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Anthro Quiz 1
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2012

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Dettwyler believes that the nutritional information that she gave to the mother of Child #104 several years earlier is a primary reason that he was still alive
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true
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like humans, most primate species are highly social
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true
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Name one disease/illness that is common among children in Magnambougou
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Malaria
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Franz Boas promoted the theoretical approach called _____, which is the view that individual cultures must be studied and described in their own terms and understood within their own historical context.
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Cultural relativism.
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Dettwyler made no attempts to help Daouda's mother when she realized how undernourished the child was.
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False
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The research method in cultural anthropology that involves living in a culture for an extended period while gathering data is
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participant observation
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one way that cultural anthropologists record their findings while in the field is in the form of
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questionares and surveys
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The deaths of Kay and Mickey had little impact on Dettwyler's research when she was in Mali the first time
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False
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One step in anthropological fieldwork that comes before going to the field is
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finding funding
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A main difference between chimpanzees and bonobos is that
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bonobos use sexual interaction to prevent conflict
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Which language did Dettwyler primarily use in her field work
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Bambara
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Archaeologists use which of the following as research materials?

A. pieces of old pottery.
B. Prehistoric stone tools
C. Remains of ruined houses
D. Contemporary garbage heaps
E. All of the above
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E
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Anthropology is usually divided into four fields, but some people claim that a fifth should be included, called
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applied anthropology
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humans are the only animals capable of making and using tools
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False
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The domestication of _____ was the first step in the transition to the neolithic in africa
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cattle
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When Dettwyler returned to Mali to continue her research, who did she bring with her?
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Her daughter
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The approach in cultural anthropology that focuses on what local people think or say is called ____, while the outsider's analysis is referred to as ____.
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Emic/Etic
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One thing about which most cultural anthropologists agree is
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The importance of doing fieldwork
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Dettwyler did not experience any culture shock when she returned to Mali
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False
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Which insects are both annoying and dangerous to human health in Mali?
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Mosquitos
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Where did Dettwyler and her husband originally plan to do their research?
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Sudan
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What kind of verbal exchange is indispensable in everyday life in Mali and helps to show politeness and respect?
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To ask a series of questions regarding how the person is
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The increased spread of international ties and spread of Western capitalism worldwide is referred to as
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Globalization
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Why did Daouda's mother not remember or utilize the nutritional information that Dettwyler shared with her?
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She is mentally challenged.
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What is one method of ethnographic research that Dettwyler used in Mali.
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She recorded weights and heights.
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The French Anthropologist Claude-Levi-Strauss is associated with the theoretical perspective called
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Dont know
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Culture is being destroyed by
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dont know
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Where is the earliest evidence of the Neolithic revolution found?
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Mesopotamia
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Gender is a less important micro cultural factor in anthropological fieldwork than "race" or ethnicity.
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False
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Modern humans are not part of the primate order.
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False
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Evidence suggests that the most important factor leading to sedentism in the western hemisphere was
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the cultivation of maize
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Most north American anthropologists agree that general anthropology consists of five fields.
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False
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Given current globalization and the rarity of small, isolated cultures, many contemporary cultural anthropologists have abandoned.
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The concept of holism
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Brachiation is a form of primate locomotion that involves
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Tree travel by arms
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According to ethical guidelines of the American Anthropological Association, undergraduate students aren;t allowed to do anthropological fieldwork.
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False
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Microcultures can be formed on the basis of institutions such as hospitals and schools
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True
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Doing research among powerful people is called
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studying up
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absolute cultural relativism is a view that promotes questioning an debate concerning cross-culture practices
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False
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A major catalyst to the adoption of a code of ethics by the AAA was
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the Vietnam-American war
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Both globalization and localization can be seen in the spread of McDonald's restaurants.
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True
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Who is Moussa Diarra
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Dettwyler's Research assistant
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Many early hominids were _____, meaning they ____ on two feet
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bipedals, walked
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Referring to her child research subjects in her research notes, Dettwyler mainly used:
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numbers
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The women in Dettwyler's field site mainly attributed the practice of female circumcision to "Tradition"
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true
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Data that are numerical and are presented in charts and tables are called quantitative
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True
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Malinowski's functionalism approach is similar to the concept of _____, which is the interrelatedness of various aspects of culture.
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Dont know
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An ethnography is
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The main way cultural anthropologists present their findings about culture
A descriptive writing about a culture
An important aspect of anthropological research.
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The functionalist approach says that:
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culture is like a biological organism with interacting parts.
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The tendency to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people raised in other cultures is known as
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ethnocentrism
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When doing field work, establish rapport
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can involve exchanging gifts with the local people.
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