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Q: Among the indigenous Canela, William Crocker was a. adopted into networks of kinship at his field site. b. awarded the honor of outstanding fieldworker. c. considered master fieldworker by quantitative researchers. d. a pioneer in the development of field photography. e. threatened with illnesses and contracted malaria.

Q: The process of __________ is not a naturally occurring phenomenon, but has been encouraged and subsidized by the federal government.

Q: Margaret Mead argued that ethnographers should make much more effective use of a. photography. b. mapping. c. interviews. d. participant observation. e. collecting material artifacts.

Q: One of the reasons that poorer countries have not benefited from the profits of transnational corporations is that profits are __________. A) used to increase military readiness B) funneled directly to the government C) mostly channeled back to the United States D) used primarily for humanitarian aid

Q: Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in a. Tonga. b. Hawaii. c. Indonesia. d. Samoa. e. Bali.

Q: It is estimated that in 2010, __________ million people in the United States had no medical insurance. A) 5 B) 20 C) 25 D) 50

Q: All of the following are reasons it is important to map the field site with information from local people except: a. much cultural information is contained on a key consultant's map. b. the map will contain local place names. c. the map will contain information on local features and land use in the area. d. social information will be contained on the map. e. local informants have official maps available to make this accurate and quantitative.

Q: Why are informal interviews central to ethnographic fieldwork? a. They provide a fixed structure that allows the researcher to quantify the data collection b. They are conversations between friends and allow the anthropologist access to information that is confidential c. They are part-time ways of gathering data that allow the anthropologist time to do other work while working in the field d. They are casual exchanges in which the anthropologists can gain insight into the things that matter most to the cultural group e. They are pieces of a larger conversation and allow anthropologists to work in a team with each person contributing to the conversation

Q: When researchers use things such as photographs in order to prompt people to speak with them about a particular topic, these are called a. soliciting devices. b. eliciting devices. c. prompting devices. d. circular conversations. e. participant tools.

Q: Amphetamines are __________ drugs that are sometimes used by athletes.

Q: If an anthropologist studies religion and interviews church leaders about how they were called to their positions, attends various rites of passage, writes down impressions and beliefs of the practitioners, and uses nonstatistical descriptions of the religion as a way of presenting information, the anthropologist is employing what type of data collection? a. Quantitative b. Qualitative c. Inductive d. Deductive e. Conversive

Q: Mark is openly gay and as such is set apart and treated as if he is inferior for not upholding dominant social norms. Mark is experiencing _________. A) sexual persecution B) stigma C) bisexuality D) compulsory heteronormativity

Q: The process of White flight continues to increase class and race __________.

Q: The world economy is controlled by __________. A) transnational corporations B) powerful nations C) average citizens in the United States D) average citizens in developing countries

Q: The members of a society who work most closely with the anthropologist to provide an understanding of cultural phenomena are called a. primary consultants. b. key consultants. c. cultural brokers. d. cultural liaisons. e. key leaders.

Q: Which of the following provides government healthcare benefits for the aged? A) Medicare B) Medicaid C) Blue Cross/Blue Shield D) Dunbarton Act

Q: Anthropologists advise that a. it is best to do your first fieldwork as part of a team of researchers, some of them experienced. b. it is best to do your first fieldwork in your own culture so that you become experienced. c. it is best to do your first fieldwork in a culture other than your own. d. it is best to work in societies that are different from your own but now located very far away from where you live. e. it is best to study peasants as part of your first fieldwork experience.

Q: __________ is a colorless, odorless liquid that can produce amnesia.

Q: What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork? a. Doing preparatory research b. Choosing a research question c. Participant observation on site d. Gathering data e. Choosing a theoretical approach

Q: The primary method in the anthropologist's toolkit, regardless of the time period, has always been a. participant observation. b. mapping. c. random sampling. d. formal interviews. e. mentoring.

Q: Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as a. international. b. multinational. c. migratory. d. emigratory. e. diasporic.

Q: Jimmy believes that sexual attraction is a choice, which he refers to as a __________, as opposed to his friend Erica who takes more of a __________ perspective because she thinks attraction is deeply rooted and not alterable. A) sexual preference; sexual orientation B) sexual orientation; sexual preference C) sexual preference; compulsory heterosexuality D) compulsory heterosexuality; sexual orientation

Q: For over fifty years, there has been a dramatic __________ shift in the United Statespeople moving from cities to the suburbs.

Q: A study of Facebook communities and the ways people interact using social media as a "cyber" fieldsite is an example of a. multi-sited ethnography. b. global ethnography. c. transnational ethnography. d. visual ethnography. e. digital ethnography.

Q: Andrea Louie studied the ethnic Han group of China by collecting data in San Francisco, Hong Kong, and southern China. This approach is an example of a. transnational ethnography. b. multi-sited ethnography. c. diasporic ethnography. d. transitional ethnography. e. salvage ethnography.

Q: A profit-oriented company engaged in business activities in more than one nation is a __________. A) corporation B) transnational corporation C) corporate demographic D) colony

Q: Laura Nader has called on anthropologists to "study up." What does she mean by this term? a. Anthropologists should study high-altitude peoples and cultures in order to understand adaptation. b. Anthropologists should people of a higher class than themselves. c. Anthropologists should study the elites of a society and not only the common people. d. Anthropologists should intensify their studies and become more involved in advocacy anthropology. e. Anthropologists should be more committed to urgent anthropology before indigenous peoples are all gone.

Q: What is a strategy employers use to reduce their costs for employee medical benefits? A) Not providing healthcare benefits for their employees altogether B) Extending coverage to more of their part-time workers to spread the cost among more people C) Lowering the proportion the employee pays for premiums D) Passing savings on benefits along to employees

Q: The passage of the __________ marked the beginning of a shift to thinking about drug abusers as criminals.

Q: Anthropologist _____ is a leading advocacy anthropologist today and a special rapporteur for the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights. a. Rodolfo Stavenhagen b. Clifford Geertz c. Stephen Lansang d. Gregory Bates e. Jonathan Marks

Q: Although it is inconclusive, there is growing scientific evidence for there being a _________ basis for homosexuality. A) biological B) social C) psychological D) religious

Q: Robert Hitchcock works in advocacy anthropology with the San peoples in southern Africa in order to a. ensure their land rights. b. provide jobs for adults. c. improve the health and nutritional status of the children. d. help them obtain representation at the government level. e. encourage them to establish a sense of national identity.

Q: Over the past three decades, the __________ government has made huge cuts in dollars and services for central cities.

Q: Why is it important to study peasants? a. They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition b. They are the poorest people in the world c. They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest d. They are the largest social category in the world e. They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world

Q: All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except: a. Alfred Mtraux, study of race relations in Brazil. b. Ruth Benedict, study of New York City. c. Hortense Powdermaker, study of racial segregation in Mississippi. d. Julian Steward, study of industrialization in Kenya. e. Napoleon Chagnon, study of warfare among the Yanomamo.

Q: "Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except: a. interviews with immigrants. b. foreign films and newspapers. c. photographs. d. on-location ethnographic fieldwork. e. literature.

Q: A __________ is a territory controlled by a powerful country that exploits the land and people for its own benefit. A) consulate B) corporation C) colony D) demographic

Q: Which of the following best defines applied anthropology? a. The use of anthropological techniques to better prepare populations for market research and the introduction of capitalism b. The application of anthropological types of change in order to help indigenous people develop further c. The use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems in communities confronting new challenges d. The implementation of change into indigenous populations only in order to save and preserve them e. Teaching anthropology in the classroom to a new generation of students

Q: Some physicians practice __________, which may protect them from lawsuits, but also drives up the costs of healthcare by increasing the numbers of tests and procedures. A) medlining B) patient dumping C) defensive medicine D) triage

Q: Acculturation is best defined as a. a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culture contact. b. a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of the dominant society. c. a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needs they have within their own society. d. the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders. e. genocide; it occurs when one culture eradicates another.

Q: Spending money to create better schools and reduce poverty and violence illustrates which of the alternatives to the war on drugs described in your text? A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization C) Addressing the social causes of drug use D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws

Q: When anthropologists go to the places that they study in order to experience the culture firsthand, it is called a. fieldwork. b. ethnology. c. excavation. d. laboratory analysis. e. field study.

Q: The term "sexual orientation" implies __________. A) socially created sexuality B) a sense of choice regarding whom one is attracted to C) a deterministic view of sexual attraction D) a religious stance

Q: Studies find consistently that __________ have greater difficulty in receiving mortgage credit from banks.

Q: The exporting of goods that have been banned or not approved for sale in the United States because they are dangerous refers to __________. A) corporate dumping B) relative poverty C) shared monopoly D) absolute poverty

Q: Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except: a. document the practice of culture. b. impose a Western and modern approach to life. c. document disappearing cultural practices. d. reconstruct traditional ways of life. e. educate its audience on the importance of culture.

Q: Ordering extra tests even though the doctor thinks they are probably unnecessary is an example of __________. A) medlining B) patient dumping C) defensive medicine D) triage

Q: The new term for salvage ethnography is a. contemporary ethnography. b. urgent anthropology. c. critical anthropology. d. fieldwork anthropology. e. historical anthropology.

Q: Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components? a. Ethnography and ethnohistory b. Ethnography and ethnology c. Ethnology and ethnohistory d. Ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology e. Linguistics and ethnography

Q: The recent decisions by the U.S. federal government to spend more money on the War on Drugs illustrates which approach to drug policy described in the text? A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization C) Addressing the social causes of drug use D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws

Q: Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas responsibilities in anthropological research and possible solutions to those dilemmas.

Q: The term "sexual preference" implies __________. A) socially created sexuality B) a sense of choice regarding the sex of the persons one is attracted to C) a deterministic view of sexual attraction D) a religious stance

Q: Take a broad view of anthropology over its first century of practice. What challenges and changes has it faced? How are fieldwork and theory different today?

Q: Discuss the importance of theory in gathering and analyzing anthropological data.

Q: The perception of many corporations and their employees is that the __________ is unsafe and has a large minority workforce.

Q: Discuss the challenges of subjectivity that exist in the anthropological research situation. Are there any possible advantages to the presence of subjectivity?

Q: Which of the following is an example of corporate dumping in the developing world? A) Exporting products that have been approved for sale in the United States B) Shipping toxic waste produced in the United States for disposal in poor nations C) Importing products from poor nations that are also produced in the United States D) Exporting old military equipment to poor nations.

Q: When compared to healthcare in other advanced, industrialized democracies, the United States has a relatively __________. A) low rate of avoidable deaths B) high infant mortality rate C) high healthy life expectancy at age 60 D) high return on its health investment

Q: Prescribing methadone for heroin addicts illustrates which of the alternatives to the war on drugs described in your text? A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization C) Addressing the social causes of drug use D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws

Q: Compare and contrast the field studies of Bronislaw Malinowski and Annette Weiner. What were the major differences and what were the causes of these differences?

Q: T.J., who is White, wants to marry his girlfriend, Alexa, who is African American. Prior to 1967 in the United States they would not have been able to do this because of laws prohibiting __________. A) homosexuality B) bisexuality C) heterosexuality D) miscegenation

Q: What types of physical danger may anthropologists encounter in the field? Choose two different field locations that might interest you, and consider what types of physical (environmental) challenges would be present in those places.

Q: What kinds of challenges do anthropologists face in the field?

Q: Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative and quantitative methodology.

Q: Class, __________, and the fear of crime, play into the corporate motivation to move to the fringes of urban areas.

Q: Describe what kinds of situations would be best for using formal versus informal interviewing.

Q: Of the pesticides exported by the United States, __________ percent are restricted or banned by the Environmental Protection Agency for domestic use. A) 10 B) 25 C) 50 D) 75

Q: Describe and discuss the steps involved in ethnographic research.

Q: According to the World Health Organization, the health system of the United States is ranked __________ in "fairness" among 191 countries in the world. A) first B) last C) thirty-seventh D) fifty-fourth

Q: The recent decisions by the citizens of Washington and Colorado to legalize recreational marijuana illustrates which of the alternatives to the war on drugs described in the text? A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization C) Addressing the social causes of drug use D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws

Q: Discuss the relationship between advocacy anthropology and social justice.

Q: When two females kiss they get a different reaction than when two males kiss. The less sanctioned female kiss illustrates __________. A) the sexual double standard B) compulsory heterosexuality C) bisexuality D) homosexuality

Q: Twelfth-graders in rural America use cocaine, inhalants, and alcohol in higher rates than their urban counterparts.

Q: What effects has globalization had on anthropological research?

Q: What is the history of "culture at a distance," and what contributions did it make to the long-term study of anthropology?

Q: The top ten arms-exporting companies give millions to __________. A) international terrorist organizations B) federal election campaigns C) humanitarian health and food aid D) individual insurgents in poor countries

Q: Discuss the challenges and opportunities provided by the practice of applied anthropology. Choose an applied anthropology project that you believe would be useful and explain.

Q: The profit margin for pharmaceutical companies is about __________ percent. A) 5 B) 15 C) 30 D) 50

Q: What are the challenges and opportunities provided by the practice of urgent anthropology?

Q: Legalizing marijuana but regulating its use has which of the following benefits? A) It would decrease the product's conformity to standards of purity and safety. B) It would dry up the need for vast criminal networks that distribute drugs. C) Prison space and police activities could be used to deter heavy marijuana use. D) It would reduce marijuana use.