ANT 2000 Final Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
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ANT 2000 Final Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
What do groups like the Ju/hoansi do with all their spare time? - Answer- Put great effort into producing trade items, and engaging in other social events to build and maintain a network of alliances
It is not possible to hoard wealth ob...
ANT 2000 Final Exam Questions
with All Correct Answers
What do groups like the Ju/hoansi do with all their spare time? - Answer- Put great effort
into producing trade items, and engaging in other social events to build and maintain a
network of alliances
It is not possible to hoard wealth obtained from the Kula Ring because: - Answer-
wealth is only rendered valuable by giving it away
An untimely death is likely to be explained by the Azande people of the Sudan as
resulting from: - Answer- witchcraft
Various objectives of magic include all of the following except: - Answer- worship of god
All are monotheistic religions except: - Answer- Hinduism
Magic is most elaborate which kinds of circumstances? - Answer- uncertain or
dangerous times and events
Polytheism is: - Answer- belief in more than one god
The specialized lexicon of farmers, steel workers, or skateboarders is referred to as: -
Answer- focal vocabulary
The smallest unit of sound that can make a difference in meaning is called a: - Answer-
phoneme
This kind of language is actually a simplified fusion of two or more languages to
facilitate communication: - Answer- pidgin
The branches of anthropological linguistics all of the following except: - Answer- primate
linguistics
Sociolinguistic variation: - Answer- may be result of class, age, gender, and geographic
differences
All are aspects of the anthropological perspective that may benefit development projects
except: - Answer- ethnocentrism
, What is the most common cause for the failure of development projects? - Answer- poor
sociocultural fit
What is an example of "soft power"? - Answer- news media, government propaganda,
and social media
In the 1960s, the traditional Saami herding economy was disrupted by the introduction
of what new technology? - Answer- snowmobiles
True or false: Development projects usually end with only positive outcomes. - Answer-
False
Generalized reciprocity - Answer- mutual gift giving and sharing among family and
friends found virtually in all societies (ex: food sharing between households, arrow
change)
Balanced reciprocity - Answer- more refined than generalized, every gift comes with
expectation of return of equal or greater value (often social value) (ex: craft item
exchange among distant partners)
What do Ju/hoansi do in their spare time? - Answer- put great effort into producing trade
items and engaging in other social events to build and maintain a network of alliances
Do all societies have surpluses or the ability to generate them (just not always in
material ways)? - Answer- yes
Trobriander yam production - Answer- form of balanced reciprocity (formalized
reciprocal economy that has all necessary resources as whole); yams given away as
gifts to households to show support for sisters and daughters husbands and to increase
social standing (acquire prestige that is useful for maintaining a reputation as a
generous trading partner)
Kula Ring exchange, notably its purpose or goal - Answer- ritualized form of balanced
reciprocity along ring of island communities in New Guinea; wealth only valuable by
giving it away which puts check on accumulation; converts perishable surplus to
nonperishable surplus
What do you get in giving things away? - Answer- prestige
Redistribution (sometimes ceremonial) - Answer- surplus collected by social or legal
authority then redistributed back to those who generated it (ex: IRS)
Potlatch - Answer- competitive feasts hosted by clan leaders to acquire and maintain
high status by giving away surpluses (the more a leader gives away, the better his
reputation)
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