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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.
| 201. |
A "green transport plan" is |
| A. | An environmentally acceptable travel plan devised by a local authority for its area |
| B. | An internationally agreed strategy for reducing the impact of international transport activity on th |
| C. | A plan devised by a company or organization to reduce the environmental impact of the transport dem |
| D. | The UK government's plan for a sustainable transport sector |
| Answer» D. The UK government's plan for a sustainable transport sector | |
| 202. |
According to researchers in Madagascar and Polynesia, people of lower status should not hold their heads above those of people of higher status this type of status is a sign of |
| A. | Symbol |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Sign of respect |
| D. | High status |
| Answer» D. High status | |
| 203. |
In economic anthropology, in most industrialized societies, the basic unit of production is the |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Household |
| C. | Village |
| D. | Private company |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
The clergy for Judaism are called |
| A. | Monks |
| B. | Priests |
| C. | Rabbis |
| D. | Imams |
| Answer» D. Imams | |
| 205. |
Who is the theorist the intellectual of conflict theories ? |
| A. | Erving Goffman |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Edward Wilson and Charles Darwin |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 206. |
Which theory advocates the view that the domain of sociology is the problem of every body life? |
| A. | Functionalism |
| B. | Structuralism |
| C. | Phenomenology |
| D. | Exchange theory |
| Answer» D. Exchange theory | |
| 207. |
According to anthropologists the shamans are only what kind of specialists? |
| A. | Full time |
| B. | Short time |
| C. | Part-time |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 208. |
According to anthropologists all cultures have medico and magic religious specialists which is called |
| A. | Shaman |
| B. | Witch doctors |
| C. | Foraging |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Witch doctors | |
| 209. |
According to anthropologists the facial expressions, bodily stances, gestures and movements even if unconscious, convey information and part of our communication is called |
| A. | Conversations |
| B. | Language |
| C. | Way of style |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Way of style | |
| 210. |
The "Om" symbol represents the religion of |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Hinduism |
| C. | Islam |
| D. | Judaism |
| Answer» C. Islam | |
| 211. |
Anthropologists said that ethnicity is based on |
| A. | Cultural difference |
| B. | Cultural traits |
| C. | Cultural biased |
| D. | Cultural similarities |
| Answer» E. | |
| 212. |
In economic anthropology, subsistence societies with low population densities and simple technologies are likely to have a division of labor based on |
| A. | little more than sex and age |
| B. | levels of formal education |
| C. | Religion |
| D. | Strength |
| Answer» B. levels of formal education | |
| 213. |
Social Psychology is written by |
| A. | C. H. Cooley |
| B. | Sigmund Freud |
| C. | Muzafer Sherif |
| D. | G. H. Mead |
| Answer» D. G. H. Mead | |
| 214. |
During the industrial revolution, a strong current of thought viewed industrialization as a beneficial process of |
| A. | Inorganic |
| B. | Organic |
| C. | Artificial |
| D. | Natural |
| Answer» C. Artificial | |
| 215. |
In economic anthropology, a prestige economy refers to economies |
| A. | Found in wealth countries |
| B. | In which distributing goods |
| C. | Economies |
| D. | Economies that produce |
| Answer» C. Economies | |
| 216. |
Definite procedure or rules which people are expected to observe are known as |
| A. | Norms |
| B. | Values |
| C. | Institutions |
| D. | Group behaviour |
| Answer» B. Values | |
| 217. |
Which one of the following was not the advantage of the caste system? |
| A. | It brought instability in the society |
| B. | Society became disciplined |
| C. | It provided continuity in society |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Society became disciplined | |
| 218. |
In the early part of the twentieth century several schools of thought emerged which maintains that the societies borrow cultural traits from one another this view is known as |
| A. | Evolution |
| B. | Diffusionism |
| C. | Culture change |
| D. | Civilization |
| Answer» C. Culture change | |
| 219. |
Which of the following is not true of caste? |
| A. | It imposes several restrictions on its members |
| B. | It imposes occupational limitations |
| C. | Its members are usually not bound by any religious order |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Its members are usually not bound by any religious order | |
| 220. |
Diffusionism was introduced in |
| A. | 18th century |
| B. | 19th century |
| C. | 20th century |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. 20th century | |
| 221. |
In economic anthropology, in societies, gender roles may be so rigidly followed that |
| A. | women rather than men |
| B. | Men refuse to care for children |
| C. | Females and males are ignorant of the occupational skills of the opposite sex |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 222. |
In economic anthropology, generalized reciprocity is usually played out |
| A. | Highly industrial societies |
| B. | Among labor and management |
| C. | Among family members and close friends |
| D. | In racially societies |
| Answer» D. In racially societies | |
| 223. |
In economic anthropology, which statement about tribute, or chiefly redistribution, is true? |
| A. | Hunting and gathering societies |
| B. | Distribution among the parties |
| C. | ower of the chief and the solidarity of the people |
| D. | Material wealth than commoners |
| Answer» D. Material wealth than commoners | |
| 224. |
In which one of the following schools of thought, is law supposed to be antithetical to liberty? |
| A. | Democratic school |
| B. | Liberal school |
| C. | Socialist school |
| D. | Collectivist school |
| Answer» C. Socialist school | |
| 225. |
In economic anthropology, obtaining goods from the natural environment and transforming them into usable objects is called |
| A. | Distribution |
| B. | Consumption |
| C. | Specialization |
| D. | Production |
| Answer» E. | |
| 226. |
According to anthropologists, the Marxian theory of the origin of State? |
| A. | State originated |
| B. | Mode of production |
| C. | State originated in order relations of production |
| D. | State originated |
| Answer» D. State originated | |
| 227. |
Which one of the following gases is not included in the category 'greenhouse gases'? |
| A. | Methane |
| B. | Hydrogen |
| C. | Carbon dioxide |
| D. | Nitrous oxide |
| Answer» C. Carbon dioxide | |
| 228. |
Which one of the following indicates a relationship between inputs and outputs of a political system? |
| A. | Extractive capability |
| B. | Regulative capability |
| C. | Distributive capability |
| D. | Responsive capability |
| Answer» E. | |
| 229. |
Anthropologists said that a group which refers to a particular culture is a nation or region is called |
| A. | Ethnic culture |
| B. | Ethnic group |
| C. | Ethnicity |
| D. | Ethnology |
| Answer» C. Ethnicity | |
| 230. |
Which can negatively affect children? |
| A. | Racism |
| B. | language barriers |
| C. | Poverty |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. language barriers | |
| 231. |
The cross and the wheel of Dharma are a symbol for what two faiths, respectively? |
| A. | Hinduism and Islam |
| B. | Christianity and Islam |
| C. | Christianity and Buddhism |
| D. | Judaism and Hinduism |
| Answer» D. Judaism and Hinduism | |
| 232. |
In anthropology the practicing of marriage within the family is called |
| A. | Marry in or die out |
| B. | Endogamy |
| C. | Exogamy |
| D. | Homogamy |
| Answer» C. Exogamy | |
| 233. |
This is a holy day for Judaism and begins every Friday evening and ends every Saturday evening It begins with the lighting of the candles, followed by a family meal |
| A. | Hanukkah |
| B. | Shabbat or the Sabbath |
| C. | Ramadan |
| D. | Diwali |
| Answer» C. Ramadan | |
| 234. |
The economies of chiefdoms tend to be based on productive horticulture and |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Economy |
| C. | Agriculture |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 235. |
In anthropology the most accepted explanations for the incest taboo is |
| A. | Exogamy |
| B. | Marry out or die out |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 236. |
In economic anthropology, redistribution, as a principle of exchange, includes |
| A. | Big men and feast givers |
| B. | Bride wealth |
| C. | Potlatch |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 237. |
The ecological devastation of the Amazon has become a focus on international |
| A. | Health |
| B. | Education |
| C. | Cultivation |
| D. | Enviromentalist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 238. |
Economic development plans also have intervention philosophies said by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Karl Polyanyi |
| C. | John Bodley |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» D. Margaret Mead | |
| 239. |
According to anthropologists, Rule of Law came from |
| A. | State of nature |
| B. | Inherent in the world of nature |
| C. | Natural powers of man |
| D. | Self-consciousness |
| Answer» B. Inherent in the world of nature | |
| 240. |
The temporary form of marriage found among Muslims is called |
| A. | Nikah |
| B. | Muta |
| C. | Mehr |
| D. | Purdah |
| Answer» C. Mehr | |
| 241. |
According to anthropologists the marriage practice that a man can or should marry multiple women at the same time is called as |
| A. | Monogamy |
| B. | Pologymy |
| C. | Polyandry |
| D. | Serial marriage |
| Answer» C. Polyandry | |
| 242. |
According to ethnographic anthropologists the study of social and political orgnization is called |
| A. | Trends |
| B. | Typology |
| C. | Orgnization |
| D. | Offices |
| Answer» B. Typology | |
| 243. |
In April 2000, who passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to unite legally, with virtually all the benefits of marriage same-sex marriage's as a forms of monogamous commitments ? |
| A. | Vermont |
| B. | Ntale |
| C. | Ian fisher |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Ntale | |
| 244. |
According to Emile Durkheim religious practices are best under- stood as |
| A. | Satisfying |
| B. | Helping human beings |
| C. | Collective life |
| D. | Stability of a society |
| Answer» E. | |
| 245. |
According to anthropologists in some societies a person had lived with the same women more then 20 years their marriage was an unofficial domestic partnership this type of relation a person calles as |
| A. | His wife |
| B. | His Partner |
| C. | His women |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 246. |
In economic anthropology, the concept of individual property rights |
| A. | Is universally found in all societies |
| B. | Is found only in industrialized societies |
| C. | May be less important in some societies than flexible territorial boundaries |
| D. | Is reality weak in the United Nation |
| Answer» D. Is reality weak in the United Nation | |
| 247. |
Which of the following does not characteristic Herbert Blumer?s theory of symbolic interaction? |
| A. | Actors and action |
| B. | Society is made up of macro structures |
| C. | Micro processes |
| D. | Collective action |
| Answer» C. Micro processes | |
| 248. |
Hinduism and Buddhism both developed in this area |
| A. | Middle East |
| B. | Europe |
| C. | India |
| D. | Italy |
| Answer» D. Italy | |
| 249. |
Many economists still assume that industrialization increases |
| A. | Production and income |
| B. | Income |
| C. | Production |
| D. | Cultivation |
| Answer» B. Income | |
| 250. |
According to anthropologists traditionally this meant that Indians had to marry a members of another descent group from the same |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Lineage |
| C. | Case |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |