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Exam 1 - Questions from Inquisitive Questionswith Correct Answers
Identify the statements that best describe anthropology. - Correct Answer -Anthropology is the study
of past and present human diversity and the application of that knowledge.
-Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonialism gave rise to the discipline
Identify which techniques cultural anthropologists employ in their work. - Correct Answer Participant
observation and ethnology
Madagascar vanilla farmers in Imorona improved their land management strategies with the
assistance of anthropologists who had land management knowledge of other parts of the world -
Correct Answer False
What did Audrey Richards study? - Correct Answer Nutritional and women's issues of the Bemba
people
What did Holly Barker study? - Correct Answer Globalization and climate change in the Marshall
Islands
Franz Boas - Correct Answer U.S. Immigration Policies
Applied anthropology is an approach within the discipline that more and more anthropologists are
taking.
Identify the correct definition of applied anthropology. - Correct Answer when anthropologists work
outside of academia to address current world problems.
Through ethnographic fieldwork, anthropologists change not only the lives of those they are
studying, but their own lives as well. Identify ways that fieldwork can affect anthropologists. - Correct
Answer -Makes the unfamiliar seem familiar
-Makes the familiar seem unfamiliar
Identify examples of how globalization has affected the field of anthropology. - Correct Answer -
Globalization led to the development of the field of anthropology
-Globalization transformed the way anthropologists conduct research.
, Participant observation is an essential anthropological research strategy. Identify examples of
participant observation. - Correct Answer -An anthropologist living with the Bemba people of Zambia
-An anthropologist working in and studying corporate offices
Linguistic anthropology involves the study of past and present human language. Identify the reasons
why studying language is important. - Correct Answer -Language constantly changes.
-Language affects the way people view and experience the world.
-Language is key to learning and sharing culture.
Anthropologists occasionally apply their work to real-world problems but most of the time they
conduct academic research directed at their academic peers. - Correct Answer True
Globalization is characterized by an uneven distribution of wealth. The graph shown highlights some
of this uneven distribution. Identify the bars on the graph by placing the correct label on each bar. -
Correct Answer Short blue bar- people living in extreme poverty globally
tall orange bar- people with internet worldwide
medium green bar- people without internet in developing countries
Oceans in particular are experiencing tremendous changes due to the effects of human activity.
Identify the human activities that have a direct impact on oceanic life. - Correct Answer Has a Direct
Impact on Oceanic Life:
garbage disposal, use of fertilizer for agriculture, offshore oil drilling
When the author of your textbook, cultural anthropologist Ken Guest, traveled to the remote village
of Fuzhou, China, some villagers laughed and said: "Go back to New York! Most of our village is there
already!" What does this anecdote illustrate? - Correct Answer Time Space Compression
Anthropologist Holly Barker came into contact with the effects of structural violence in her work with
government. Identify the examples of structural violence - Correct Answer -the refusal of U.S.
political institutions to recognize the health-care needs of the Marshallese
-Coca-Cola's tapping of water resources in Plachimada, India
The advantages and disadvantages of globalization are often the subject of heated debate. Identify
which of the following effects of globalization would be presented as evidence by either critics or
proponents of globalization. - Correct Answer
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