SOSC103FA2003TESTwo

SOSC 103/Fall 2003/Self-Testing Quiz for EXAM II for November 7, 2003.


1 Pacific cultures were changed primarily as a result of.
 
Military Pacification
Explorers & Trade Goods
Introduction of non-Aboriginal religious systems
Sorry: a, b, and c = all correct.

2 According to Barnett (in this Guidebook), European mastery of large parts of the globe was due to:
racial superiority
possession of gunpowder
possession of iron
both b + c.

3 The city known as Cahokia was located in what we call:
Tasmania.
Japan.
North America.
Saudi Arabia.

4 The Guidebook pointed out that "Biologists do not accept the truth of evolution on the basis of Darwin's authority but on the basis of the:
many supporters he had.
theory.
evidence.
none-of-the-above.

5 The concept of "natural selection" as an evolutionary force was developed by both:
Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer.
Herbert Spencer and Alfred R. Wallace.
Alfred R. Wallace and Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin and Thomas H. Huxley.

6 The malevolent practice of magic is known as:
mana.
witchcraft.
sorcery
all-of-the-above.

7 Ishi, the "last" of the California Native Americans was "found" in: 
1859.
1911.
1929.
1949.

8 Tasmanians entered that island from a land bridge from New Zealand.
TRUE
FALSE

9 It was written in the Guidebook that "People create their own pasts by acknowledging what they choose to acknowledge."
TRUE
FALSE

10 Charles R. Darwin remained a bachelor for all of his life (and never married).
TRUE
FALSE

11 Asen Balicki did his fieldwork dealing with educational changes among the Netsilik of Greenland.
TRUE
FALSE

12 Redistribution may be defined as the transfer of goods and services between a group of people and a central collecting service based on role obligation. The U.S. income tax is a good example.
TRUE
FALSE

13 The reason that Jane Goodall (and perhaps Urbanowicz) has hope is because of the energy, enthusiasm, and human spirit.
TRUE
FALSE

14 The statement "If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools...." was made by Thomas Henry Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog").
TRUE
FALSE