Intercultural Relations
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Course Introduction
Intercultural Relations explores the dynamic interactions between individuals and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds in a globalized world. This course examines key concepts such as culture, identity, communication styles, and adaptation processes, while analyzing the impact of cultural differences on interpersonal and organizational relationships. Students will develop intercultural competencies, enhance their understanding of cultural influences on perception and behavior, and learn effective strategies for navigating cross-cultural interactions in personal, academic, and professional contexts. Through case studies, discussions, and practical activities, the course aims to foster greater empathy, cultural awareness, and the skills necessary for successful engagement in multicultural environments.
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Cultural Anthropology 4th Canadian Edition by Barbara D. Miller
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Anthropology
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Q1) Which term do Aboriginal groups in Canada prefer to use to identify themselves?
A) the name of their distinctive cultural group
B) the term "North American Indian," which ignores national boundaries
C) the term "Indian"
D) the term "native people"
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following would be of particular interest to a sociolinguist?
A) the way sentences are formed
B) the sounds and gestures made by nonhuman animals
C) the evolution of grammar
D) how slang words are used in everyday English
Answer: D
Q3) Some anthropologists study the material remains of people and historical documents about them.What is the term for this type of anthropologist?
A) historic anthropologist
B) ethnographic historian
C) documentary anthropologist
D) historic archaeologist
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Culture
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Q1) What did Annette Weiner find when she went to the Trobriand Islands 60 years after Malinowski?
A) The culture had changed so much that it was almost unrecognizable.
B) Malinowski's views of wealth,political power,and descent were largely male-centred.
C) Malinowski had attributed more power to women than they actually held.
D) Women played no role in producing wealth.
Answer: B
Q2) Why do you think that Apache etiquette requires cooking and dining space that is NOT separate from other living space?
A) They eat their meals directly from cooking pots on the stove as if they were on an open fire.
B) Cooks might feel excluded from social interaction if confined to a separate kitchen.
C) A good host must offer food to guests before any social interaction takes place.
D) All guests must bring a food offering to be shared socially with the host.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Beginnings of Human Culture
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Q1) What evidence is there to support the notion that the gender of a scholar is the most important consideration in the field of primate research?
A) Human females have more natural relationships with nonhuman primates.
B) The research of many male primatologists has frequently been found to be inaccurate.
C) Very few males have ever undertaken these studies.
D) Male dominance in general,and especially in academia,may bias research undertaken by males.
Answer: D
Q2) What form of subsistence has the Tanzanian government tried to convert the Hadzabe to?
A) settled farmers
B) settled pastoralists
C) settled horticulturalists
D) civilized wage labourers
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Language and Communication
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Q1) Discuss the consequences of efforts either to suppress or to preserve and encourage Canadian Aboriginal languages.
Q2) What do all languages have in common?
A) They are based on inherited symbols and signals.
B) They assemble sounds in meaningful ways.
C) They originated in Europe during Paleolithic times.
D) They evolved from a common language in the Middle East.
Q3) People living in nations that are bilingual or multilingual are much more likely to engage in violent ethnic conflict than are people living in nations that are monolingual.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a courtroom,which term would best characterize a study of how a witness gives testimony,as opposed to what the witness actually says while testifying?
A) proxemics
B) paralanguage
C) faming
D) abstractions
Q5) Explain and critique the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
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Chapter 5: Making a Living
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Q1) How did Thomas Hobbes mistakenly describe the lives of foragers?
A) ideal,happy,and in balance with nature
B) solitary,poor,nasty,brutish,and short
C) poor in material goods but rich in spirit
D) only about one half the length of that of a European
Q2) Accumulation of wealth among food foragers is seen as a sign of deviance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Many foraging peoples continue to follow this way of life today because they prefer it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Plains Blackfoot men were responsible for the everyday functioning of the camp.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the characteristics of intensive mechanized agriculture,and what challenges does it present?
Q6) Food foragers do not farm,but they usually practise animal herding.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Economic Systems
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Q1) Discuss the consequences of resource depletion for the people of Newfoundland.
Q2) Which of the following is marine transhumance characteristic of?
A) modern commercial fishing fleets
B) traditional Aboriginal migratory fishing practices
C) cold water fish such as cod
D) foreign fishers who trespass in Canadian waters
Q3) Which of the following behaviours would be considered the observation of a food taboo?
A) thoroughly cooking pork to kill any parasites
B) cooking food for men and women in separate ovens
C) avoiding drinking very hot coffee
D) eating unripe fruit
Q4) In Naples,Italy,young girls often do housework so their mothers and older sisters can become wage-earners.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the different ideas about the nature and control of land that exists among food foragers,horticulturalists,pastoralists,intensive agriculturalists,and industrialists.
Q6) 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) The genetic explanation that accounts for the incest taboo must be considered in light of modern genetic research.Which statement is most consistent with a modern understanding of genetics?
A) While people in the past speculated that close breeding was harmful at an individual level,we can now prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
B) While close breeding is mostly harmful at an individual level it also has benefits that show over time.
C) Close breeding can actually increase desired characteristics.
D) Modern genetic research has proven inbreeding to be absolutely neutral,with no positive or negative effects.
Q2) Gilbert Herdt initially interpreted Sambia male initiation rituals as homosexual.Why did he revise his interpretation?
A) Same-sex behaviour lasted only until the male married a woman and produced children.
B) The male-male activity he considered homosexual was merely play-acting.
C) The Sambia recognize homosexuality as both a lifestyle and a lifetime partnership.
D) His Sambia interpreters did not understand his questions.
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Chapter 8: Family and Household
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Q1) Which kind of family is composed of people related to one another conjugally and by blood who bring their spouses to live in the family?
A) extended
B) polygamous
C) consanguineal
D) communal
Q2) You are an independent person who places great value on making your own decisions.In which type of family would you probably be happiest?
A) polygynous
B) extended
C) nuclear
D) consanguineal
Q3) By 2003,what ratio of female-headed families in Canada lived in a low-income situation?
A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds
Q4) 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) Suppose that membership in a group is determined not by descent from a common ancestor,but by the fact that individuals are closely related to one living relative (ego).What is the term for such a group?
A) clan
B) lineage
C) moiety
D) kindred
Q2) The Iroquois were a society characterized by gender egalitarianism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the least complex system of kinship terminology,with the fewest terms for kin?
A) Eskimo
B) Hawaiian
C) Iroquois
D) Crow
Q4) Scientists were able to trace Cheddar man without the use of DNA technology.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Social Stratification and Groupings
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Q1) Canada has a foreign-trained professional problem.Which statement best describes the situation of foreign-trained professionals in Canada?
A) According to a 2007 statistic,only 50 percent of foreign-trained professionals were working in their professions.
B) According to a 2007 statistic,only 25 percent of foreign-trained professionals were working in their professions.
C) Because of Canada's professional governance organizations,hardly any foreign-trained professionals are working in their professions.
D) Because of recent improvements in retraining for qualification,nearly 80% of foreign-trained professionals are working in their professions.
Q2) For one year,from 1922 to 1923,Chinese children in Victoria were educated in a segregated school.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare India's caste system and South Africa's system of apartheid with Canada's treatment of First Nations people.
Q4) 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) Because they are part of a simple society,the Kapauku of New Guinea are not subject to conflicting and contradictory laws of diverse subgroups,as is the case with citizens of Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q2) "Awards,titles,recognition,imprisonment,corporal punishment,and ostracism from the community." What are these all examples of,both positive and negative?
A) internalized controls
B) statuses
C) kinship principles
D) sanctions
Q3) Identify the distinguishing features of chiefdoms and states,focusing on major differences between these two types of political systems.
Q4) What circumstances do the strongest social movements generally emerge from?
A) from issues of gender equality
B) from state-business conflict issues
C) from anti-capitalist issues
D) from contentious political issues
Q5) How can we define "law" cross-culturally,without ethnocentrism?
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Chapter 12: Religion and the Supernatural
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Q1) An individual has harmed you with psychic powers.What have you been the victim of?
A) imitative magic
B) contagious magic
C) witchcraft
D) alchemy
Q2) Which of the following best describes the category of ritual that a funeral ceremony belongs in?
A) a rite of passage
B) a rite of extinction
C) a rite of renewal
D) a rite of intensification
Q3) Which of the following options indicates aspects of religion that serve positive social functions?
A) creation stories that explain who we are and where we came from
B) psychological reassurance,moral behaviour codes and perceptions of good health
C) the promise of redemption and a personal relationship with a prophet
D) the promise of an afterlife and reunion with loved ones
Q4) What are the similarities and differences between religion and witchcraft?
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Chapter 13: The Arts
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Q1) How is fine art distinguished from folk art?
A) Fine art is more finely made than folk art.
B) Folk art is not done by real artists.
C) Folk art is cheaply made and more likely to fall apart than fine art.
D) Fine art is more expensive than folk art.
Q2) Human appearance is a cultural construct as well as a biological creation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement about tattoos among the Maori of New Zealand is true?
A) They were done only on men.
B) They signified that a man had been circumcised.
C) They took the form of facial swirls symbolizing cultural pride.
D) They symbolized a person's rank as a religious leader.
Q4) Body art is an important aspect of many cultures and found all over the world.Describe at least two types of body art,provide examples,and explain why various cultures engage in such body art.
Q5) The historical account of Louis Riel as a treasonous rebel is a legend rather than an accurate account of his actions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Anthropology at Work
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Q1) Academic anthropology and applied anthropology are completely separate and are generally incompatible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Owen Beattie's forensic examination of the victims of the Franklin expedition indicated that they resorted to cannibalism as they were dying off.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Applied anthropologists must first remain loyal to the objectives of their clients,who pay for the research they do.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What lesson can we learn about the use of biology to explain human behaviour from the Gender Perspectives article "Sex,Gender,and Human Violence"?
A) that men are inherently more violent than women
B) that we must be careful not to project cultural belief onto nature
C) that male violence only exists in some cultures
D) that females actually socialize male children to be violent
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Chapter 15: Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity
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Q1) Protective legislation in Canada has severely limited the influence of American media on Canadian culture.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following cultural elements did early European settlers in the Americas NOT borrow from indigenous peoples?
A) chocolate
B) tobacco
C) potatoes
D) shamanism
Q3) In Canada,efforts to maintain a distinct Canadian cultural identity separate from American culture have proven very difficult.Why?
A) American technology is superior.
B) American media are pervasive.
C) Canadian nationalism is weakly developed.
D) There are too few clear differences between Canada and the United States.
Q4) Commonly,the burden of modernization falls most heavily on women.
A)True
B)False
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