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Ch.1#1How might the design
of a classroom environment enable discipline? (REF: 3-4)
a. the types of chairs used
b. the use of clocks and bells
c. the spacial arrangement of students
d. all of the above
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d. all of the above
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Ch.1#2People differ in how they view the world because (REF: 5)
a. they live in different geographical locations
b. religions have different views of the world
c. cultures and hence cultural norms differ
d. of biological differences
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c. cultures and hence cultural norms differ
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Ch.1#3How do anthropologists account for fundamental cultural
differences such as how people marry, contemplate death, or recognize what
counts as food? (REF: 7)
a. People’s views on these issues are products of their
environment
b. certain perspectives are less modern, and most likely
will disappear
c. meanings are ascribed by those who share, use and
experience these issues
d. These differences are by-products of biological
differences
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c. meanings are ascribed by those who share, use and experience these issues
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Ch.1#4The ethnocentric fallacy is the notion that our beliefs are (REF:
8)
a. right while those of other people are wrong
b. shared by all other people
c. influenced by our language
d. influenced by those outside our belief system
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a. right while those of other people are wrong
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Ch.1#5A relativist position assumes that a specific belief or
behavior can best be understood (REF 8)
a. in relation to other cultures with similar beliefs and
behaviors
b. by finding a similar belief or behavior in your own
culture
c. by dissecting and analyzing its structure and meaning
d. in relation to the cultural systems of meaning in which
they are embedded
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c. by dissecting and analyzing its structure and meaning
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Ch.1#6For the Wari, eating the flesh of the dead used to be (REF
9)
a. required
b. a means of erasing their memory of the deceased
c. a means of accepting their loss
d. all of the above
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c. a means of accepting their loss
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Ch.1#7Why do human rights activists usually reject moral and cultural relativism? (REF 12)
a. because they have little interest in other societies and
cultures
b. because their main focus is on international law
c. because relativism assumes that there is a universally
accepted value system
d. because relativism requires observers to accept all
values and practices
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d. because relativism requires observers to accept all values and practices
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Ch.1#8What makes cultural anthropology different from other forms
of social science research? (REF 14)
a. the use of surveys
b. the use of fieldwork and participant observation
c. a focus on qualitative research
d. the use of opinion polls
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b. the use of fieldwork and participant observation
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Ch.1#9What is the purpose of using the ethnographic method as a
research approach? (REF 17)
a. to try to see the world as others do in order to
understand and describe these different views
b. to measure one’s personal values against other values
c. to question the beliefs of the society being studied
d. to ask embarrassing questions about other cultures
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a. to try to see the world as others do in order to understand and describe these different views
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Ch.1#10TRUE/FALSECultural relativism holds that no behavior can
be judged odd or wrong solely based on difference. (REF 8)
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True
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Ch.1#11TRUE/FALSEBecause
people in different societies give different meanings to events, objects, and
people they experience, differences in cultures exist. (REF: 5)
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True
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Ch.1#12TRUE/FALSETo
assert that a man from a different society dressed in ceremonial attire looks
odd is an ethnocentric fallacy (REF 7)
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True
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Ch.1#13TRUE/FALSEThe
Wari people of South America practiced cannibalism due to food shortages. (REF:
9-10)
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False
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Ch.1#14The most basic question cultural anthropology
explores is:a. Why is there such variety in
human beliefs?b. Why are humans so diverse
biologically?c. Why do civilizations rise and
fall?d. Why are some cultures superior to
others?
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a. Why is there such variety in human beliefs?
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Ch.1#15A specific belief or behavior can best be understood:a. by dissecting and analyzing its
structure and meaning.b. by finding a similar belief or
behavior in one's own culturesc. in relation to other cultures
with similar beliefs and behaviors.d. in
relation to the culture in which it is embedded
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d. in relation to the culture in which it is embedded
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