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Which of the following is NOT a view held by functional theory
- Formal schools are an integral part of all cultures, as they perform the function of education
- Cultural systems or behaviours only exist as long as they continue to serve the culture
3.The purpose of cultural practices or institutions are to ensure the long term survival of a culture - Everything that exists in a culture serves a purpose for the culture
- Formal schools are an integral part of all cultures, as they perform the function of education
Which is NOT a field of study in cultural anthropology?
- Ethnology
- Primatology
- Archaeology
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Primatology
What cultural influence doe the following statement best reflect?
It’s normal to see two men holding hands as they walk in the market, it means they’re good friends
1. Environment
2. behaviour
3. Values and attitudes
4. Assumptions and beliefs
- Assumptions and beleifs
Which example best fits a patrilineal culture?
- A society where both parents display family name and connections through their children (male and female)
- A society where both sexes have equal power
- A society where males own all property
- A society where males pass on their family name and connections through having male children
- A society where males pass on their family name and connections through having male children
What is archaeology focused on?
- the study of past cultures
- Finding and carefully excavating human remains and artifacts to reconstruct the past
- Doing research to better understand the history of a people or a place
- All of these options are correct
- Only the second and third are correct
- All of thee options are correct
What cultural influence does the following statement best reflect?
W live near the ocean, most of our economy is based on fishing and boat building- we even have songs about those two things!
- Assumptions and beliefs
- Values and attitudes
- Environment
- Behaviour
- Environment
What cultural influence does the following statement best reflect?
When you enter someone’s home, please remove your shoes. It’s considered rude to not remove your shoes in a persons home.
- Behaviour
- Environment
- Assumptions and beliefs
- Values and attitudes
- Behaviour
Which of the following is not a stage in a rite of passage?
- Segregation
- Transition
- Preparation
- Incorporation
- Preparation
Which of the following is NOT a part of feminism?
- Empowering women in all cultures to be equal to or greater than their male counterparts
- Examining marginalized people within a society (gender, ethnicity, class)
- Examining wether or not women have control or power in their own lives
- Examining gender roles in cultures and how they are constructed
- Empowering women in all cultures to be equal to r greater than their male counterparts
Which of the following best defines ethnography?
- A general way of classifying people into their ethnicity
- A systematic way of studying individual cultures
- A way of grouping ethnicities into climate regions of the Earth
- A perspective on people of colour that is largely regarded as racist
- A systematic way of studying individual cultures
What cultural influence does the following statement best reflect?
I choose to live close to my family in order to provide care for them as they grow older. It does notmatter what jobs are available in other cities, family comes first
1.Environment
2. Behaviour
3. Assumptions and beliefs
4. Values and attitudes
- Values and attitudes
What is structural linguistics used for?
To examine the structure of languages
Is the following statement Etic or Emic?
I’ve been living with a family in Afghanistan for the last two months, and been able to live like they do
Emic
Is the following statement etic or Emic?
I’ve been watching a lot of Anime as a way of understanding Japanese culture
Etic
Is the following statement Emic or etic?
I’ve been hanging out with my friends from China, who are telling me about their Lunar New Year traditions
Etic
Is the following statement etic or Emic?
I’ve been working on understanding the roles of women in Vietnamese society, so I’ve asked several Vietnamese women about what they do on a daily basis
Emic
How does culture influence children?
- By determining what values parents pass on to their children
- By exposing children to habits, customs, or rituals
- By establishing rules that govern a child’s place in society
- All of these responses are true
- Only the second and third are true
- All of these responses are true
What artifacts would be valuable to a prehistoric archaeologist?
- Fossils of animals
- Human remains
- Seeds
- Tools
- All of these artifacts would be valuable to a prehistoric archaeologist
- Only human remains and tools would be valuable
- All of these would be valuable
Rise of passage often demonstrate
- An individual’s maturity
- An individual’s commitment to society / community
- An individual’s achievement of wisdom / bravery / mastery
- A person’s position in society / their community
- All of these examples are true
- Only the first and fourth are true
- All are true
How does culture influence babies?
- By governing the rules of childbearing (when, who, how)
- By forming the cultural norms parents teach to their children
- By ensuring all babies are formally educated
- All of these responses are true
- Only the first and second responses are true
- Only the first and second are true
Which of the following is NOT a view held by cultural relativism?
- Each cultural perspective is valid and acceptable
- Each culture has it’s own set of rules
- Cultures shape the worldviews of their members
- Each culture descended from a single ancient culture
- Each culture descended from a single ancient culture
Sociolinguistics is used to…
Understand how language is used based on social status
What is included in the group of hominids?
- Only immediate ancestors of humans
- Only Homo Erectus
- All ancient ancestors of humans
- All humans and their immediate, extinct ancestors
- All humans are their immediate extinct ancestors
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Brothers-in-arms
Fictive kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Best friends
Fictive kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Grandparents
Kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Sister-in-law
Kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Daughter
Kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Father
Kinship
Is the following a kinship or fictive kinship relationship?
Godparents
Fictive kinship
What are the visible signs of cultural influence?
- Assumptions and beliefs
- Environment and behaviours
- Religion and technology
- Values and attitudes
- Environment and behaviours
Which statement best reflects post modernism theory?
- The best way to get a true understanding of a culture is for people who live in it to study it
- What applies to one culture, generally applies to all of them
- Anthropological knowledge is unchanging and easily translated from one culture to another
- Objective truth is possible
- The best way to get a tru understanding of a culture is for people who live in it to study it
What are the invisible signs of cultural influence?
- Values and assumptions
- Environment and behaviours
- Language and environment
- Art and technology
- values and assumptions
How does culture influence young adults?
1 Giving ways for people to show they have transitioned into adulthood through rites of passage
2. Creating roles for adults to play in sustaining cultural institutions
3. Regulating their behaviours through norms and laws
4. All of these responses are true
5. Only the first and third responses are true
- All of these are true
Cultural linguistics is used to…
help us get an understanding of how people and cultures share common roots
Which of the following is not part of the structures of cultural materialism?
- Superstructure (art, religion, science)
- Infrastructure (geographic environment, technologies, population size)
- Altostructure (systems of cultural change, information management, human migration)
- Structure (family structures, gender roles, political systems)
- Altostructure
Which of the following is NOT a field of study in physical anthropology?
- Forensic Anthropology
- Paleoanthropology
- Primatology
- Mesoaic Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Mesoaic Anthropology
is environmental conditions a way gender is constructed?
gender is not constructed this way
Is educational achievement a way that gender is constructed?
Gender is not constructed in this way
Is gendered symbolism a way gender is constructed?
Yes gender is constructed this way
Is behavioural norms a way that gender is constructed?
Yes gender is constructed in this way
Are gender roles a way that gender is constructed?
Yes gender is constructed in this way
Are values placed on different genders a way that gender is constructed
Yes
Are gendered clothing a way that gender is constructed?
Yes
Which of the following examples best fits a situation where the individual has more influence over the direction of their lives than their family does?
- Marrying someone who was pre-approved by parents or grandparents
- Moving to a post-secondary school that other family members have attended
- Moving to a new city to pursue a career of their choice
- Beginning a career in a family business that has been passed down through several generations of your family
- moving to a new city to pressure a career of their choice
Gender identity is…
The way a person experiences their own gender
Which of the following statements about non-marriage is false?
- men control what sexual relationships look like
- families tend to be matriarchal
- Sex tends to be more casual
- It is not commonly practices
- Men control what sexual relationships look like
Is sex or gender genetically controlled?
Sex
Is sex or gender culturally defined?
Gender
Does sex or gender have sex-linked features?
Sex
Is gender or sex culturally constructed?
Gender
Does sex or gender have roles and expectations?
Gender
What is ancestry?
Multi-generational family relationships
What is kinship?
A system of family that is based on genetics, law, or mating
What is fictive kinship
A sense of family to those who are not legal or genetic relatives
Gender roles are…
- The roles a person is expected to play within a society based on their precieved gender
- A list of ways women can engage in public life
- The expected behaviour of someone who is perceived to be a gay man
- The different ways men and women are expected to provide for their families
- All of these examples are gender roles
- Only the first and fourth example are gender roles
- All of these are examples of gender roles
Which type of family is most likely to see an arranged marriage for their child?
- Families in monogamous marrying societies
- Families that have a low degree of decision-making power for their children
- Families that have a high degree of decision-making power for their children
- Families in non-marriage societies
- Families that have a higher degree of decision making power for their children
Social non-conformity is sanctioned by…
1. Feelings of isolation or exclusion
2. Negative responses from others who are conforming
3. Verbal or physical harassment
4. All of these are ways non-conformers are sanctioned
- All of these are ways non-con formers are sanctioned
Gender roes and identity, like other social constructs…
- Are the same in all cultures
- Need to be changed
- Are absolute and unchanging
- Change over time
- Change over time
How do we typically learn about gender and gender roles?
- Observation (what we see)
- Explicit instruction (being told how to act)
- Social norms (what is reinforced and what is sanctioned)
- We learn about gender in all of these ways
- We only learn about gender in the second and third ways
- We learn about gender in all of these ways
Match the example to the best fitting marriage arrangement
Two people marrying each other because they love each other
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Monogamy
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Matriarchal society with no patrilineal history recorded
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Polyandry
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More educated women are less likely to engage in this marital practice
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Polygyny
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Having open sexual relationships with other people in the community
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Non-marriage
Match the example to the best fitting marriage arrangement
Having several wives as a show of wealth
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Polygyny
Match the example to the best fitting marriage arrangement
Having several men care for children born to one woman
Monogamy, non-marriage, polyandry, polygyny
Polyandry
What functions do marriages typically preform?
- Provides for the safe rearing and socialization of children
- Creates new relationships between families / kinship groups
- Denotes socioeconomic status to others
- Marriage performs all of these functions
- Marriage performs the first two, but not the third function
- Marriage performs the first two but not the third
Match the influence on our concept of gender with the correct cultural component
defines “men’s work” and “women’s work”
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Division of labour/power
Match the influence on our concept of gender with the correct cultural component
Determines what people learn about gender
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Institutions
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Shows examples/ideas of gender roles
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Arts/entertainment
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Defines what is an acceptable expression of gender identity
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Values/Beliefs
Match the influence on our concept of gender with the correct cultural component
Creates rules to protect gender identity and expression
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
laws
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Popularizes body image
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Arts/entertainment
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Determines which voices are heard and how they are heard
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Division of labour/power
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Sets guidelines for what is acceptable gendered behaviour
Arts and entertainment, Values/Beliefs, Institutions, Laws, Division of labour/power
Values/beliefs
Social conformity is rewarded by…
- A feeling of inclusion
- Positive responses from others who are conforming
- A stronger sense of self-identity
- All of these are rewards of social conformity
- All of these are rewards of social conformity
Match the term to the best fitting definition
Marriage between one man and 2+ women
Monogamy, Polyandry, polygamy, polygyny
Polygyny
Match the term to the best fitting definition
Marriage between one woman and 2+ men
Monogamy, Polyandry, polygamy, polygyny
Polyandry
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Marriage between two people
Monogamy, Polyandry, polygamy, polygyny
Monogamy
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Marriage between 3 or more people
Monogamy, Polyandry, polygamy, polygyny
Polygamy
Which of the following is not typically defined by marriage relationships?
- Obligations regarding the rearing of children
- Expectations regarding levels of education
- Expectations regarding social roles
- Obligations and boundaries regarding sexual relationships
- Expectations regarding levels of education
At what age do humans begin learning about their gender?
- When they are babies/toddlers
- When they begin attending elementary school
- When they begin attending secondary school
- When they reach adulthood
- When they are babies/toddlers
Match the definition with the correct term
Family ancestry traced through the father
Matrilineal, bilineal, patrilineal
Patrilineal
Match the definition with the correct term
Family an story traced through the mother and father
Matrilineal, bilineal, patrilineal
Bilineal
Match the definition with the correct term
Family ancestry traced through the mother
Matrilineal, bilineal, patrilineal
Matrilineal
Which of the following examples best fits a situation where the individuals family has more influence over the direction of their lives than they do?
- Marrying someone who has only met the parents a few times, and that they do not know really well
- Buying a home far from the place where the family resides
- Moving with the family to begin a life/career in a place of the parent’s choosing
- Moving to a post-secondary school to pursue a career in something no other family member has done
- Moving with the family to begin a life/career in place of their parents choosing
Which of the following are common reasons for engaging in arranged marriages?
- Building kinship networks between families
- Improving economic power between families
- Genetic purity (controlling which genes are passed on into future generations)
- All of these reasons are common reasons for engaging in arranged marriages
- Only the first two options are common reasons for engaging in arranged marriages
- Only the first two options are common reasons for engaging in arranged marriages
Is improved trade a positive or negative effect of globalization, or neither?
Positive
Is environmental loss a positive or negative effect of globalization, or neither?
Negative
Is loss of culture a positive or negative effect of globalization, or neither?
Negative
Is movements of goods a positive or negative effect of globalization, or neither?
Neither
Is interconnected world a positive or negative effect of globalization, or neither?
Neither
Which of the following statements about body language is true?
- Body language uses non-verbal gestures, facial expressions, and body postures to communicate ideas and meanings
- Body language varies from culture to culture
- Body language has a series of written rules that explains how gestures should be used in conversation
- All of these statements are true
- Only the first two statements are true
- Only the first two are true
What is cultural transmission?
The sharing of culture through communication, media, or migration
Match the term to the definition
The creation of a new technology
Invention, Innovation, Technological diffusion, Technological creationism
Invention
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The adoption of a technology used by one culture into another
Invention, Innovation, Technological diffusion, Technological creationism
Technological diffusion
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The change/adaption/new use of a technology
Invention, Innovation, Technological diffusion, Technological creationism
Innovation
Is watching foreign films or TV Cultural transmission or transculturation
Cultural transmission
Is following a code or religion that originated from a culture outside of your own, cultural transmission or transculturation
Transculturation
Is eating foods from cultures outside of your own, cultural transmission or transculturation
Cultural transmission
Is adopting the clothing practices of a culture you have lived among, cultural transmission or transculturation transculturation
transculturation
Is travelling to a foreign country on vacation, cultural transmission or transculturation
Cultural transmission
How does language reflect what is culturally important?
- Having several words to describe the daily experiences of people who live in a society
- Having several words to talk about the constructs that are important to the people who live in a society
- Having words or phrases that communicate concepts / ideas / idioms that are important to people who live in a society
- All of these responses show how language reflects what is culturally important
- Only the second and third are what reflect what is culturally important
- All of these responses show how language reflects what is culturally important
Technologies include…
- Devices
- Machines
- Strategies/ways of doing things
- All of the above
- Only devices, machines, and tools
- All of the above
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that…
- Language is exclusively shaped by culture
- Language develops in the same way across all cultures
- Language develops with the most simple concepts first, and then grows to include more complex ideas with time
- Language labels and shapes cultural perspectives
- Language labels and shapes cultural perspectives
Which of the following is an example of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis at work?
- A language having a few words to describe all things equally
- All languages having common linguistic roots
- A people having a very basic dialect that focuses on simple concepts such as food, family, weather
- A people having several words to describe time and the passage of time
- A people having several words to describe time and the passage of time
What is transculturation?
The adoption of cultural practices from one culture to another