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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.
| 51. |
A condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual is called |
| A. | Disease |
| B. | Curer |
| C. | Illness |
| D. | Medical |
| Answer» D. Medical | |
| 52. |
According to anthropology applied anthropology the belief that precisely because anthropologists are experts on human problems and social change, and because they study understand and respect cultural values is called |
| A. | Advocacy view |
| B. | Applied anthropology |
| C. | Physical anthropology |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Applied anthropology | |
| 53. |
In anthropology the chronology is based on the principle of |
| A. | Super posing |
| B. | Presumption |
| C. | Guesswork |
| D. | Superposition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
Which of the following personality illnesses found in Mexico is connected to the perception that some people are "stronger" than others and that their strength can harm "weak" people? |
| A. | Aire |
| B. | susto |
| C. | Mal de ojo |
| D. | Nahua |
| Answer» D. Nahua | |
| 55. |
In anthropology when the key enviromental force determining how human bodies will grow and develop by cultural traditions , physical activities' are called |
| A. | Human biology |
| B. | Human culture |
| C. | Human science |
| D. | Human Zoology |
| Answer» B. Human culture | |
| 56. |
According to anthropology both academic theoretical and applied practical is called |
| A. | Medical anthropology |
| B. | Peasant anthropology |
| C. | Psychological anthropology |
| D. | Social anthropology |
| Answer» B. Peasant anthropology | |
| 57. |
Margaret Mead was |
| A. | Studied physical anthropology |
| B. | Worked in the Trobriand Islands |
| C. | Was an advisor of Franz Boas |
| D. | Often appeared on The Tonight Show |
| Answer» D. Often appeared on The Tonight Show | |
| 58. |
In anthropological study basic unit of social orgnization among foragers a band includes fewer than 100 people it often splits up seasonally is called |
| A. | Tribe |
| B. | Clan |
| C. | Cheifdoms |
| D. | Band |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
Specialized role acquired through a culturally appropriate process odd selection, training, certification, and acquisition of a professional image by patients who believe in his or her special powers and receives from special consideration is called |
| A. | Disease |
| B. | Medicine |
| C. | Curer |
| D. | Shaman |
| Answer» B. Medicine | |
| 60. |
According to anthropologists, the central idea Ruth Benedict book name is |
| A. | Historical relativism |
| B. | Patterns of Culture |
| C. | Behavioral aspects |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Behavioral aspects | |
| 61. |
A biological and cultural anthropologists in the study of disease, health problems, health care systems and theories about illness is different cultures and ethnic groups is called |
| A. | Applied anthropology |
| B. | Physical anthropology |
| C. | Medical anthropology |
| D. | Social anthropology |
| Answer» D. Social anthropology | |
| 62. |
In anthropology the study of cross-culture variation is called |
| A. | Psychology |
| B. | Archaeology |
| C. | Humanities |
| D. | Applied |
| Answer» B. Archaeology | |
| 63. |
The Chinese medical system, which dates back about 3500 years, initially stressed the balance between the contrasting forces of yin and yang and later added the concept of |
| A. | Properties |
| B. | Hot and cold properties |
| C. | Humors |
| D. | Wet and dry properties |
| Answer» D. Wet and dry properties | |
| 64. |
Who has described the languages, physical types, material culture, marriage and divorce, social laws and customs, government and justice war pattern, religion etc |
| A. | Carol Taylor |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Herodotus |
| D. | E.B Tylor |
| Answer» D. E.B Tylor | |
| 65. |
According to anthropologists, In the 1930?s Margaret Mead used a method called |
| A. | Controlled comparison |
| B. | Cultural relativism |
| C. | Patterns of culture |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Cultural relativism | |
| 66. |
Anthropology thought |
| A. | Applied anthropology |
| B. | A development of different social institutions as well as social facts, arts, religion, morals and v |
| C. | Medical anthropology |
| D. | A biological and cultural anthropologists in the study of disease, health problems, health care syst |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
Who was the best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois people |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | Ruth Benedict |
| C. | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| D. | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Answer» D. Edward Burnett Tylor | |
| 68. |
According to anthropologists an association between two or more variables such that when one changes varies the other also changes covaries is called |
| A. | Interrelation |
| B. | Similar |
| C. | Correlation |
| D. | Cognative |
| Answer» D. Cognative | |
| 69. |
In economic anthropology, the purest form of reciprocity is called |
| A. | Generalized reciprocity |
| B. | Negative reciprocity |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 70. |
Herodotus had a |
| A. | German culture |
| B. | British culture |
| C. | Greek culture |
| D. | Russian culture |
| Answer» D. Russian culture | |
| 71. |
Which of the following characterize susto? |
| A. | It is the result of a strong person staring intently at a weak individual |
| B. | It usually is caused by Curanderos |
| C. | It literally means fright or sudden fear |
| D. | AIDS |
| Answer» D. AIDS | |
| 72. |
In economic anthropology, the concept of reciprocity was given by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Kroeber |
| C. | Franz Boas |
| D. | Karl polanyi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
Margaret Mead conducted research in samao with the topic of "Different cultures train children and adolescents to have different personalities and behavior" which was suggested by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Clifford Geertz |
| C. | Ruth Benedict |
| D. | Franz Boas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 74. |
According to anthropologists, Margaret Mead was born in |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1902 |
| C. | 1901 |
| D. | 1906 |
| Answer» D. 1906 | |
| 75. |
In anthropology the study of skulls, teeth, and bones are called |
| A. | Human |
| B. | Osteology |
| C. | Fossils |
| D. | Apes |
| Answer» C. Fossils | |
| 76. |
According to anthropologists every society is guided by certain universal values, which transcend various social customs' said by |
| A. | Herodotus |
| B. | Protagoras |
| C. | Socrates |
| D. | Max weber |
| Answer» D. Max weber | |
| 77. |
In anthropology direct, firsthand observation of daily behavior, including participant observation are called |
| A. | Researcher |
| B. | Ethnography |
| C. | Data collector |
| D. | Anthropologists |
| Answer» C. Data collector | |
| 78. |
In economic anthropology, a things which someone gives to another person and expects nothing in return is called |
| A. | Negative reciprocity |
| B. | Generalized reciprocity |
| C. | Balanced reciprocity |
| D. | Give and take |
| Answer» C. Balanced reciprocity | |
| 79. |
Margaret Mead was written his first field work book Coming of Age in samao in which year? |
| A. | 1928/1961 |
| B. | 1930/1970 |
| C. | 1928/1965 |
| D. | 1920/1973 |
| Answer» B. 1930/1970 | |
| 80. |
The combination of survey research and ethnography can provide new perspective on life in |
| A. | Complex Society |
| B. | Modern society |
| C. | Primitive society |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Modern society | |
| 81. |
The contrasts between men and women reflect cultural training rather than biology are called |
| A. | Effects of culture |
| B. | Individual |
| C. | Heterogeneous |
| D. | Diverse cultures |
| Answer» E. | |
| 82. |
Ethnographic research in an auto factory may view workers, managers, and executives as different social categories participating in a common social system each group has characteristic attitudes, values and behaviors these are called as |
| A. | Adaptation |
| B. | Micro-enculturation |
| C. | Macro-enculturation |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Macro-enculturation | |
| 83. |
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor was born in |
| A. | 1832 |
| B. | 1830 |
| C. | 1835 |
| D. | 1831 |
| Answer» B. 1830 | |
| 84. |
A biological anthropologist might be interested in |
| A. | Studying an orangutan |
| B. | Studying human D.N.A |
| C. | Determining the age and sex of a murder victim |
| D. | Determining why some humans have darker skin than others |
| Answer» C. Determining the age and sex of a murder victim | |
| 85. |
The application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to indentify, assess and solve contemporary social problem is called |
| A. | Archaeological anthropology |
| B. | Applied anthropology |
| C. | Social anthropology |
| D. | Linguistic anthropology |
| Answer» C. Social anthropology | |
| 86. |
Discovering the health-related beliefs, knowledge, and practices of a cultural group is one of the goals of |
| A. | Medical researchers in the United States |
| B. | Medical anthropology |
| C. | Anthropology |
| D. | Medical practitioners |
| Answer» C. Anthropology | |
| 87. |
According to anthropologists a population's system of production , distribution, and consumption of resources are called |
| A. | Economy |
| B. | Trade |
| C. | Business |
| D. | Market exchange |
| Answer» B. Trade | |
| 88. |
In a view, illness may be viewed as being due to something in one's social life being out-of-order |
| A. | Biomedical |
| B. | Indigenous |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | Socialistic |
| Answer» D. Socialistic | |
| 89. |
In anthropology there is a code of ethics AAA which is stand for |
| A. | American Anthropological Association |
| B. | American Anthropological Assamilation |
| C. | American Anthropological Accultration |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. American Anthropological Assamilation | |
| 90. |
Which is not an example of applied anthropology? |
| A. | Forensics |
| B. | Medical anthropology |
| C. | Development anthropology |
| D. | Sociolinguistics |
| Answer» B. Medical anthropology | |
| 91. |
According to anthropologists all cultures have health-care specialists there is a world's oldest profession besides hunter and gatherer it is called |
| A. | Shaman |
| B. | Curer |
| C. | Witch |
| D. | Religious leader |
| Answer» C. Witch | |
| 92. |
According to anthropologists the blame of illness on agents, such as sorcerers, witches, ghosts or ancestral spirits is called as |
| A. | Emotionalist disease |
| B. | Naturalistic disease |
| C. | Personality disease |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 93. |
God exists or not is said by |
| A. | Herodotus |
| B. | Protagoras |
| C. | Max weber |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Protagoras | |
| 94. |
Coordinated research by multiple ethnographers are called |
| A. | Key informant |
| B. | Data collectors |
| C. | Team research |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 95. |
According to anthropologists cure a cough by counteracting a curse or removing a substance introduced by a sorcerer is called |
| A. | Witch |
| B. | Totem |
| C. | Shaman |
| D. | Religious leader |
| Answer» D. Religious leader | |
| 96. |
According to anthropology many cultures have the view that the body should be |
| A. | Well conditioned |
| B. | Clean |
| C. | Kept in an equilibrium |
| D. | Be treated with respect |
| Answer» D. Be treated with respect | |
| 97. |
In which type of medical system is it assumed that illness is due to impersonal, mechanistic causes in nature that can be potentially understood and cured by the application of the scientific method of discovery? |
| A. | Emotionalist |
| B. | Naturalistic |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | Scientific |
| Answer» B. Naturalistic | |
| 98. |
Who are perhaps the most important medical practitioners in societies lacking full-time specialization? |
| A. | Witches |
| B. | Shamans |
| C. | Physicians |
| D. | Witch doctors |
| Answer» C. Physicians | |
| 99. |
Franz Boas, known as the Father of American Anthropology, was born in Minden, Germany in |
| A. | 1858 |
| B. | 1865 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1880 |
| Answer» B. 1865 | |
| 100. |
Archaeologists are called to be |
| A. | Salve |
| B. | Salvage |
| C. | Retrieve |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Retrieve | |