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Cultural Anthropology Mix

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Cultural Anthropology Mix game quiz
"A mixed bag of Anthropology questions."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. In most small-scale, non-industrial societies, social organization is based largely on _______________?
    education
    occupation
    kinship affiliation
    social class


2. People we are related to through blood are called ___________ relatives?
    consanguineous
    fictive
    affinal
    hemo


3. Kinship systems serve two important functions for the well-being of a society, vertical function and _________ function.
    main
    diagonal
    circular
    horizontal


4. A ____________ residence, is when two people marry and take up residence in a place of their own?
    Ambilocal
    Matrilocal
    Neolocal
    Patrilocal


5. Explanations for the universal incest taboo include the natural aversion theory, the family disruption theory, the theory of expanding social alliances and _____________?
    the inbreeding theory
    the family theory
    the kin theory
    the marriage theory


6. Political anthropologists recognize four levels of political organization: band, tribe, chiefdoms and states. Where would a band organization most often be found?
    foraging societies
    complex horticultural societies
    horticultural societies
    societies with non-food-producing members


7. Approximately 10,000 years ago, humans expanded their ability to provide food, with many adding food production to hunting and gathering. This change is called the _______.
    Organic Revolution
    Pastoral Revolution
    Cultivation Revolution
    Neolithic Revolution


8. In societies, goods and services are distributed in three different modes: reciprocity, redistribution and ______?
    mechanical exchange
    solidarity
    production
    market exchange


9. Societies have been divided into three groups dependent on the way they distribute wealth, power and prestige. These groups are egalitarian, ___________ and stratified societies.
    rank
    patriarchal
    prestige
    integrated


10. Cultural anthropologists have identified two fundamental types of family structure - the nuclear family and the ________ family?
    Answer: (outspread)


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