ANTH113FALL2005TESTTwo

ANTH 113 EXAM I on Friday November 4, 2005


1 An impersonal supernatural force inherent in nature and in people is called __ by anthropologists.
world view
ramage
mana
religion

2 Urbanowicz, and others, know that the "Holocaust" occurred: the "first training camp" established was at:
Auschwitz (Oswiecem), Poland.
Bergen-Belsen.
Treblinka.
Dachau (near Munich, Germany).

3 According to Lee (in S&M),the Bushmen hunter-gatherers spent their time:
in the pursuit of food.
living a very precarious existence.
collecting their food and managing to live a long and fruitful life.
None-of-the-above!

4 According to the Guidebook, names that many Americans use for native American indian tribes are:
acceptable.
believable.
courteous.
derogatory

5 It was pointed out in lecture one day that Rage Against The Dying Of The Night was written by:
Gregory Bateson.
Ruth Benedict.
Arthur C. Clarke.
Dylan Thomas.

6 The Guidebook (and video) pointed out that in traditional times, the Netsilik had their holy men, or:
priests.
shamans.
Hudson Bay merchants.
all-of-the-above!

7 In writing about "infant death" (in S&M), Scheper-Hughes pointed out that "infant death becomes routine in an environment in which death is anticipated and bets are hedged." She is writing about people in: 
New Guinea (the Dani).
Brazil.
South Africa (the Bushmen of the Kalahari).
India.

8 According to Friedl (S&M), the key to women's power is:
control over family finances.
having a large number of children.
control of goods and services distributed outside the family.
all-of-the-above.

9 Marriage outside any designated group is known as Endogamy.
TRUE
FALSE

10 In the discipline of Anthropology, HRAF refers to Harvard Research And Film, Incorporated.
TRUE
FALSE

11 A form of anxiety that results from an inability to predict the behavior of others or act appropriately in cross-cultural situations is known as "culture shock."
TRUE
FALSE

12 It is important to note, in a "cargo cult" the cargo never arrives for the natives.
TRUE
FALSE

13 Genocide is the destruction of ethnic groups by murder, warfare, and diseases.
TRUE
FALSE

14 According to Going International #1, to succeed we must learn the rules, but that is not enough. We must cultivate linguistic skills.
TRUE
FALSE

15 Ethnocentrism is defined as the belief tha one's own way of life is desirable and superior to others.
TRUE
FALSE

16 The phrase "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" was made by Arthur C. Clarke.
TRUE
FALSE