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1

Which of the following statements best describes the schizoid view of anthropology?
A)Anthropologists should avoid practical matters and concentrate on research, publication, and teaching.
B)Anthropologists should stop pretending that their research has any effect on human societies.
C)Anthropologists should take an active role in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of policy.
D)Anthropologists should help carry out but not make or evaluate policy.
E)Anthropologists should evaluate but avoid making or implementing policy.
2

Forensic anthropology is the application of the data, theory, and methods of which subdiscipline?
A)cultural anthropology
B)biological anthropology
C)linguistic anthropology
D)archaeological anthropology
E)social anthropology
3

What did the judge order regarding the elementary schools in Ann Arbor?
A)Teachers had to attend a year-long course designed to improve their understanding of nonstandard dialects.
B)Teachers had to become fluent in, and teach their classes in, BEV.
C)Students had to choose whether to take classes in SE or BEV.
D)Special BEV schools had to be built.
E)The judge ordered all of the above.
4

As an early student of Third World urbanization, Robert Redfield focused on the contrasts between:
A)the sacred and the profane.
B)urban and suburban communities.
C)urban and rural life.
D)diseases and illnesses.
E)urban and industrial economies.
5

What is the Samoan matai?
A)a traditional drink used in Samoan initiation ceremonies
B)the traditional Samoan incest taboo
C)the traditional Samoan subsistence strategy
D)the Samoan term for respecting the elders.
E)the native term for a Samoan nuclear family
6

What is an illness?
A)a condition that can be treated by a full- or part-time healer
B)a condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual
C)a vector that introduces illness and poor health into an individual or community
D)a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen
E)a cultural universal found only in tropical foragers
7

What is the carrier for schistosomiasis?
A)snails
B)mosquitoes
C)fleas
D)rats
E)All animals carry schistosomiasis.
8

Which of the following has helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa?
A)prolonged contact with bonobos
B)high rates of divorce
C)cultural colonialism
D)highways
E)None of the above have helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa.
9

Western medicine is an example of which kind of disease theory?
A)emotionalistic disease theory
B)personalistic disease theory
C)naturalistic disease theory
D)gradualistic disease theory
E)parasitic disease theory
10

Which of the following statements about curers is not true?
A)They are often shaman.
B)They are found in only band-level and tribal societies.
C)They emerge through a culturally defined process of selection.
D)They are certified by older practitioners.
E)They treat illnesses.
11

Cultural resource management is the application of the data, theory, and methods of which subdiscipline?
A)cultural anthropology
B)biological anthropology
C)linguistic anthropology
D)archaeological anthropology
E)physical anthropology
12

Where are the fastest population growth rates?
A)Second World cities
B)Third World cities
C)Third World countryside
D)First World cities.
E)First World suburbs
13

Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is not true?
A)It is academic and theoretical.
B)It is a branch of archaeological anthropology.
C)It is applied and practical.
D)It is a branch of cultural anthropology.
E)It is a branch of biological anthropology.
14

What is a disease?
A)A condition that can be treated by a full- or part-time healer.
B)A condition of poor health perceived by an individual.
C)A vector that introduces illness and poor health into an individual or community.
D)A scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.
E)A cultural universal found only in tropical foragers.
15

How are mental illnesses usually dealt with by non-Western curers?
A)by isolating the patient
B)through heavy medication
C)The illness is the patient's individual burden.
D)They are diagnosed and treated in cohesive groups with full support of the patient’s kin.
E)None of the above statements describe how mental illnesses are dealt with by non-Western curers.







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