critical reflection on the interconnectedness of contemporary global society.
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Conformity and Conflict 15th Edition by James W. Spradley Late
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Chapter 1: Culture and Ethnography
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Q1) According to Spradley,the belief that people everywhere interpret the world in the same way is called
A) naive realism.
B) cultural behavior.
C) explicit culture.
D) tacit culture.
Answer: D
Q2) According to Sterk,about __________ percent of the prostitutes she interviewed were not drug addicts.
A) 10
B) 25
C) 40
D) 15
Answer: B
Q3) When they do ethnographic fieldwork,anthropologists interview
A) objects.
B) subjects.
C) informants.
D) participants.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Language and Communication
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Q1) In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen tells the story of how Amy,a manager,tried to tell her employee,Donald,how to change an unsatisfactory report.Her approach led to misunderstanding because
A) she was too direct.
B) she put Donald in a one-down position by demonstrating her superior knowledge.
C) she praised the good parts of the report before suggesting changes.
D) Donald took her comments as a personal criticism.
Answer: C
Q2) In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen argues that in the workplace
A) men often refrain from asking for directions while women often seek to create the appearance of equality in a conversation.
B) gender does not affect talking styles.
C) women seek a one up position in conversation whereas men diffuse speech domination by joking about it.
D) men are more likely than women to ask for directions.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ecology and Subsistence
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Q1) In his article "Forest Development the Indian Way," Reed argues
A) for government control of forest development that eases the Indians into the modern world economy gradually.
B) for a sustainable development program that permits the collection and sale of forest products without destroying the original ecosystem.
C) for an Indian relocation plan.
D) for laws that require commercial lumber companies and ranchers to replant the forest and introduce a 40-year cutting and clearing cycle.
Answer: B
Q2) According to Crate,the decline in hares,an important game species for the Sakha,cannot be attributed solely to the effects of climate change.What other reason does she cite for this change?
A) more time and resources for the Sakha to hunt than during Soviet times
B) the drying up of the land where hares typically nest
C) improvements on traditional Sakha hunting ethics
D) the use of better rifles
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Economic Systems
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Q1) According to Cronk in "Reciprocity and the Power of Giving," the Mount Hagen tribes of New Guinea use a gift giving system called "moka" to gain prestige and A) guarantee security.
B) establish new relationships.
C) build trust.
D) shame rivals.
Q2) According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," the New York City economy
A) has lost tens of thousands of jobs since 1963.
B) is dominated by manufacturing jobs requiring unskilled labor.
C) has the same number of jobs that it did in 1963 but more of these are located in offices.
D) has gained more jobs in the service sector.
Q3) According to Patten in "Malawi Versus the World Bank," the effect of the World Bank loans on the people of Malawi was to
A) stimulate the growth of tourism and local manufacturing.
B) raise agricultural production.
C) lower the amount of maize produced.
D) increase the individual wealth of the farmers of Malawi.
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Chapter 5: Kinship and Family
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Q1) In order to be considered eligible for marriage,a Fouta Djallon girl must have A) had a naming ceremony one week after her birth.
B) had an animal sacrificed in her honor shortly after her birth.
C) had an imam or elder bestow a special benediction on her.
D) received the rite of excision.
Q2) The parents of a potential bride will arrange a match directly with the groom himself (not with his family) only if he
A) is already married, owns his own home, and is well established. B) is not yet married, owns his own home, and is well established.
C) is not related to the bride and is not yet married.
D) does not plan to leave the Fouta Djallon to earn money.
Q3) A relationship between two people that is socially recognized and which confers birth-status rights on children is called A) kinship.
B) a family.
C) marriage.
D) a rite of passage.
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Chapter 6: Roles and Inequality
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Q1) A group ranked in a system of social stratification into which members are born for life is called a
A) caste.
B) class.
C) rank society.
D) stratified society.
Q2) According to Shandy and Moe in "Negotiating Work and Family in America," factors that pull women to resign from work and return to home full time include three of the following.Which one do they <b>not</b> mention?
A) being with their children
B) lower stress
C) sense of responsibility
D) a biological imperative
Q3) According to Fish in "Mixed Blood," the terms moreno,loura,branca,and preta all refer to
A) areas of Brazil after which groups of people are named.
B) Brazilian names for different tipos (types).
C) areas of Brazil from which particular tipos are thought to have originated.
D) a folk taxonomy of skin colors starting with black and ending with white.
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Chapter 7: Law and Politics
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Q1) According to Spradley and McCurdy in "Law and Order," the rule in Ralu'a that principales and their families should not use the court to settle family disputes is an example of
A) self-redress.
B) legal levels.
C) legal structure.
D) procedural law.
Q2) Anything that contributes to the adoption of public policy and its enforcement is called
A) authority.
B) coercion.
C) legitimacy.
D) support.
Q3) When Eames was finally able to obtain her visa,it came through due to A) a Nigerian custom called dash.
B) intervention by the American consulate.
C) intervention by the Nigerian government.
D) a Nigerian custom known as Long-Leg.
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Chapter 8: Religion, magic, and Worldview
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Q1) In "The Worst Lover: Boyfriend Spirits in Senegal," Mueller notes that the Lébou recognize several different kinds of rab; only the __________ are the type that attach themselves to humans in a troublesome way.
A) Kumba Bang
B) Lumbay
C) Diop
D) Faru rab
Q2) According to Miner in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," the Nacirema often undergo _________ procedures in order to care for their bodies.
A) month-long
B) painful
C) ineffective
D) sophisticated
Q3) According to Miner in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," the latipso is the name for A) holy-mouth-men.
B) household shrines.
C) medicine men's temple.
D) the charm box found in a household shrine.
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Chapter 9: Globalization
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Q1) According to Shandy in "Nuer Refugees in America," Nuer boys go through a painful initiation ceremony called the A) IDP ceremony.
B) gaar ceremony.
C) cicatrization ceremony.
D) ngoya ceremony.
Q2) In "How Sushi Went Global," why does Bestor refer to bluefin tuna as "stateless fish?"
A) Bluefin tuna swim so fast and migrate so far, they may not remain in any nation's waters for long.
B) ICCAT (the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas), made up of 28 countries, has declared that the fish should receive "stateless" legal status.
C) No one country has been willing to take responsibility for conserving bluefin tuna.
D) Bluefin tuna form part of sushi in every country of the world.
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Chapter 10: Using and Doing Anthropology
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Q1) From the research Patten's team conducted,they learned that
A) women in the villages headed 50 percent of all households.
B) each household had an adult male regularly living with them.
C) over 35 percent of the children were underweight for their age.
D) 20 percent of the women were illiterate.
Q2) In "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," Patten notes that in Malawi culture,goats have traditionally been seen as
A) walking bank accounts.
B) animals bred solely for milk production.
C) animals that don't provide enough in resources to warrant raising them.
D) nuisance animals that eat the crops grown by villagers.
Q3) The meeting of two culturally distinct groups is called
A) diffusion.
B) acculturation.
C) social contact.
D) cultural contact.
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