Peoples and Cultures of the World Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of human societies across the globe, examining the rich diversity of cultural practices, social structures, belief systems, and ways of life. Through the lens of cultural anthropology, students will investigate how people adapt to varied environments, construct social identities, and navigate issues such as kinship, gender, religion, politics, and globalization. By studying ethnographic case studies from a variety of regions, the course encourages a critical understanding of cultural similarities and differences, fostering appreciation for the complexities and interconnectedness of human experience.
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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) The use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve "practical" problems,often for a specific client is known as _______________.
A)ethnohistory
B)applied anthropology
C)linguistic anthropology
D)ethnography
E)physical anthropology
Answer: B
Q2) From skeletal remains,the forensic anthropologist cannot establish which of following?
A)stature
B)race
C)sex
D)marital status
E)age
Answer: D
Q3) The shared,learned behavior of non-human apes should not be considered culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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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 belief that one's own way of life is superior to others is _______________.
A)ethnocentrism
B)cultural relativism
C)egocentrism
D)kulturpride
E)ethnic-centeredness
Answer: A
Q3) Because the many aspects of culture involve the many areas of our lives,we can refer to culture as being ___________________________.
A)complicated
B)boring
C)symbolic
D)integrated
E)environmental
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and
Theories
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Q1) Extended on-location research to gather detailed information about a society's culture is called _______________.
A)ethnographic character research
B)a cyberethnography
C)a multi-sited ethnography
D)ethnographic fieldwork
E)digital ethnography
Answer: D
Q2) Urgent anthropology used to be known as ______________________________ .
A)ethnography
B)salvage anthropology
C)critical anthropology
D)speedy anthropology
E)historical anthropology
Answer: B
Q3) Anthropologists cannot control subjectivity.
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) What is the most frequent type of reconciliation among chimpanzees?
A)embrace
B)mouth-to-mouth kiss
C)genito-genital rubbing
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Q2) Chimpanzee females hunt more frequently than males.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Race as a biological construct is ________________ .
A)plausible
B)scientific
C)genetic
D)false
E)proven
Q4) Unlike bonobos,there is no record of chimpanzees using tools.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Language and Communication
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Q1) Chantek was a(n)_______________.
A)bonobo
B)gibbon
C)chimpanzee
D)gorilla
E)orangutan
Q2) It takes many years of practice for people to master the muscular movements needed to produce the precise sounds of any particular language.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not a signal?
A)coughs
B)winking
C)screams
D)crying
E)sneezing
Q4) 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) People who are born with reproductive organs,genitalia,and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female are called _______________.
A)androgynous
B)berdache
C)castrati
D)transgenders
E)intersexuals
Q2) Windigo would be an example of a so-called _______________.
A)ethnic identity crisis
B)universal psychosis
C)psychotic break
D)ethnic psychosis
E)altered state of consciousness
Q3) Biomedicine is the predominant medical system found in _______________.
A)Hindu cultures
B)Native American societies
C)indigenous societies
D)Asia,Africa,and Latin America
E)Euramerica
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Chapter 7: Patterns of Subsistence
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Q1) The number and intensity of interactions among the members of a foraging residential unit is called the _______________.
A)density of social relations
B)social interactionism
C)cultural ecology
D)carrying capacity
E)convergent evolution
Q2) Not every group has implemented the changes needed for long-term survival-and some have made changes that failed to bring the expected benefits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A peoples' cultural _______________ consists of a complex of ideas,activities and technologies that allow them to survive.
A)accommodation
B)adaptation
C)behavior
D)innovation
E)simplicity
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Chapter 8: Economic Systems
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Q1) Jomo Kenyatta was Kenya's first president and was a trained anthropologist.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ?Market exchange is defined as the exchange of goods through face-to-face bargaining in a market place.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following situations involving gender division of labor are likely to produce a sense of equality among males and females?
A)Societies in which both males and females do each others' work without embarrassment.
B)Societies in which males and females have their own separate jobs,and certain jobs are considered superior to others.
C)Societies in which males and females have their own separate jobs,but the jobs are considered complementary and equally important.
D)a and c only.
E)None of the above.
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Chapter 9: Sex, marriage, and Family
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Q1) Two or more closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group is a(n)_______________.
A)extended family
B)conjugal family
C)extensive family
D)consanguineal family
E)affinal family
Q2) Human reproduction is a biological process situated within a cultural context.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the United States today,_______________.
A)monogamy is the only legally recognized form of marriage
B)couples practice marriage but not mating
C)the mating patterns that occur are primarily monogamous
D)marriage is identical to mating
E)polyandry is the only legally recognized form of marriage
Q4) The most common form of marriage compensation is dowry.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Kinship and Descent
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Q1) ?What minority population was van Eck studying in the Netherlands?
A)Russians
B)Polish
C)French
D)Hispanic immigrants
E)Turkish immigrants
Q2) What were the Maori migration routes based on mitochondrial DNA studies?
A)sub-Saharan Africa
B)northern Egypt
C)northern Mesopotamia
D)southeast China
E)southern England
Q3) A phratry is a unilineal descent group composed of two or more _______________ that believe they are related to each other.
A)moieties
B)totems
C)kindred
D)lineages
E)clans
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Chapter 11: Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class
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Q1) Among the _______________ of the Amazon men not only work apart from women,but eat and sleep separately as well.
A)Mundurucu
B)Kapauku
C)Ibos
D)Iroquois
E)Dobu
Q2) The eruv is a sacred Jewish ritual space.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Upward mobility in social class is more possible _______________.
A)in societies with extended families
B)in societies that practice matrilocal residence
C)in polygynous families
D)in nuclear families with neolocal residence
E)in extended families with avunculocal residence
Q4) Division of labor along gender lines is common to all human societies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Politics, power, and Violence
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Q1) Religion is often intricately connected with politics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) "Crimes against humanity" has been adopted by most countries in order to prosecute mass murder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A chief can expect his authority to remain unchallenged during his lifetime,unlike the tonowi who is in constant danger of being thrown down from his pedestal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is part of an uncentralized political system?
A)band
B)chiefdom
C)state
D)a and b only
E)b and c only
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Chapter 13: Spirituality, religion, and the Supernatural
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Q1) In the 19 century _______________,author of one of the most widely read anthropological books of all time,The Golden Bough,made a strong distinction between religion and magic.
A)Sir James G. Frazer
B)Sir Edward Tylor
C)Arnold Van Gennep
D)Sir Richard Attenborough
E)Sir Richard Burton
Q2) _______________ is viewed most simply as organized belief in the supernatural,and all fulfill numerous social and psychological needs.
A)Curanderismo
B)Magic
C)Shamanism
D)Voodoo
E)Religion
Q3) Since strict rules and regulations guided religious consciousness,only the elite among Penobscot men could become shamans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: The Arts
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Q1) Peyote buttons contain a psychotropic substance called a(n)_______________.
A)alkaloid
B)acid
C)barbiturate
D)inhibitor
E)acid base
Q2) Anthropologists prefer to not use the term folklore but rather chose the term verbal arts because _______________.
A)the term folklore is used only by linguists;the term verbal arts is used only by anthropologists
B)the term verbal arts sounds more sophisticated
C)the term verbal arts is more scientific
D)the term folklore implies lack of sophistication,and is a condescending term to use
E)the term folklore refers only to fairy tales
Q3) In the process of construal,the brain tries to make sense of entopic images.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Processes of Change
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Q1) In New England,the culture of English-speakers replaced the various cultures of Native Americans living along the coast.Your text says that this occurred because
A)English-speaking culture was superior to Native American culture
B)Native American culture was superior to English-speaking culture
C)It is inevitable that English-speakers will replace other cultures that they encounter
D)A combination of accidental factors contributed to the success of English-speakers in establishing colonies along coastal New England
E)The success of English-speakers was only a temporary setback for the progressive development of Native American culture
Q2) _______________ are the developers of the world's largest array of nutritious foods and the primary contributors to the world's varied cuisine.
A)Africans
B)Italians
C)Chinese
D)French
E)American Indians
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Chapter 16: Global Challenges local Responses and the
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Q1) Cultural pluralism _______________.
A)may constitute a temporary stage in a process of integration into a single melting-pot culture
B)implies the absence of bigotry and racism
C)implies respect for the cultural traditions of other peoples
D)may result from conquest or from several culturally distinct groups occupying an area that eventually becomes unified as a larger political entity
E)all of the above
Q2) The five wealthiest countries in the world today are
A)United States,Japan,Germany,France and Britain
B)United States,Japan,Germany,UAE and Britain
C)United States,Japan,UAE,France and Britain
D)United States,China,Germany,France and Britain
E)UAE,Japan,Germany,France and Britain
Q3) Cosmetic surgery in the United States can be seen as necessary to the patient's psychological health.
A)True
B)False
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