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

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