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Question #1
Anthropology
A.   The insider's perspective of a culture
B.   The ousider's perspective of a culture
C.   The study of humanity.
D.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
Question #2
Holism
A.   A description of cultural practices or cultural groups.
B.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
C.   Fieldwork approach that is backbone of anthropological research.
D.   To make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.
Question #3
Etic
A.   the process of learning your own culture.
B.   The ousider's perspective of a culture
C.   The insider's perspective of a culture
D.   A cultural practice that contradicts the people's own culturally-specific logic.
Question #4
Emic
A.   The exploitation of peoples by a foreign power.
B.   The insider's perspective of a culture
C.   The concept that one can only understand another culture in terms of the own culturall-specific logic.
D.   The ousider's perspective of a culture
Question #5
Ethnography
A.   A description of cultural practices or cultural groups.
B.   The study of humanity.
C.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
D.   Comparing another culture/cultural practice againts your own culturally-specific logic.
Question #6
Participant Observation
A.   To make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.
B.   The exploitation of peoples by a foreign power.
C.   Fieldwork approach that is backbone of anthropological research.
D.   The concept that one can only understand another culture in terms of the own culturall-specific logic.
Question #7
Mundane Imponderabilia
A.   The concept that one can only understand another culture in terms of the own culturall-specific logic.
B.   Comparing another culture/cultural practice againts your own culturally-specific logic.
C.   To make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.
D.   The exploitation of peoples by a foreign power.
Question #8
Colonialism
A.   The exploitation of peoples by a foreign power.
B.   Comparing another culture/cultural practice againts your own culturally-specific logic.
C.   A cultural practice that contradicts the people's own culturally-specific logic.
D.   the process of learning your own culture.
Question #9
Cultural Relativism
A.   The concept that one can only understand another culture in terms of the own culturall-specific logic.
B.   The study of humanity.
C.   The ousider's perspective of a culture
D.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
Question #10
Ethnocentrism
A.   The study of humanity.
B.   the process of learning your own culture.
C.   A cultural practice that contradicts the people's own culturally-specific logic.
D.   Comparing another culture/cultural practice againts your own culturally-specific logic.
Question #11
Maladaptation
A.   The study of humanity.
B.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
C.   The ousider's perspective of a culture
D.   A cultural practice that contradicts the people's own culturally-specific logic.
Question #12
Enculturation
A.   Fieldwork approach that is backbone of anthropological research.
B.   The approach that considers all interconnected parts of a cultural system.
C.   A description of cultural practices or cultural groups.
D.   the process of learning your own culture.
Question #13
Which of the following is not an essential part of participant observation?
A.   Explore the mundane imponderabilia
B.   Get off the armchair to try local cuisine
C.   Stay for an extended period of time
D.   Learn the local language
Question #14
Under the reign of colonial governments, anthropologists were given ____________ in order to conduct their research.
A.   funding and access to field sites
B.   scientific tools and apparel
C.   unlimited freedom and academic autonomy
D.   religious training and vaccines
Question #15
It is not academically productive to exclusively compare another people’s cultural practices against your own cultural practices; this is called “ethnocentrism.”             
A.   True
B.   False
Question #16
Does Azande witchcraft exist?
A.   Yes, and it is evil and dangerous.
B.   No, magic isn't real.
C.   No, but American witchcraft is real.
D.   Yes, in terms of their own understanding.
Question #17
Match the social scientist to its notable work/arguments. Bronislaw Malinowski
A.   "Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande;" Azande Witchcraft
B.   "Sick Societies;" Maladapations
C.   "Argonauts of the Western Pacific;" Partcipant Observation
D.   "The Mind of Primitive Man;" Cultural Relativism
Question #18
Match the social scientist to its notable work/arguments. Franz Boas
A.   "Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande;" Azande Witchcraft
B.   "Sick Societies;" Maladapations
C.   "Argonauts of the Western Pacific;" Partcipant Observation
D.   "The Mind of Primitive Man;" Cultural Relativism
Question #19
Match the social scientist to its notable work/arguments. Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard
A.   "Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande;" Azande Witchcraft
B.   "The Mind of Primitive Man;" Cultural Relativism
C.   "Sick Societies;" Maladapations
D.   "Argonauts of the Western Pacific;" Partcipant Observation
Question #20
Match the social scientist to its notable work/arguments. Robert Edgerton
A.   "The Mind of Primitive Man;" Cultural Relativism
B.   "Sick Societies;" Maladapations
C.   "Argonauts of the Western Pacific;" Partcipant Observation
D.   "Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande;" Azande Witchcraft

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