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Cultural Anthropology

What term refers to wealth or resources invested in business with the intent of producing a profit?
Capital
Which of the following statements about Marx is not true? He viewed socioeconomic stratification in
terms of several classes with different but complementary interests.
The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power
for an extended period of time is known as colonialism.
According to Weber, what are the three dimensions of social stratification? Wealth, power, prestige
The Industrial Revolution began inEngland.
Why have many Arembepeiros begun to resent their own local Saint Francis festival?The correct answer is: It has become an
outsider's event, drawing thousands of tourists.
Why was late 18th-century France able to maintain the form of its domestic manufacturing system?France had a larger
population than England did, and thus could simply augment its domestic production system.
How were many postcolonial countries, especially in Africa, formed? Colonial powers lumped and separated indigenous groups
of people into arbitrary countries.
Which of the following statements about British colonialism is not true?It lacked an intervention philosophy.
What term refers to the blurring and breakdown of established canons (rules, standards), categories, distinctions, and
boundaries?: Postmodern
Which of the following statements about television is true?The correct answer is: It can enhance national cultural identity by
diffusing the cultures of countries within their own borders.
Which is not generally true of core nations?They have less control over world finance than do semiperiphery nations.
Which of the following statements concerning semiperiphery nations is not true?Their economic activities are less mechanized
than those in the periphery.
In terms of energy consumption, what nation consumes the most nonrenewable resources today?United States
What term is used to refer to the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized?Postcolonial
What does it mean for people to live mulitlocally?Migrants maintain ties with their native lands through phoning, e-mailing,
visiting, sending money, and watching ethnic TV.
Westernization has most often been described as a form of what kind of cultural change?Acculturation
What form of rule did France use in colonies with long histories of state organization?: Indirect rule
Why is the idea of corruption an issue in postsocialist countries?In Russia today, there is not a clear divide between public and
private domains.
What is the term for our contemporary world in flux, with people on the move, in which established groups, boundaries,
identities, contrasts, and standards are reaching out and breaking down?Postmodernity
Native Australians relate to the movie Rambo because native Australians see tribal ties and kin links between Rambo and the
prisoners he was rescuing.
What is the dominant intervention philosophy today?Neoliberalism
Which of the following is not true of 20th-century industrialization?It had tremendously beneficial effects on the economies,
ecologies, and populations of "developing" nations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
What are the causes of the problems in Newtok, Alaska?: Climate change and reconciling local culture with outside world
expectations
Which is the term that many scientists prefer instead of global warming to describe changes in the environment? Climate change
All of the following are examples of shamans except: priests.
When a dominant group compels a minority group to adopt the dominant culture, this is known as:
forced assimilation.
In general, societies with the patrilineal-patrilocal complex are characterized by all of the following
exceptThe correct answer is: inheritance of land and prestige through female lines.
Who was the founder of the anthropology of religion?: Edward B. Tylor
Cross-cultural studies indicate that: in most societies women tend to be the primary child caregivers.
Which of the following statements about sexual orientation is not true? Sexual orientation is
genetically predetermined, and culture plays no role in its expression.
What is the term for the marginal or in-between phase of a rite of passage?: Liminality
Polytheism refers to belief in multiple gods.
Among foragers: the lack of a clear public-domestic dichotomy contributes to reduced gender
inequality.
A policy of ethnic expulsion or ethnic persecution may createis: refugee populations.
Which of the following statements about social race is true?: Social races are groups assumed to have
a biological basis but actually defined in a culturally arbitrary manner.

What rule automatically places the children of a union between members of different groups in the
minority group? Hypodescent
The worldwide increase in female-headed households stems from all of the following except:
decreasing divorce rates.
A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior status is known as a(an) patriarchy.
What is the term for identification with, and feeling part of, a cultural group, and exclusion from other
cultural groups?:Ethnicity
Which of the following statements about gender differences among tropical and semitropical foragers
is true?: Women's work usually contributes more to the diet than does men's work; consequently, there
is less gender stratification.
Discrimination that is not legally sanctioned is known as: de facto discrimination.
Belief in mana was especially prominent in is: Melanesia.
In Japan, burakumin: suffer from discrimination as members of a stigmatized minority group.
what is the term for policies and practices that harm a group and its members?: Discrimination
According to Tylor, what is the sequence through which religion evolved?: Animism, polytheism,
monotheism
In general, the status of women: is higher in matrilineal societies than it is in patrilineal societies.
What term refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals?: Magic
What term does Barth use to refer to a society that combines ethnic contrasts, ecological
specialization, and economic interdependence of groups?: Plural society

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