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Anthropology 102 - Human Ways of Life » Spring 2021 » Topic 6 Quiz Reciprocity and Exchange

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Question #1

The mode of production refers to the social relations through which human labor is used to transform energy from nature by using tools, skills, organization, and knowledge.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #2

Which of the following is a type of reciprocity? (Choose all that apply)

A. Generalized and capitalist

B. Capitalist

C. Negative

D. Balanced and negative

E. Balanced, negative, and generalized

Question #3

A gift in a system of balanced reciprocity creates a social obligation and must be paid back through returned gift at some undefined period in the future.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #4

Which characteristics are associated with domestic production? (Choose all that apply)

A. Labor based on kinship relations

B. Collective ownership and sharing

C. Sharing

D. Labor based on kinship relations, sharing, collective ownership and more egalitarian

E. More egalitarian and labor based on kinship relations

Question #5

Which of the following forms of subsistence practices are associated with domestic production? (Choose all that apply)

A. Foragers

B. Agriculturalists and pastoralists

C. Pastoralists

D. Horticultralists

E. Foragers and Horticultralists

Question #6

In hunting and gathering society, equality and sharing are emphasized over competition. This is an example of which kind of reciprocity?

A. generalized reciprocity

B. Negative reciprocity

C. Balanced reciprocity

D. delayed reciprocity

Question #7

Which of the following characteristics are associated with capitalist production? (Choose all that apply)

A. Workers sell their labor power to owners.

B. Private property owned by a capitalist class. Low wages creates a surplus of wealth that is kept or invested by owners. Workers sell their labor power to owners.

C. Collective ownership of the primary means of production

D. Low wages creates a surplus of wealth that is kept or invested by owners

E. Private property owned by a capitalist class

Question #8

Gift exchange is based on:

A. generosity

B. profit

C. kindness

D. obligation

Question #9

Markets are social institutions that involve (Choose all that apply)

A. General purpose money (usually) and equality as a guiding principle.

B. regulation by supply and demand mechanisms

C. Atomized transactions, such as a sale.

D. Regulation by supply and demand mechanisms. Atomized transactions, such as a sale. General purpose money (usually).

E. equality as a guiding principle.

Question #10

A market economy is characterized by

A. More competition

B. Generalized reciprocity

C. Balanced reciprocity

D. More cooperation

Question #11

The Native American "potlatch" actually an example of when "value dominance" is the goal since a chief could build his reputation and gain new respect by giving away more goods than another person (thereby "dominating" the other).

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #12

Why do the Kwakwaka’wakw hold potlatches? (Choose all that apply)

A. To publicly recognize class structure and status

B. To publicly recognize class structure and status, to celebrate the people’s relationship to the animal spirits and to give thanks, to honor important people who have passed on and to pass on a family’s rights and privileges or inheritance.

C. To pass on a family’s rights and privileges or inheritance.

D. To celebrate the people’s relationship to the animal spirits and to give thanks

E. To honor important people who have passed on

Question #13

Production refers to how we use material goods to sustain ourselves.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #14

Which mode of production is described here: a family lives together in a home that they rent. The mother works in a factory as a screw turner to produce widgets. He earns a wage that is used to buy food and pay rent.

A. Tributary

B. Domestic

C. Capitalist

D. Pastoralist

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