Cultural anthropology worksheets

QUESTION 1 1. Post-modern anthropology: explains that cultural achievements in the Americas, Africa, and Australia must have been accomplished by previous European visitors is considered a purely objective scientific approach argues for cultures to be studied from several perspectives to reduce individual researcher bias attempts to construct a grand unifying mathematical law that explains all human cultures focuses specifically on the development of modern technology 1 points QUESTION 2 1. The attitude that a culture's customs and ideas should be viewed in the context of its own values is called: cultural relativism logic rational ethnocentrism holism 1 points QUESTION 3 1. Traditional cultures that believe the world is inhabited with impersonal supernatural forces practice what type of religious system? Animism Polytheism Monotheism all of the above none of the above 1 points QUESTION 4 1. Dancing into a frenzy, singing with fervor, speaking in tongues, and other forms of heightened performance can bring on a feeling of ________. exhortation sorcery mana witchcraft hallucination 1 points QUESTION 5 1. The subfield of anthropology that does cross cultural comparisons of a particular cultural practice, like marriage ceremonies or kinship titles is ___________. Applied Anthropology Archaeology Biological Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Linguistics 1 points QUESTION 6 1. Sleeping with your textbook under your pillow in hopes that the information will be transferred into your mind for when you take the exam is considered an act of: witchcraft sorcery imitative magic contagious magic good study habits 1 points QUESTION 7 1. The idea that all people eventually pass through the same stages of evolution (as argued by Social Darwinist Henry Morgan) can generally be called: psychic unity hermeneutical reasoning unilineal evolution biological determinism dialectic 1 points QUESTION 8 1. The meaning or reason behind the things a person says, like using an insult as a sign of affection, is called: metamessaging code switching syntax creole grammar 1 points QUESTION 9 1. Buddhists tend to access the supernatural through which type of principle cult pattern? individualistic shamanistic communal ecclesiastical ancestor 1 points QUESTION 10 1. Religions that invoke the supernatural through communal cults, like those common in traditional African religions, are most easily identified by their ____________. required pilgrimages to far away holy sites adherents to strict interpretations of laws written in their religious texts elaborate rite of passage rituals that involve community participation reliance on passing around containers for collecting prestigious items as personal sacrifices use of wearing masks to prevent the spread of "invisible" spirits that cause illness 1 points QUESTION 11 1. Despite many differences in details, all cultures share a number of social features (or cultural universals) that can be categorized into: politics and group decisions expression and communication a system of belief or world-view all of the above none of the above 1 points QUESTION 12 1. The word khipu, an Inca word from the Andes region of South America, refers to a __________. trade language that emerged in Papua New Guinea method of recording the seasons so that rituals could be performed regularly female form of writing in Japanese literature method of record keeping without the use of writing conversations that centered around concerns of body image and weight 1 points QUESTION 13 1.