A13/ST#2

Anthropology 13/Spring 2000/Self-Testing Quiz #2 for EXAM II on 6 April 2000


1 According to Urbanowicz, we have survived through time as a result of:
progress.
behavioral dependencies.
cooperation.
development.
exploration.
2 A set of beliefs that defines the nature of the universe or cosmos is called:
acculturation beliefs.
basic religious needs.
cosmological beliefs.
mana beliefs.
3 It was pointed out in the GUIDEBOOK that "Aboriginal Australia" was divided into some:
100 tribes.
300 tribes.
3,000 tribes.
Sorry: one BIG tribe controlled all of Aboriginal Australia.
4 It was pointed out in lecture that no culture in Melanesia could be called "typical" but we can state that each culture:
has rituals.
pays attention to ancestors and ghosts.
has "Big Men" in the group.
All-of-the-above!
5 The introduction of ______ among the Simbu of New Guinea has affected the course of economic change and development.
artillery and heavy weapons
credit cards
cash
suburban utility vehicles (SUVs)
6 A "strategy" that people use to control supernatural power to achieve particular results is termed:
Division of labor.
Religion.
Magic.
Rite of passage.
7 According to Ernestine Friedl, women do not hunt because of the variability in the supply of game and:
the different skills required for hunting & gathering.
the incompatibility between carrying burdens and hunting.
the small size of semi-nomadic populations.
all-of-the-above.
8 The Hausa-speaking people of northern Nigeria are firm religious adherents of:
Anglican Church.
Buddhism.
Christianity.
Islam
9 According to the GUIDEBOOK and lectures, of all the colonised people of the earth, _____ must surely rank among the most fortunate because colonial domination came late in the day: in the early part of the 20th cntury.
Africans
Canadian Indians (The "Inuit")
New Guinea Highlanders.
Native Americans.
10 Among the Bushmen of the Kalahari, rock painting handprints:
have never been understood.
are signatures or magical signs.
were the work of children.
none-of-the-above.
11 The driving force in the semi-conductor industry has been the theorem known as Moore's Law which states that the number of transistors that fit on a chip will double every 18 months.
True
False
12 According to Serena Nanda, in India, almost no marriages are arranged.
True
False
13 Wari Iamo is an anthropologist who did field work in California.
True
False
14 According to Richard Nelson, the Inupiaq hunter possesses as much knowledge as a highly trained scientists in our own society.
True
False
15 Margaret Mead was the only female anthropologist to work in Melanesia.
True.
False.
16 Derek Freeman is thoroughly supportive of the work of Margaret Mead.
True
False
17 Ethnocentrism refers to a "mixture of belief and feeling that one's own way of life is desirable and actually superior to others."
True
False
18 Societies that are at least partly organized on the principle of social stratification are also called "division-of-labor" societies.
True.
False.
19 "Cookies" can be used by web-site operators to track your behavior, target ads at you, and otherwise establish a profile you never agreed to establish.
True.
False
20 I WILL place my name and social security number on the scantron - "bubbling" it in where appropriate; and if I want a copy of the examination back, I will also place my name on it.
True
False