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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   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.   Agency
B.   Enculturation
C.   Incommensurability
D.   Ethnocentrism
Question #7
If someone you are speaking with breaks proxemic rules, they may have:
A.   used inappropriate words
B.   yelled very loudly for no reason
C.   made hand gestures that do not make sense
D.   Invaded your personal space
Question #8
Malinowski believed that anthropologists should do all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   stay a long time doing fieldwork
B.   learn local languages
C.   explore the mundane imponderabilia of everyday life
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.   quantitative research
B.   mapping
C.   kinship analysis
D.   qualitative research
Question #12
What anthropologist below encourages scholars to be reflexive, or acknowledge their impact on research?
A.   Annette Weiner
B.   Nancy Scheper-Hughes
C.   E.E. Evans-Pritchard
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.   unaffected by their nonstandard speech
B.   speaking a dialect of English that is linguistically flawed.
C.   often considered to be uneducated or low class
D.   usually seen as speaking a prestige dialect
Question #14
Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline of ethnographic fieldwork?
A.   ensure anonymity
B.   Never help research participants
C.   obtain informed consent
D.   do no harm
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.   Fame
B.   Rapport
C.   Money
D.   Weight
Question #17
________ are commonly used as a strategy to collect quantitative data.
A.   Interviews
B.   Life histories
C.   Surveys
D.   Social networks
E.   Conversations
Question #18
Community members who guide, advise, and teach the ethnographer during fieldwork are called:
A.   cultural collaborators
B.   primary subjects
C.   key informants
D.   research aides
E.   research stakeholders
Question #19
Franz Boas (1858-1942) is credited with developing which of the following anthropological perspectives?
A.   ethnocentrism
B.   comparative ethnology
C.   participant observation
D.   unilineal evolution
E.   Cultural relativism
Question #20
Which of the following anthropologists argued that power must be viewed as an aspect of all human relationships?
A.   Margaret Mead
B.   Henry Morgan
C.   Franz Boas
D.   Eric Wolf
E.   Clifford Geertz

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