GED210 Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology Unit 2 Exam
Follow Below Link to Download Tutorial
Email us At: Support@homeworklance.com or lancehomework@gmail.com
- One goal of anthropological linguistics is to determine
the number of phonemes (phoneticstructure) that exist in different
languages. This goal is accomplished by employing the use of:
- minimal pairs
- phone taps
- maximal differences
- syntax units
- The word “lower” contains:
- two bound morphemes
- two bound phonemes
- two free morphemes
- one bound morpheme and one free morpheme
- The words “boy” and “girl” are:
- bound phonemes
- bound morphemes
- free morphemes
- bound phones
- An example of a bound morpheme in English is:
- the phrase “boys will be boys”
- the word “boys”
- the word “boy”
- the “s” in the word “boys”
- How many morphemes are there in the English word
“antidisestablishmentarianism”?
- 1
- 6
- 28
- 0
- The goal of ethno semantics is to understand:
- that reality is inherently unorganized and can be
perceived in any way; thus, color
naming, plant classification, and
time categories are completely arbitrary
- the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences and how
members of other societies use
language to organize things, events,
and behaviors
- that languages and behavior are the same
- that classification systems in all societies are random
- Linguistic anthropologists find that people who are
forced to abandon their native language and culture:
- begin to lose their self-esteem
- all speak English
- are better off socially and economically
- easily regain both in 100 years
- The concept of ____________ maintains that societal
change occurs when societies borrow cultural traits from one another.
- functionalism
- structuralism
- evolutionary dispersal
- diffusionism
- The body of anthropological theory concerned with the
spread of technology, religion, economic systems, art forms, and other
expressions of culture is known as:
- idealism
- particularism
- functionalism
- diffusionism
- Grafton Eliot Smith and William Perry, major figures
associated with the school of British diffusionism in the early 20th
century, proposed that:
- each culture has a key personality type
- a culture can only be interpreted in the context of its
own historical development
- culture’s principal function is establishing
institutions to guide behavior
- all aspects of civilization are derived from the
culture of ancient Egypt
- In order for diffusionism to work as envisioned by the
British and German schools, adherents had to assume or maintain all of the
following ideas except:
- some peoples were not sufficiently innovative to
develop their own cultural traits
- inherent inferiority of different non-western peoples
was assumed
- cultural traits that were diffused were part of the
technological dimension of the society
- cultural traits in the same geographical region would
inevitably spread from one society to another
- One of boas’ principal criticisms of nineteenth century
anthropologists was that:
- they failed to make use of archaeological evidence for
pre-literate societies
- their theories were based on “armchair anthropology”
and not their own fieldwork
- there was too much cultural relativism in their
interpretations
- they failed to assign adequate importance to biological
effects on culture
- According to Franz Boas, in order to conduct a
historical particularist study of a society, one must adopt the notion of ___________,
or the belief that each society should be understood in terms of its own
cultural practices and values.
- particular evolution
- cultural relativism
- lagged diffusionism
- functionalism
- During your lifetime you will probably be a member of
two families, the family of orientation (the family into which you were
born and enculturated) and the family of __________ (the family in which
you will have or adopt children).
- acculturation
- deculturation
- procreation
- life
- Which of the following is not a function of the family?
- nurture and enculturation of children
- regulation of sexual activity
- protection and support for members
- regulation of statuses, roles, and gender
- A typical ____________ family consists of two parents
and their immediate biological offspring or adopted children.
- basic
- atomic
- extended
- nuclear
- Marriage within the same social group or category is
__________, while __________ is marriage between people from different
social categories or groups.
- incest; outcest
- endogamy; exogamy
- in-marriage; out-marriage
- monogamy; polygamy
- From a female perspective, you will be a daughter and
possibly a mother and wife. As such, you assume what are called __________
roles that correspond to these different status positions.
- family
- social
- gender
- temporary
- The relationship between age and status is an
anthropologically interesting subject. Which of the following statements
concerning age and status is correct?
- Since age is biologically determined, the statuses
attached to each age category are the same in every culture around the
world.
- The elderly occupy a high level of status in all
societies.
- Anthropologists doing cross-cultural research have
found that age does not influence status; statuses are either ascribed at
birth or earned during one’s lifetime, and they donot change even if one
ages.
- Anthropologists have found that age stratification varies
in accordance with the level of technological development; the elderly
have relatively high status in many preindustrial societies, but
experience a loss of status in most industrial societies.
- “Fission” and “fusion” in hunting and gathering
societies refer to:
- hazards of contacts with the industrialized world
- cyclical change in population density relative to
resources
- decision-making processes used by tribal leaders
- the dynamics of wild plant resources
- Hunting and gathering societies will sometimes resort
to infanticide in order to:
- engage in more frequent intercourse
- supplement scarce hunting resources
- reduce the effects of anticipated food shortages
- make sacrifices to tribal gods
- Which of the following would not have the effect of
lowering fertility?
- marriage at an older age
- weaning babies at an older age
- practicing infanticide
- an earlier onset of menarche
- The most likely reason why hunter-gatherer technology
is limited to simple tools made of stone, wood, and bone is because
foraging peoples:
- lack the basic intelligence necessary to make anything
more complex
- are too busy looking for food to spend time on more
advanced tools
- have not acquired knowledge of more sophisticated
technologies
- substitute profound knowledge of their environment for
complex tools
- The principal technology used for obtaining plant foods
by tropical foragers is the:
- boomerang
- blowgun and darts
- polished stone axe
- digging stick
- The _________ produced the most extensive material
culture found among hunting and gathering societies.
- Kung San
- Eskimo
- Shoshone
- Mbuti