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

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