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

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