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This section includes 132 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Human and Cultural Diversity knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
There are historical reasons for the inclusion of four subfields cultural anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology which are called |
| A. | General anthropology |
| B. | Applied anthropology |
| C. | Sociocultural anthropology |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Applied anthropology | |
| 2. |
According to anthropologists a western medicine or biomedicine which aims to link illness to scientifically demonstrated agents is called |
| A. | Personality disease |
| B. | Naturalistic disease |
| C. | Emotionalist disease |
| D. | AIDS |
| Answer» C. Emotionalist disease | |
| 3. |
According to anthropologists, Ruth Benedict was died in |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» B. 1947 | |
| 4. |
Is seen as a failure and biomedical practitioners do everything they can to prolong life, regardless of the circumstances under which the patient would live his or her life |
| A. | Illness |
| B. | Death |
| C. | Disease |
| D. | Disability |
| Answer» B. Death | |
| 5. |
Illness is a condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual is said by |
| A. | In horn and Brown |
| B. | Heinemann |
| C. | Martin |
| D. | Anderson |
| Answer» B. Heinemann | |
| 6. |
Which of the following statements is true concerning illness? |
| A. | Illness is a feeling of not being normal and healthy |
| B. | Illness and disease are the same thing |
| C. | Illness is an objectively measurable pathological condition of the body |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Illness and disease are the same thing | |
| 7. |
Which mental illness is not a culture-bound syndrome? |
| A. | Anorexia nervosa |
| B. | Amoke |
| C. | Susto or folk illness |
| D. | Depression |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
According to anthropologists in eastern Africa, disease came from sexually transmitted is called |
| A. | HIV |
| B. | Cancer |
| C. | AIDS |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 9. |
How people understand the causes of illness and death, how they behave, and what resources they marshal to cope with these events are extremely important parts of |
| A. | Studying health |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | Contemporary anthropology |
| Answer» D. Contemporary anthropology | |
| 10. |
Among the Indians of Central Mexico, who or what would likely be the cause of the illness known as aire? |
| A. | A rain dwarf breathing on someone |
| B. | A macho stranger visiting the village |
| C. | An encounter with a ghost while sleeping |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. A macho stranger visiting the village | |
| 11. |
In anthropology to trace the family, kinship, descent and marriage is called |
| A. | Geography |
| B. | Lineage |
| C. | Descent |
| D. | Genealogy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
In Emily Ahern's ethnographic description of the medical system of the Taiwanese Hokkien, the yin part of the body |
| A. | Is visible to the living |
| B. | Exists in the underworld in the shape of a house and tree |
| C. | Exists in the underworld in a house and a tree |
| D. | Has hot and cold properties |
| Answer» C. Exists in the underworld in a house and a tree | |
| 13. |
The intrusion of foreign objects by supernatural means was a common explanation among many Native American cultures for internal body pains such as headaches and stomach pains. How was a patient traditionally cured of this kind of illness? |
| A. | By the patient fasting and smoking tobacco in order to have a vision |
| B. | By the patient swallowing medicine prescribed by a shaman |
| C. | by a shaman manipulating or massaging the site of the patient's pain, blowing tobacco smoke over it, |
| D. | Psychological anthropology |
| Answer» D. Psychological anthropology | |
| 14. |
Who was able to produce many ethnographic writings, such as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935) |
| A. | Margaret Mead |
| B. | Ruth Benedict |
| C. | Franz Boas |
| D. | Max weber |
| Answer» B. Ruth Benedict | |
| 15. |
Recent research has discovered that foods or spices like garlic, onions, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper have |
| A. | Ant malarial properties |
| B. | Antiviral or antibacterial properties |
| C. | Hot-cold properties |
| D. | Wet-dry properties |
| Answer» C. Hot-cold properties | |
| 16. |
According to anthropologists the Potlatching exchange system was exist in |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | North America |
| C. | China |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» C. China | |
| 17. |
Formulatory period |
| A. | 1840 |
| B. | 1835 |
| C. | 1848 |
| D. | 1836 |
| Answer» C. 1848 | |
| 18. |
Who was known as the Father of American Anthropology |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Ruth Benedict |
| D. | Karl polanyi |
| Answer» B. Max Weber | |
| 19. |
Edward Burnett Tylor was worked for |
| A. | Primitive Culture |
| B. | Patterns of Culture |
| C. | Behavioral aspects |
| D. | Cultural relativism |
| Answer» B. Patterns of Culture | |
| 20. |
According to anthropologists, Ruth Benedict was born in |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1883 |
| C. | 1880 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
In economic anthropology, applies exchanges between people who are more distantly related than are members of the same band or house hold are called |
| A. | Negative reciprocity |
| B. | Generalized reciprocity |
| C. | Equal reciprocity |
| D. | Balanced reciprocity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Culture or civilization as that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, moral, law, custom, and any other capabilities are the concept of |
| A. | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| B. | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| C. | Max weber |
| D. | Franz Boas |
| Answer» C. Max weber | |
| 23. |
Lewis Henry Morgan was born in |
| A. | 1819 |
| B. | 1815 |
| C. | 1812 |
| D. | 1818 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
According to anthropology, Boas is well known for his studies on the Native population in Northern Vancouver and British Colombia, Canada Influenced by the writings of Charles Darwin, Boas developed the theory of |
| A. | Historical relativism |
| B. | Cultural relativism |
| C. | Patterns of culture |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Patterns of culture | |
| 25. |
In which type of medical system is it likely that illness would be attributed to such things as kidney stones, arterial blockage due to plaque build-up, malnutrition, bacteria, and viruses? |
| A. | Naturalistic |
| B. | Personality |
| C. | Naturalistic |
| D. | Religious leader |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Westerners often call shamans, because they don't believe that shamans can effectively cure people |
| A. | Witch doctors |
| B. | Magicians |
| C. | Witches |
| D. | Sorcerers |
| Answer» B. Magicians | |
| 27. |
Researchers are finding evidence that remedies contain chemicals that are the same as, or similar in effect to, chemicals used in remedies by biomedical practitioners |
| A. | Chines |
| B. | Native |
| C. | Hot and Cold |
| D. | Food |
| Answer» C. Hot and Cold | |
| 28. |
In economic anthropology, when exchange between social equals, who are normally related to kinship, marriage or another close personal tie is called |
| A. | Reciprocity |
| B. | Exchange of gifts |
| C. | Market distribution |
| D. | Redistribution |
| Answer» B. Exchange of gifts | |
| 29. |
According to anthropologists way of organizing production a set of social relations through which labor is deployed to wret energy from nature be means of tools, skills, and knowledge |
| A. | Production |
| B. | Cultivation |
| C. | Mode of production |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 30. |
According to anthropologists during the events of potlatching, assisted by members of their communities, potlatch sponsors traditionally gave away food, blankets, pieces of cooper or other items in return for this they got |
| A. | Prestige |
| B. | Gifts |
| C. | Wealth |
| D. | Respect |
| Answer» B. Gifts | |
| 31. |
One of the most thoroughly studied cultural practices known to ethnography is called |
| A. | Potlatching |
| B. | Wealth |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 32. |
Which field of anthropology have acted as cultural brokers, translating managers goals or workers concern to the other group is called as |
| A. | Physical anthropology |
| B. | Social anthropology |
| C. | Archaeological anthropology |
| D. | Applied anthropology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
To support their research and to get to the field in this case anthropologists need |
| A. | Key informant |
| B. | Attention |
| C. | Time and energy |
| D. | Funding |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
To recover the remains by digging and the culture and natural stratigraphy is called |
| A. | Excavation |
| B. | Experimental |
| C. | Holding |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Experimental | |
| 35. |
An anthrpologists work increasingly in large scale societies, they have developed innovative ways of blending ethnography and survey research which was said by |
| A. | Bernard |
| B. | Melvin Ember |
| C. | Fricke |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» D. Margaret Mead | |
| 36. |
Traditionally, anthropologists would be least interested in |
| A. | Cultural change over time |
| B. | Third World subsistence strategies |
| C. | Art consumption by the elite in modern societies |
| D. | Diversity among cultures |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
A high-tech companies, such as Xerox, IMB, and Apple have employed like |
| A. | Engineers |
| B. | Doctors |
| C. | Anthropologists |
| D. | Sociologists |
| Answer» D. Sociologists | |
| 38. |
The Kottak text suggests that there are proportionally more black football and basketball players in the U.S. and proportionally more white tennis, golf, and hockey players because of all the reasons, except |
| A. | Differential access to equipment and facilities |
| B. | Cultural traditions of excellence in those sports |
| C. | Race-based physical differences |
| D. | Different patterns of play among children |
| Answer» D. Different patterns of play among children | |
| 39. |
According to anthropology Ethnology is |
| A. | Provides an account of a particular community, society, or culture |
| B. | Reconstructs, describes, and interprets past human behaviors |
| C. | examines, interprets, analyzes, and compares the results of other anthropological studies |
| D. | is a systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims, through experiment, observation, and |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Development anthropologists can help |
| A. | Development projects avoid embarrassing cultural gaffes |
| B. | To inform project developers of important cultural norm |
| C. | To communicate development project goals to people |
| D. | To understand the human dimension of environmental degradation |
| Answer» D. To understand the human dimension of environmental degradation | |
| 41. |
Anthropology is not |
| A. | A field of science |
| B. | A field of the humanities |
| C. | A field of social science |
| D. | A field with a narrow set of research questions |
| Answer» B. A field of the humanities | |
| 42. |
According to anthropology biological anthropology is |
| A. | Related to zoology |
| B. | Studies of bones |
| C. | Studies monkeys |
| D. | Considers the environment |
| Answer» C. Studies monkeys | |
| 43. |
When the text says that anthropology is holistic, it means that |
| A. | Anthropology studies all living examples of human culture |
| B. | Anthropology studies all cultures |
| C. | Anthropology studies all means of human production |
| D. | Anthropology studies all human languages |
| Answer» C. Anthropology studies all means of human production | |
| 44. |
Ethnographic is using for |
| A. | Data collecting |
| B. | Field work |
| C. | Questioners |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Questioners | |
| 45. |
Ethnography is a research process in which the anthropologists closely observes, records, and engages in the daily life of another culture is called |
| A. | Physical anthropology |
| B. | Cultural anthropology |
| C. | Linguistic anthropology |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Linguistic anthropology | |
| 46. |
A anthropologist Margaret Mead in 1928/1930 gave the concept about |
| A. | Biological trait |
| B. | Religious trait |
| C. | Psychological trait |
| D. | Biological trait |
| Answer» D. Biological trait | |
| 47. |
Margaret Mead married how many times? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 48. |
Human evolution by the fossil, human genetics, human growth and development, human biology, evolution and social life are called |
| A. | Sociological or Physical |
| B. | Archaeological and sociological anthropology |
| C. | Biological and Physical anthropology |
| D. | Applied and sociological |
| Answer» D. Applied and sociological | |
| 49. |
Margaret Mead was the student of |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Franz Boas |
| C. | Kroeber |
| D. | Livingstone |
| Answer» C. Kroeber | |
| 50. |
In anthropology the study of paleoanthropologist is called |
| A. | Paleolithic |
| B. | Fossil |
| C. | Reconstruction |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Reconstruction | |