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Quiz about Back In First Year Anthropology
Quiz about Back In First Year Anthropology

Back In First Year Anthropology Quiz


So, you took an anthropology elective back in first year university. How much do you remember?

A multiple-choice quiz by cannedcorn. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
cannedcorn
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
141,886
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
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Question 1 of 15
1. Polyandry is the practice in which many men, usually brothers, marry a single woman. In which of these countries is polyandry practiced? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. In pre-1947 India, these people were excluded from the caste system. Although they performed important economic functions, such as shoemaking and cleaning the community, they existed outside the accepted ranking system, and as such were pariahs in the community. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This word refers to a system of growing crops based on gardening in which no plow is used. Hint


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4. This word refers to the tendency for a person to see one's own culture as the standard by which other cultures should be judged. It can also refer to the tendency to view one's own culture as superior to all other cultures. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This word refers to the smallest unit of meaning in a language. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Napoleon Chagnon wrote this book about a group of indigenous hunter gatherers living in South America. It was originally subtitled "The Fierce People." Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The traditional myths, legends, beliefs, stories and customs of a people, transmitted within a culture orally, are referred to as: Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. A counteraction is: Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. The Maasai people in Africa are Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Two other names for the Bushmen of Southern Africa are the !Kung and the San.


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11. The Middle Eastern proverb "I against my brothers; my brothers and I against my cousins; my cousins, my brothers and I against the world." illustrates the notion of Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. A ritual held at a certain point in a person's life to mark the end of one stage of life and the beginning of another is called a: Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. An affine is a person to whom one is related through marriage.


Question 14 of 15
14. The process by which culture spreads across a geographical area is called Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Animists assign human characteristics to animals and non-living things such as rocks and rivers.



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1. Polyandry is the practice in which many men, usually brothers, marry a single woman. In which of these countries is polyandry practiced?

Answer: Tibet

Polyandry generally takes place in areas where land is scarce. Rather than subdivide the family farm into plots too small to support a family, a set of brothers will all marry the same woman. By sharing a wife, they ensure that only one set of children will inherit the land.

Although this type of marriage is rare, it does take place in Tibet, a mountainous country where land suitable for cultivation is hard to come by.
2. In pre-1947 India, these people were excluded from the caste system. Although they performed important economic functions, such as shoemaking and cleaning the community, they existed outside the accepted ranking system, and as such were pariahs in the community.

Answer: Untouchables

To outside observers, the Untouchables occupied the lowest rank in the caste system, but Indians will tell you they actually existed apart from it. Untouchables performed those tasks which were considered "dirty work," occupying an essential niche within Indian society.

However, because of their existence outside the accepted system, they had little interaction with other members of Indian society.
3. This word refers to a system of growing crops based on gardening in which no plow is used.

Answer: horticulture

Horticulture refers to a system of gardening using hand tools, such as hoes, sticks and shovels. It allows for a higher population density than hunting and gathering, and also allows for a semi-sedentary population. Because horticultural societies must work to change their physical environment to a considerable degree, for example by felling trees, people in horticultural societies work very hard to obtain their means of subsistence.
4. This word refers to the tendency for a person to see one's own culture as the standard by which other cultures should be judged. It can also refer to the tendency to view one's own culture as superior to all other cultures.

Answer: ethnocentrism

Anthropologists attempt to view each culture on its own merit, in order to gain an understanding of a culture from the inside. Thus, anthropologists must work hard to overcome any ethnocentric tendencies within themselves.
5. This word refers to the smallest unit of meaning in a language.

Answer: morpheme

A morpheme can be a whole word, or a part of a word that carries meaning. For example, the "tri" in the word "tricycle" is a morpheme meaning "three." A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound selected for use in a language. Each individual sound in the word "tricycle" is considered to be a phoneme.
6. Napoleon Chagnon wrote this book about a group of indigenous hunter gatherers living in South America. It was originally subtitled "The Fierce People."

Answer: Yanomamo

First published in 1968, Chagnon has published numerous editions of this book updating us on new information he has found about the Yanomamo and changes that have occured due to the incursion of the dominant Brazilian culture. A major gold rush in the 1980s has had a profound impact upon the Yanomamo and indeed, the survival of their culture is threatened.
7. The traditional myths, legends, beliefs, stories and customs of a people, transmitted within a culture orally, are referred to as:

Answer: folklore

Folklore today usually refers to knowledge that is passed down orally through performance rather than knowledge that is written down. Folklore can be purely entertaining, or it can be educational by teaching life lessons. It can also be considered an informal means of exercising social control in that it can summarize the major points of cultural charters.
8. A counteraction is:

Answer: any action taken when a norm is breached to counter that breach

In our culture, putting a thief in prison would be considered a counteraction, as would shunning a person in Mennonite societies.
9. The Maasai people in Africa are

Answer: pastoralists

The Maasai live in the Great Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, in a territory which crosses the borders of modern-day Kenya and Tanzania. Their society is based on the herding of cattle. The culture of the Maasai is threatened, as they are pressured to assimilate to the dominant society.
10. Two other names for the Bushmen of Southern Africa are the !Kung and the San.

Answer: True

The Bushmen of Southern Africa lead a nomadic life, surviving through hunting and gathering. Although their numbers are large, with 25 000 in Botswana, 29 000 in Namibia and 8 000 in Angola, the encroachment of cattle ranchers and wars have made it impossible for the Bushmen to continue their traditional hunting and gathering way of life. Bushmen were featured prominently in the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy."
11. The Middle Eastern proverb "I against my brothers; my brothers and I against my cousins; my cousins, my brothers and I against the world." illustrates the notion of

Answer: segmental opposition

Segmental opposition is the principle that two separate but equal social entities will unite to counter another group. Thus, while you may be in conflict with members of your family, you join with them when your family is threatened by another family.
12. A ritual held at a certain point in a person's life to mark the end of one stage of life and the beginning of another is called a:

Answer: rite of passage

A true rite of passage has three sections: rites of separation, in which a person is removed from the society; transition rites, in which a person is given educational and/or mystical forces that provide new capacities; and rites of incorporation, in which a person re-enters society with a new social position.
13. An affine is a person to whom one is related through marriage.

Answer: True

"Affine" is just a fancy word anthropologists and genealogists use to refer to in-laws.
14. The process by which culture spreads across a geographical area is called

Answer: diffusion

An important way in which cultures change is through diffusion. Tools, meanings and other inventions are borrowed from neighbours and incorporated into the existing culture. Cultural diffusion takes place all the time.
15. Animists assign human characteristics to animals and non-living things such as rocks and rivers.

Answer: True

While some people may call animism a religion, it is more properly understood as a means of seeing the world. Animists do not consider themselves practioners of an animist religion.
Source: Author cannedcorn

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