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This section includes 254 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.
| 101. |
According to anthropologists the early religious specialists is called as? |
| A. | Magician |
| B. | Leader |
| C. | Shamans |
| D. | Religious leader |
| Answer» D. Religious leader | |
| 102. |
Duffusion is based on which culture |
| A. | Culture traits |
| B. | Culture change |
| C. | Culture development |
| D. | Civilization |
| Answer» B. Culture change | |
| 103. |
Which theory among the following states that people are motivated by self-interest in the inter-actions with other people? |
| A. | Conflict |
| B. | Exchange |
| C. | Interaction |
| D. | Structural |
| Answer» D. Structural | |
| 104. |
Legal sovereignty is one which is accepted by |
| A. | Outside the state |
| B. | By outside people alone |
| C. | International organizations |
| D. | State only |
| Answer» B. By outside people alone | |
| 105. |
Why do ethnic differences often lead to conflict and violence? |
| A. | Because of ego |
| B. | Because of discrimination and compition |
| C. | Because of conflicts and war |
| D. | Because of political power and injustices |
| Answer» C. Because of conflicts and war | |
| 106. |
In economic anthropology, reciprocity refers to an exchange of goods and services of |
| A. | Unequal value that occurs |
| B. | Exactly the same value |
| C. | Relatively equal value between two parties without the use of money |
| D. | Not equal value between elites and commoners |
| Answer» D. Not equal value between elites and commoners | |
| 107. |
According to antropologists monotheistic, priest, ministers and super being is mostly practice in |
| A. | Community |
| B. | Country |
| C. | Social gathering |
| D. | State |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
Diwali, the festival of Lights is important to which religion? |
| A. | Christianity |
| B. | Judaism |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 109. |
According to anthropologists if a nuer women married to a women she can be a child of |
| A. | Mother |
| B. | Pater |
| C. | Father |
| D. | Maid |
| Answer» C. Father | |
| 110. |
This man was the founder of Judaism |
| A. | Solomon |
| B. | Abraham |
| C. | Jesus |
| D. | Mohammad |
| Answer» C. Jesus | |
| 111. |
According to anthropologists which is the religious figures who mediate between people and supernatural beings and forces? |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Totem |
| C. | Shamans |
| D. | Religious leader |
| Answer» D. Religious leader | |
| 112. |
Which of the following is NOT part of the Christian holy text? |
| A. | Old Testament |
| B. | New Testament |
| C. | Quran |
| D. | The Holy Bible |
| Answer» D. The Holy Bible | |
| 113. |
The Conflict has a functional importance in the society are? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| C. | Ralph Dahrendorf |
| D. | Randall Collins |
| Answer» C. Ralph Dahrendorf | |
| 114. |
Increased equity means reduce poverty and a more even distribution of |
| A. | Education |
| B. | wealth |
| C. | Health |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Health | |
| 115. |
In economic anthropology, the type of social solidarity based on an increase in the complexity of labor specialization is known as |
| A. | Mechanical solidarity |
| B. | Organic solidarity |
| C. | Industrial solidarity |
| D. | Reciprocal solidarity |
| Answer» C. Industrial solidarity | |
| 116. |
In anthropology a marital exchange in which the wife's group provides substantial gifts to the husband's family is called |
| A. | Dowry |
| B. | Property |
| C. | Home |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» D. both a and b | |
| 117. |
A commonly stated goal of development policy today is to promote |
| A. | Equity |
| B. | Development |
| C. | Agriculture |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Development | |
| 118. |
In economic anthropology, the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islanders is an example of |
| A. | Generalized reciprocity |
| B. | Balanced reciprocity |
| C. | Negative reciprocity |
| D. | Redistribution |
| Answer» C. Negative reciprocity | |
| 119. |
In anthropology signs used as the primary means of |
| A. | Communication |
| B. | Way of interaction |
| C. | Symbol |
| D. | None of the problem |
| Answer» B. Way of interaction | |
| 120. |
What are the clergy in Buddhism called? |
| A. | Savior |
| B. | Priests |
| C. | Monks |
| D. | Rabbis |
| Answer» D. Rabbis | |
| 121. |
A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable is known as |
| A. | Positive correlation |
| B. | linear correlation |
| C. | Unfounding relation |
| D. | Cause and effect relationship |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
One of the practices of Buddhism is to |
| A. | Follow the Five Pillars of Faith, including travel at least once to Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| B. | Meditate and say mantras from one of the holy books |
| C. | Be baptized as a baby |
| D. | Take communion, bread and wine, from a priest |
| Answer» C. Be baptized as a baby | |
| 123. |
Taking an historical perspective on public forms of interpersonal communication, one can say |
| A. | Conversation in the public realm has been a prevalent form of communication in many historical eras |
| B. | Close, personal or private conversation |
| C. | Advice writers in the eighteenth century feared that the rising influence o |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Close, personal or private conversation | |
| 124. |
In describing the 'State of Nature' it was introduced by |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Rousseau |
| D. | Rawls |
| Answer» E. | |
| 125. |
What two religions make up more the 50% of the world's followers? |
| A. | Hinduism and Buddhism |
| B. | Christianity and Hinduism |
| C. | Islam and Judaism |
| D. | Christianity and Islam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 126. |
Several features distinguish rituals from other kinds of behavior said by |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Franz Boas |
| C. | Rappaport |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 127. |
The Five Pillars of Faith which include praying five times a day and making a pilgrimage to what holy city? (Muslims also face this city when they pray) |
| A. | Mecca |
| B. | Jerusalem |
| C. | Istanbul |
| D. | Beijing |
| Answer» B. Jerusalem | |
| 128. |
A rituals which is performed include formal, invariant, sterotype, earnest behaviour is called as |
| A. | Secular rituals |
| B. | Behaviourar |
| C. | Religious scholar |
| D. | Community based |
| Answer» B. Behaviourar | |
| 129. |
The sacred text (holy book) of the Christians is the |
| A. | Qu'ran or Koran |
| B. | Bible |
| C. | The Vedas |
| D. | The Torah |
| Answer» C. The Vedas | |
| 130. |
According to anthropology which of the following are limitations to personal property rights in the United States? |
| A. | Right of eminent domain |
| B. | A person can lose property rights if convicted of a felony |
| C. | zoning laws |
| D. | both a and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 131. |
According to anthropologists the state orgnization and social stratification of religious is called |
| A. | Olympic religions |
| B. | Communal religions |
| C. | Polytheism theism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Communal religions | |
| 132. |
In economic anthropology, tribute is a form of redistribution and |
| A. | Is found only among foraging societies |
| B. | Can be found in chiefdoms with no standardized currency |
| C. | Includes the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands |
| D. | Includes market economies |
| Answer» C. Includes the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands | |
| 133. |
The sociological and food production activity was studied by |
| A. | Anthropologists |
| B. | Archaeologists |
| C. | Sociologists |
| D. | Economists |
| Answer» C. Sociologists | |
| 134. |
Gradualness as the midwife social change was accepted by |
| A. | Marxists |
| B. | Democratic Socialists |
| C. | Syndicalists |
| D. | Anarchists |
| Answer» C. Syndicalists | |
| 135. |
According to antropologists Olympian is called as |
| A. | Ministers |
| B. | Monotheistic |
| C. | Priesthood |
| D. | Shaman |
| Answer» D. Shaman | |
| 136. |
Laski?s political theory may be best characterized as |
| A. | Pluralist |
| B. | Individualistic |
| C. | Marxist |
| D. | Pluralist, individualist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
According to anthropologists taboo culturally exist in every |
| A. | Community |
| B. | Society |
| C. | state |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» D. both a and b | |
| 138. |
In economic anthropologies a number of developing countries today |
| A. | A growing number of children under age 14 engage in wage employment |
| B. | Childrens only work on household chores |
| C. | Children are prohibited by their religion to work for wages |
| D. | A decreasing number of children under age 14 engage in wage employment |
| Answer» B. Childrens only work on household chores | |
| 139. |
The founder of Islam is |
| A. | Siddhartha Gautama |
| B. | Abraham |
| C. | Jesus |
| D. | Muhammad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 140. |
In religion rituals are called as |
| A. | Attitude |
| B. | Behaviors |
| C. | Norms |
| D. | Values |
| Answer» C. Norms | |
| 141. |
In anthropology the bride wealth is called |
| A. | Bride price |
| B. | Bride wealth |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 142. |
According to anthropology in our own society, classes and ethnic groups are |
| A. | Endogamous groups |
| B. | Exogamous groups |
| C. | Homogenous group |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Exogamous groups | |
| 143. |
What is Karma In religion? |
| A. | The soul in Hinduism |
| B. | Meditation that leads to enlightenment |
| C. | A measurement of how good or bad a person has been |
| D. | The sacred text of Buddhism |
| Answer» D. The sacred text of Buddhism | |
| 144. |
All three major monotheistic religions developed in this region |
| A. | Europe |
| B. | North America |
| C. | Middle East or Southwest Asia |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 145. |
According to anthropologists the divine power but it views supernatural differently is called as |
| A. | Polytheism |
| B. | Communal religions |
| C. | Olympian religions |
| D. | Monotheism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
According to anthropologists when widows are burned alive, is called |
| A. | Violence |
| B. | Domestic violance |
| C. | Sati |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 147. |
Which one of the following is not a 'renewable' energy source? |
| A. | Solar |
| B. | Coal |
| C. | Wave |
| D. | Wind |
| Answer» C. Wave | |
| 148. |
According to anthropology the development projects usually fail if they try to replace native forms with culturally alien property concepts and |
| A. | Productive |
| B. | Distribution |
| C. | Growing |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Distribution | |
| 149. |
Which of the following adjustments would be made to any increase in GDP in order to derive an 'Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare' (ISEW)? |
| A. | Subtract the monetary value of non-defensive public expenditures |
| B. | Subtract the monetary value of personal consumption |
| C. | Subtract the monetary value of capital formation |
| D. | Subtract the costs of environmental degradation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
The idea of the "learning organization" has been put forward as an approach to getting all the employees of a company to act together as a single unified "green" organization. This is an interesting idea, but |
| A. | Is totally impractical |
| B. | Has never been tried out |
| C. | Is very new in relation to applications in this area, and not much research has been reported so far |
| D. | A company can't afford to train its entire staff all the time on these issues |
| Answer» D. A company can't afford to train its entire staff all the time on these issues | |