Question: “I will fight no more forever” is a famous statement made by ________ at his surrender in Montana.
Answer Choices:
A) Geronimo
B) Chief Joseph
C) Sitting Bull
D) Chief Red Cloud
Answer: B) Chief Joseph
Question: Etiquette is best defined as:
A) rules against doing unspecified harm to others.
B) rules about religious obligations.
C) rules that govern manners and define what are considered courteous or civil ways of communication.
D) any kind of values.
Answer: C) rules that govern manners and define what are considered courteous or civil ways of communication.
Question: Which of the following LEAST effectively illustrates the concept of ideological communication?
A) Campaign speeches
B) Educational television
C) Religious sermons
D) Casual conversation
Answer: D) Casual conversation.
Question: Racial classifications are ________.
Answer Choices:
A) based on real, biological differences
B) social conventions that differ from culture to culture
C) universally similar
D) not arbitrary
Answer: B) social conventions that differ from culture to culture
Question: Research by Beatrice Whiting and Guy Swanson suggests that a belief in sorcery would be LEAST likely in societies:
A) which use retaliation by peers for social control.
B) which are politically complex.
C) which lack individuals or groups with delegated authority to settle disputes.
D) where socially approved means do not exist for one individual to control the behavior of another.
Answer: B) which are politically complex.
Question: The ____ method of anthropology is useful in many different work settings.
A) marketing
B) pedagogical
C) statistical
D) participant observation
Answer: D) participant observation
Question: Which of the following is a typical legal authority of families in tribal societies?
A) The conduct of all rituals.
B) The policing of the community.
C) The defense of the community.
D) The punishment of family members.
Answer: D) The punishment of family members.
Question: “If there were no demand for coal, there would be no demand for coal miners.” What type of demand does this statement reflect?
Answer Choices:
interdependent
talent and efficiency
derived
technologically determined
Answer: derived
Question: According to Ruth Benedict, which of the following was true of Dobuan culture?
A) They believed that all deaths were results of murder.
B) They exhibited great trust of one another, but were highly suspicious of strangers.
C) Among adults, only husbands and wives felt that trust for one another.
D) They believed that black magic was a rare cause of death.
Answer: A) They believed that all deaths were results of murder.
Question: In the US, Irish male immigrants used to be perceived as:
A) moral.
B) intelligent.
C) hard-working.
D) violent.
Answer: D) violent.
Question: Which of the following is NOT true of the concept of human race?
A) Human races are social statuses.
B) The idea that there are natural human races arose during the period of European expansionism.
C) It is a natural subdivision of the human species.
D) Race is a cultural construct.
Answer: C) It is a natural subdivision of the human species.
Question: During the author’s fieldwork among the Shoshone, he examined all of the following aspects of their way of life EXCEPT:
A) language
B) religion
C) kinship
D) mythology
Answer: A) language
Question: When the day’s work was done in the 1930s, the radio was a household technology that became essential because it offered a way for people to escape, even if temporarily, the realities of the Depression. Which of the following was a contribution of radio to mass culture?
Answer Choices:
A) Created a common frame of reference
B) Skepticism of content by listeners
C) Attention to the distant, local broadcast
D) Avoidance of programs with single-story lines
Answer: A) Created a common frame of reference
Question: According to Ruth Benedict, which of the following was true of Zuñi culture?
A) People were expected to seek excess in any form, including the expression of strong feelings.
B) People were encouraged to indulge in the service of authority.
C) People were supposed to be delighted by any situation in which the individual stood alone.
D) People were expected to exhibit moderation in emotional expression.
Answer: D) People were expected to exhibit moderation in emotional expression.
Question: Values are:
A) descriptions of what is true or false.
B) feelings about what is true or false about the world.
C) feelings about what should or should not be considered good or bad.
D) feelings about personal likes and dislikes.
Answer: C) feelings about what should or should not be considered good or bad.