Human Societies
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This course explores the structures, dynamics, and diversity of human societies across time and space. Students will examine how individuals and groups organize themselves, establish cultural norms, and interact within various social institutions such as family, education, politics, and the economy. Through interdisciplinary approaches drawing from sociology, anthropology, and history the course investigates the impact of social change, globalization, technology, and power relations on communities worldwide. Emphasis will be placed on understanding identity, social stratification, and the challenges and opportunities facing societies in a rapidly changing world.
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Cultural Anthropology The Human Challenge 13th Edition by William A. Haviland
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Chapter 1: The Essence of Anthropology
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Q1) Genetic analyses indicate that the human line originated 5 to 8 million years ago.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The end product of anthropological research is _______________.
A)culture-bound theories
B)a set of scientific facts
C)a clear understanding of the advantages of adaptation
D)a broad hypothesis about human beliefs,behavior and biology
E)a single case study that tests a theory
Answer: D
Q3) From skeletal remains,the forensic anthropologist cannot establish which of following?
A)stature
B)race
C)sex
D)marital status
E)age
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Characteristics of Culture
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Q1) Some societies have no regulations surrounding sexual activity.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) The most important symbolic aspect of culture is religion. A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Cultural adaptation is depended upon more today as a complex set of ideas,technologies,and activities which allow a culture to survive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A larger culture is more likely to tolerate a subculture if their values and physical appearance are similar.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and
Theories
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Q1) The first generation of formal anthropologists began their careers working for
A)explorers
B)multinational corporations
C)national governments
D)universities
E)museums
Answer: E
Q2) The NEW term for salvage anthropology is
A)ethnography
B)urgent anthropology
C)critical anthropology
D)speedy anthropology
E)historical anthropology
Answer: B
Q3) Good anthropologists do not face physical and mental hardship in the field.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species
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Q1) Human populations are genetically ________________ .
A)closed
B)unspecified
C)defined
D)open
E)incomplete
Q2) By _______________ Homo erectus had spread to Europe.
A) 200,000 years ago
B)2.7 million years ago
C)1.8 million years ago
D)4.6 million years ago
E) 3.4 million years ago
Q3) The shift from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens occurred within the ________________.
A)Pliocene
B)Oligocene
C)Miocene
D)Eocene
E)Pleistocene
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Chapter 5: Language and Communication
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Q1) Which of the following statements about linguistic divergence is incorrect?
A)One force for linguistic change is borrowing by one language from another.
B)If languages were isolated from each other,there would be very little linguistic change.
C)NEW vocabulary emerges in a language due to a quest for novelty and the development of specialized vocabulary by groups.
D)Changes in pronunciation may emerge as markers of class boundary (e.g. ,upper-class "U" vs. "Non-U")
E)Dying languages may be revived in the name of linguistic nationalism.
Q2) Chantek eventually learned to produce _______________ signs.
A)50
B)250
C)500
D)100
E)several hundred
Q3) Wampum belts were used to convey a variety of messages through the use of symbols.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Social Identity, personality, and Gender
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Q1) Individual personalities in traditional societies are far from being uniform.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In North American society self-awareness does not occur until about ________ years of age.
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5
E)6
Q3) National character studies have focused on the modal characteristics of emerging Third World countries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Today,in the corporate world,to be called "hyper" or "manic" is increasingly an expression of disapproval.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Patterns of Subsistence
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Q1) The Inna Indians ________________.
A)live in Labrador
B)relied heavily on hunting to obtain food
C)kept men's and women's tasks separate
D)accorded women great autonomy
E)all of the above
Q2) Mekranoti produces _____________ times more kilocalories of food a day than the United States food producer.
A)5
B)2
C)100
D)50
E)10
Q3) The Bakhtiari are a nomadic group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A peasant is an agriculturalist.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Economic Systems
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Q1) Among the Ju/'hoansi,_______________.
A)children are expected to contribute to subsistence from the time they are 7 or 8
B)elderly people past the age of 60 are expected to contribute hunted or gathered food to the group
C)elderly people are a valuable source of knowledge and wisdom about hunting and gathering
D)elderly people are taken care of grudgingly because after the age of 60 they contribute nothing to the group
E)children are expected to set up their own separate households by the time they are 12
Q2) Reciprocity,redistribution,and market exchange are three modes of _______________ goods.
A)producing
B)planting
C)harvesting
D)consuming
E)distributing
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Chapter 9: Sex, marriage, and Family
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Q1) Since the 1860s in Montana,marriage is possible between two people when neither is present.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A family established through marriage is a/an _______________ family.
A)conjugal
B)affinal
C)unilocal
D)nuclear
E)extended
Q3) Families can be consanguine or conjugal.The conjugal family has many forms.One type of conjugal family is the _______________,consisting of the husband,wife,and dependent children.
A)polygynous family
B)polygamous family
C)polyandrous family
D)nuclear family
E)extended family
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Chapter 10: Kinship and Descent
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Q1) Each Scottish clan has its own traditional tartan;the patterns themselves are extremely ancient.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Dutch people allow honor killings in order to respect minority cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Namus is _______________.
A)Russian families
B)French architectural design
C)Turkish honor
D)Hispanic food
E)Polish dances
Q4) Which of the following is not a Maori cultural concept?
A)iwi
B)mauri
C)waka
D)namus
E)tapu
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Chapter 11: Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class
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Q1) Experts predict that in the U.S.the population reaching elder status (senior citizens of 65 years and older)will swell to about ________ million by 2030.
A)25
B)15
C)70
D)50
E)85
Q2) In a number of the world's traditional societies the opportunities for female sociability are so great that little need exists for women's associations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Societies that permit a great deal of _______________ are called open class societies.
A)marriage
B)education
C)common-interest association
D)integrity
E)mobility
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Chapter 12: Politics, power, and Violence
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Q1) The form of social organization typical of hunter-gatherers is the _______________,whereas horticulture and pastoralism are usually associated with the form of social organization called the _______________.
A)tribe/chiefdom
B)tribe/state
C)tribe/band
D)band/chiefdom
E)band/tribe
Q2) The case of the Swaziland may be used to illustrate that _______________.
A)states are not always characterized by impersonal bureaucracy
B)relationships within the state may be supported by familiar bonds of kinship and long-term personal and familiar relationships
C)states may be associated with an economic system in which pastoralism plays a major role
D)states are always characterized by impersonal bureaucracy
E)all but a
Q3) War is a universal phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural
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Q1) Islamic fundamentalism is having a strong resurgence in which of the following countries?
A)Albania
B)Iran
C)Algeria
D)Afghanistan
E)all but a
Q2) Chan monastics are in the country of _______________.
A)Thailand
B)India
C)Nepal
D)United States
E)Taiwan
Q3) _______________,like other early pastoral nomadic tribes of the Middle East,described their deity in masculine,authoritarian terms.
A)Sunni
B)Shiite
C)Israelites
D)Bakhtiari
E)Nuer
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Chapter 14: The Arts
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Q1) To study and analyze art,anthropologists use a combination of which three approaches?
A)narrative,verbal,and aesthetic
B)aesthetic,narrative,and interpretive
C)verbal,interpretive,and visual
D)interpretive,visual,and emotional
E)visual,aesthetic,and emotional
Q2) In Western music the distance between the basic tone and the first overtone is called a(n)_______________.
A)tonality
B)scale
C)octave
D)semi-octave
E)pentatonic scale
Q3) Most anthropologists prefer the term "folklore" to "verbal arts" or "oral traditions."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Processes of Change
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Q1) With the process of modernization,literacy and social mobility increase.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Not all revolts are truly revolutionary in their consequences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Copernicus' discovery that the earth orbits the sun rather than vice versa
A)was a primary innovation that met the cultural goals and needs of his time
B)was a primary innovation that was out of step with the needs,values,and goals of his time
C)was a secondary innovation that put into application the discovery by Ptolemy that heavenly bodies moved on crystalline spheres around the earth
D)was a secondary innovation that was deliberately developed by Copernicus to destroy the Church
E)resulted from diffusion of ideas from India
Q4) Diffusion can occur without acculturation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Global Challenges local Responses and the
Role of Anthropology
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Q1) Of all the world's states,_______________ is one of the very few where pluralism really has worked out to the satisfaction of all parties to the arrangement.
A)Northern Ireland.
B)Rwanda
C)Switzerland
D)the United States
E)Botswana
Q2) According to the World Watch Institute in Washington D.C. ,more than 1.1 billion people in the world are now overweight or even obese.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Because global corporations cut across national boundaries,they are a force for global unity despite the political differences that divide people.
A)True
B)False
Q4) More than half of all people in the world get by on less than $2.50 per day.
A)True
B)False
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