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:

Accepted Answer

Participant observation

Answer

Participant observation involves long-term immersion in a community to gather firsthand ethnographic data.

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:

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism

Answer

Cultural relativism holds that beliefs and practices should be evaluated within their own cultural context.

Question 3

Franz Boas is best known in anthropology for promoting:

Accepted Answer

Historical particularism

Answer

Boas argued each culture is the product of its own unique history, opposing broad evolutionary schemes.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal

Answer

In matrilineal descent, group membership and inheritance pass through female ancestors.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Insider versus outsider viewpoints

Answer

Emic reflects the insider's cultural perspective while etic reflects the outside analyst's framework.

ANTH (Anthropology) Practice Test

ANTH (Anthropology) Practice Test

ANTH Cultural Anthropology 2