Anthropology 300 - Language and Culture » Spring 2020 » Exam 1

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Question #1
An ethnography is the study of a culture
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
Which of the following is NOT one of the four fields of anthropology?
A.   cultural anthropology
B.   linguistic anthropology
C.   archaeology
D.   linguistics 
Question #3
Linguistic Relativity states that languages are arbitrary systems
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Who was Franz Boas?
A.   An anthropologist who did not think language was important in conducting ethnographic fieldwork
B.   a German-born Anthropologist who started the first department of Anthropology in America 
C.   The first Anthropologist ever
D.   The first American-born Anthropologist
Question #5
___________is one's ability to perceive and think about things.
A.   Optometry
B.   Cultural Relativity
C.   Taxation
D.   Frames of Reference 
Question #6
Which of the following is not a component of ethnocentrism?
A.   Insisting your cultural system is the only one that makes sense
B.   Using your own cultural system to interpret someone else's cultural system
C.   Not understanding different cultural systems in their own terms
D.   Knowing that your cultural system is one of many that exist in the world 
Question #7
A linguistic emphasis usually reflects a cultural emphasis.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
Learning a new language often requires us to learn new ways of organization and classification and which things are worth labeling in another culture or community
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
The lungs allow us to push air out for sound production
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Which of the following statements is NOT a concept of linguistic determinism?
A.   Language is a condo you can rent
B.   Language affects or even determines one’s ability to perceive and think about things, as well as talk about them
C.   Language is a prison 
D.   Language is a room you can leave
Question #11
Which of the following is NOT an example of paralanguage?
A.   breathy voice
B.   any normally spoken word 
C.   whispering
D.   "shhhh"
Question #12
Which of the following is not a Hanunóo color?
A.   Dark
B.    Light
C.   Ripe 
D.   Dry

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