Anth 102 - Human Ways of Life » Fall 2019 » Quiz 5

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Question #1
Ayurveda is one example of ethnomedicine.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
Based on Ancient humoral theory, which of the following is NOT one of the four bodily fluids?
A.   Blood
B.   Black bile
C.   Urine
D.   Phlegm
Question #3
Biotherapy is the practice of using biomedical drugs to treat illness.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Centralized governments operate under one single authority.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Chiefdoms usually have much smaller populations than tribes.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Dia de los Muertos is an example of secularization.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
Different religious sects often disagree over what is the “correct belief,” also known
A.   Syncretic
B.   Dogma
C.   Ritual
D.   Deity
Question #8
For the Hmong, soul loss is the most dangerous of all supernatural illnesses.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Fundamentalist religious movements can create conflict between opposing beliefs.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Germs are possible causes of personalistic disease.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Going to jail for stealing something is what kind of sanction?
A.   Positive informal sanction
B.   Negative informal sanction
C.   Positive formal sanction
D.   Negative formal sanction
Question #12
If you become ill because someone put a curse on you, the disease may be referred to as:
A.   Humoral
B.   Personalistic
C.   Naturalistic
D.   Emotionalistic
Question #13
A band is typically a small, kin-based group of hunter-gatherers with informal sanctions.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
In the explanatory model of illness, etiology describes how to cure an illness or disease.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
Magic is often used to explain misfortune, or why bad things happen.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #16
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) may struggle to:
A.   There is no struggle; starting an NGO is easy!
B.   Get funding from donors.
C.   Find a worthy cause to assist.
D.   None of the above.
Question #17
Receiving a car insurance discount for safe driving is an example of a positive sanction.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
Religious movements for reform, often back to native belief systems, is called:
A.   Secularism
B.   Revitalization
C.   Syncretism
D.   Secularization
Question #19
Sanctions are methods of social control designed to encourage conformity to norms.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
The Bible, Torah, and Qur’an share many ideas and religious figures.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #21
Using maggot therapy to treat gangrene may:
A.   Cause a secondary infection
B.   Avoid the need for limb amputation
C.   Risk the loss of the patient’s living tissue
D.   Be more expensive than pharmaceutical drugs
Question #22
Voodoo is an example of:
A.   Biomedicine
B.   Ethnomedicine
C.   Imitative magic
D.   Contagious magic
Question #23
What kind of political organization is characterized as being acephalous, or having no head:
A.   Band
B.   Tribe
C.   State
D.   Chiefdom
Question #24
What system of health and illness involves maintaining balance of the body’s four fluids?
A.   Humoral theory
B.   Ayurveda
C.   Biomedicine
D.   Ethnomedicine
Question #25
Which of the following can influence a leader’s ideology of aggression?
A.   Territorial disputes
B.   Religion/belief system differences
C.   Ethnic differences
D.   All of the above
Question #26
Which of the following is a polytheistic religion?
A.   Islam
B.   Hinduism
C.   Judaism
D.   Christianity
Question #27
Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?
A.   Fast during Ramadan.
B.   To pray five times daily
C.   Give to charity.
D.   Attend a Mosque every Sunday.
Question #28
Which of the following is NOT one of the three stages in a rite of passage?
A.   Rejection
B.   Separation
C.   Transition
D.   Incorporation
Question #29
Which of the following might cause you to catch an emotionalistic disease?
A.   Getting sneezed on
B.   Not washing your hands
C.   Being very scared
D.   Someone paying a sorcerer to make you sick
Question #30
Which political organization has a system of laws and judges for conflict resolution:
A.   States
B.   Bands
C.   Tribes
D.   Chiefdoms

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