Question 1

__________ describes the cultural change that results when two or more cultures have continuous contact.

Accepted Answer

A)  Acculturation
B)  Enculturation
C)  Independent invention
D)  Colonization
E)  ImperialismF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Acculturation is the process by which people lose the cultures that they learned as children.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Cultural relativists believe that people should judge culture only according to the standards and traditions of that culture and not according to standards of other cultural traditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Recent research on chimpanzee eating habits indicates that

Accepted Answer

A)  chimps are habitual hunters.
B)  male chimps are exclusive herbivores.
C)  chimpanzees occasionally cook meat at volcanically heated springs.
D)  while chimps do hunt a little, they get most of their meat by stealing it from predators.
E)  chimpanzee hunting is the main reason New World monkeys are almost extinct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

The idea of universal, inalienable human rights that are superior to the laws and customs of particular cultures challenges the notion of cultural relativism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Cultural generalities may arise through independent invention, when people in different societies devise similar solutions to comparable problems or challenges.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Explain the differences between cultural universals, generalities, and particularities.Illustrate your answer with examples.

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Question 8

Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Humans do not share such features as __________ with chimpanzees.

Accepted Answer

A)  tool use
B)  meat eating
C)  stereoscopic vision
D)  high intelligence
E)  visible estrusF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 10

The statement, __________, is not true.

Accepted Answer

A)  "all human groups have culture"
B)  "culture provides the particular way that groups of humans deal with biological needs"
C)  "human groups differ in their capacities for culture"
D)  "the capacity for culture is shared by all humans"
E)  "cultural learning is uniquely elaborated among humans"F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Cultural relativism is a core value of American society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Culture is both public and individual, both in the world and in people's minds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The statement, __________, is not true.

Accepted Answer

A)  "culture is a distinctive possession of humanity"
B)  "culture is acquired by all humans as members of society through enculturation"
C)  "culture encompasses shared, symbol-based, learned behavior and beliefs transmitted across generations"
D)  "everyone is cultured"
E)  "culture is transmitted genetically"F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Indigenous peoples can do nothing to counter threats to their cultural identity, autonomy, and livelihood posed by globalization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

__________ is unique to humans.

Accepted Answer

A)  Social life
B)  Tool use
C)  Meat eating
D)  Food sharing
E)  Preserved kinship systemsF) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Anthropologists consider __________ to be "cultured."

Accepted Answer

A)  educated people
B)  key cultural consultants
C)  ethnocentric people
D)  culturally sensitive people
E)  all peopleF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

Because cultures are integrated, patterned systems, a change in one part of a culture often leads to changes in other parts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

_________ is a cultural universal.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypodescent
B)  Hyperdescent
C)  Bifurcate merging kinship terminologies
D)  Transhumance
E)  Some kind of familyF) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 19

__________ is an example of civic culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  Television shows
B)  The government
C)  McDonald's
D)  An unspoken dress codes for funerals
E)  A musical performance at the city civic centerF) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 20

Define ethnocentrism and cultural relativism and highlight where they are similar or different.Identify the problems that can arise from cultural relativism in an anthropologist's work.

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Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's o...

Exam 2: Culture

Humans do not share such features as __________ with chimpanzees.

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_________ is a cultural universal.

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__________ is unique to humans.

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Explain the differences between cultural universals, generalities, and particularities.Illustrate your answer with examples.

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The statement, __________, is not true.

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Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

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Anthropologists consider __________ to be "cultured."

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Cultural generalities may arise through independent invention, when people in different societies devise similar solutions to comparable problems or challenges.

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__________ is an example of civic culture.

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Because cultures are integrated, patterned systems, a change in one part of a culture often leads to changes in other parts.

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Define ethnocentrism and cultural relativism and highlight where they are similar or different.Identify the problems that can arise from cultural relativism in an anthropologist's work.

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__________ describes the cultural change that results when two or more cultures have continuous contact.

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Acculturation is the process by which people lose the cultures that they learned as children.

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Cultural relativism is a core value of American society.

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Culture is both public and individual, both in the world and in people's minds.

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The statement, __________, is not true.

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Indigenous peoples can do nothing to counter threats to their cultural identity, autonomy, and livelihood posed by globalization.

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The idea of universal, inalienable human rights that are superior to the laws and customs of particular cultures challenges the notion of cultural relativism.

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