ANTH Cultural Anthropology 2

Question 1

A researcher lives among a community for two years, learning the language and joining daily activities to understand their worldview. This method is called:

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Participant observation

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Random sampling

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Content analysis

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Controlled experiment

Question 2

The idea that a culture should be understood on its own terms, without judging it by the standards of another culture, is known as:

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Cultural relativism

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Ethnocentrism

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Social Darwinism

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Diffusionism

Question 3

Franz Boas is best known in anthropology for promoting:

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Historical particularism

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Unilineal evolution

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Genetic determinism

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Structural functionalism

Question 4

A kinship system in which descent is traced through the mother's line is called:

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Matrilineal

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Patrilineal

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Bilateral

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Ambilineal

Question 5

The distinction between an 'emic' and an 'etic' perspective concerns:

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Insider versus outsider viewpoints

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Written versus oral cultures

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Rural versus urban settings

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Past versus present societies

Question 6

A ritual marking a person's transition from one social status to another, such as a wedding or initiation, is a:

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Rite of passage

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Taboo

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Totem

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Fetish

Question 7

The exchange of gifts among Trobriand Islanders described by Malinowski, involving shell necklaces and armbands, is called the:

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Kula ring

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Potlatch

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Moka

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