What term describes the rules about how to use phonemes, morphemes, and syntax
that are followed by speakers of a language?
a. paralanguage
b. morphology
c. kinesics
d. grammar - Grammar
In 2009, newly elected president Barack Obama visited a famous eatery in Washington,
D.C., and, after paying his tab, he was asked by the cashier if he wanted his change.
The president replied, "Nah, we straight." Which of the following did the president do?
a. spoke a dialect of English
b. used language as cultural capital
c. code-switched
d. spoke Standard English - Code-switched
One of the changes in ethnographic work that has occurred in the twenty-first century
has to do with the degree to which local voices are considered. How has this changed?
a. The inclusion of local voices has decreased.
b. The inclusion of local voices has increased.
c. The inclusion of local voices is discouraged.
d. Today, local voices are used exclusively. - The inclusion of local voices has
increased
What is the difference between kinship analysis and social network analysis?
a. Kinship analysis looks at marriage and family ties, while social network analysis
examines relationships throughout the community.
b. Kinship analysis is only done in small towns, and social network analysis is only done
in large urban areas.
c. Kinship analyses involve a smaller number of people.
d. Social network analyses are only done online. - Kinship analysis looks at marriage
and family ties, while social network analysis examines relationships throughout the
community
In his research conducted in the Trobriand Islands, Bronislaw Malinowski employed an
early form of what type of anthropological theory?
a. structural functionalism
,b. unilineal cultural evolutionism
c. epigenetics
d. historical particularism - Structural functionalism
The export of television shows worldwide and the knowledge of other cultures that is
subsequently disseminated to even remote areas of the world are examples of how
globalization can foster
a. advertising.
b. nationalism.
c. cosmopolitanism.
d. historical particularism. - Cosmopolitanism
What perspective do anthropologists use in their ethnographies when they want to take
a zoomed-out approach to describing the culture they work with in order to make
comparisons and larger analyses?
a. etic
b. polyvocal
c. thick description
d. emic - Etic
Self-help books, such as Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, that suggest that
men and women are essentially different are examples of the
a. dominance model.
b. difference model.
c. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
d. linguistic relativism. - Difference model
Which is an the example of how rural populations are affected by globalization?
a. Rural populations watch locally produced television content.
b. Rural populations purchase expensive products that they see advertised on
television.
c. Egyptians in rural areas watch Coca-Cola advertisements on television.
d. Rural populations reject globalization by sticking to the same cultural norms and
rules. - Egyptians in rural areas watch Coca-Cola advertisements on television
Holden and Buddy both sell luxury cars. Holden, who exchanges witty banter with
clients with a polished accent and expansive vocabulary, sells many cars. But Buddy's
working-class jokes and body language—which were effective when he worked at a
used-car dealership—seem to scare off potential clients. What does this illustrate about
linguistic cultural capital?
a. Language standards are not important in business-hiring practices.
, b. Economic capital can be used to purchase prestige languages.
c. Language skills are a form of cultural capital that can be converted into monetary
gain.
d. It is a useful tool for car sales, but not for financial careers. - Language skills are a
form of cultural capital that can be converted into monetary gain
Both historic archaeologists and prehistoric archaeologists study the past through the
analysis of artifacts. What do historic archeologists have access to that prehistoric
archaeologists do not?
a. larger numbers of artifacts
b. written records
c. works of art
d. burial sites - Written records
The story of Shellcracker Haven and how the local white residents were gradually
disenfranchised from their lives and work because of their class status is a strong
reflection of the tendency to do what to others?
a. resist racism
b. colonize
c. racialize
d. stereotype - Stereotype
Prior to 1800, the French were a scattered collection of groups that spoke different
languages, celebrated different holidays and festivals, and practiced different religions.
The development of schools, road systems, and a national language united them as
French rather than as Gascons, Burgundians, and Parisians, which has resulted in what
kind of social structure today?
a. imagined community
b. ethnic state
c. nation-state
d. citizen coalition - Nation-state
The concept of culture is a very recent idea and was actually developed by
a. Franz Boas's work in the Pacific Northwest.
b. Edward Burnett Tylor's work in England.
c. Charles Darwin's work in the Galapagos Islands.
d. Bronislaw Malinowski's work in the Trobriand Islands. - Edward Burnett Tylor's work
in England
The Bafokeng people of South Africa formed the corporation known as Royal Bafokeng
Nation, Inc., because
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