Anth 102 - Human Ways of Life » Fall 2019 » Quiz 2

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Question #1
After doing successful fieldwork, anthropologists finally receive their anthropology toolkit.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound and does not mean anything by itself.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Avoiding eye contact among other cultural groups is one example of haptic behavior.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
Bohannan’s telling of “Hamlet” to the Tiv demonstrates intercultural communication barriers.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
Digital natives are often well-suited for taking college courses online, like ANTHR 2 Web.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Following cultural norms is known as hegemony, while doing what you want is practicing:
A.   Ethnocentrism
B.   Incommensurability
C.   Agency
D.   Enculturation
Question #7
If someone you are speaking with breaks proxemic rules, they may have:
A.   made hand gestures that do not make sense
B.   yelled very loudly for no reason
C.   Invaded your personal space
D.   used inappropriate words
Question #8
Malinowski believed that anthropologists should do all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   stay a long time doing fieldwork
B.   be reflexive in their research
C.   learn local languages
D.   explore the mundane imponderabilia of everyday life
Question #9
Most anthropologists agree that the Human Terrain System (HTS) has a positive outcome on local people in areas of armed conflict.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Nancy Scheper-Hughes observed that Brazilian women in Alto do Cruzeiro:
A.   traveled very far to seek medical treatment for ill children
B.   held elaborate funeral ceremonies for young infants who died
C.   took turns nurturing the ill children of other women
D.   did not show grief at the death of their own children
Question #11
One task for anthropologists is to understand how cultural space is used, also referred to as:
A.   kinship analysis
B.   qualitative research
C.   mapping
D.   quantitative research
Question #12
What anthropologist below encourages scholars to be reflexive, or acknowledge their impact on research?
A.   Nancy Scheper-Hughes
B.   E.E. Evans-Pritchard
C.   Annette Weiner
D.   Bronislaw Malinowski
Question #13
When individuals speak in a manner that does not conform to what is known as “Standard English,” the author of our textbook claims they are:
A.   speaking a dialect of English that is linguistically flawed.
B.   usually seen as speaking a prestige dialect
C.   unaffected by their nonstandard speech
D.   often considered to be uneducated or low class
Question #14
Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline of ethnographic fieldwork?
A.   ensure anonymity
B.   Never help research participants
C.   do no harm
D.   obtain informed consent
Question #15
Which of the following would most likely be studied in descriptive linguistics?
A.   the phonemes (sounds) of language
B.   patterns of language among men and women
C.   how language can often indicate social class
D.   all of the above
Question #16
While starting fieldwork in a new place, cultural anthropologists work very hard to gain:
A.   Money
B.   Weight
C.   Rapport
D.   Fame
Question #17
________ are commonly used as a strategy to collect quantitative data.
A.   Life histories
B.   Conversations
C.   Surveys
D.   Social networks
E.   Interviews
Question #18
Community members who guide, advise, and teach the ethnographer during fieldwork are called:
A.   research aides
B.   primary subjects
C.   key informants
D.   cultural collaborators
E.   research stakeholders
Question #19
Franz Boas (1858-1942) is credited with developing which of the following anthropological perspectives?
A.   ethnocentrism
B.   Cultural relativism
C.   unilineal evolution
D.   participant observation
E.   comparative ethnology
Question #20
Which of the following anthropologists argued that power must be viewed as an aspect of all human relationships?
A.   Margaret Mead
B.   Franz Boas
C.   Henry Morgan
D.   Eric Wolf
E.   Clifford Geertz

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