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1

Which of the following is NOT one of the three common features found in anthropological comparisons? The anthropologist:
A)keeps in mind the holistic context
B)is more likely to use vigorous methods likes correlation and co-variation
C)uses a cultural trait calculator machine to determine if there are differences or not
D)isn't fooled by surface similarities or differences
2

The borrowing or migration of cultural elements can be called:
A)cultural dendrochronology
B)independent invention
C)mass integration
D)cultural diffusion
3

The comparison of trait inventories among cultures is done with:
A)R-mode analysis
B)Q-mode analysis
C)C-mode analysis
D)Pythagorean's theorem
4

The comparison of trait distributions among cultures is done with:
A)R-mode analysis
B)Q-mode analysis
C)life histories
D)genealogy
5

What is polygyny?
A)one husband, multiple wives
B)one wife, multiple husbands
C)one wife, one husband
D)no husband, one widow
6

Societies where males control the public sphere and often have legal preference in the private sphere as well are called:
A)matrilineal
B)polyandrous
C)patriarchal
D)proselytizing
7

What type of kinship system is there when children are considered to be members of only their mother's kin group?
A)patrilineal
B)matriarchal
C)matrilineal
D)etic
8

The selective destruction of newborn females is called:
A)female ethnocide
B)female infanticide
C)fraternal polyandry
D)affine avoidance
9

The three Newfoundland communities that Omohundro and his wife studied as shared a boreal habitat meaning:
A)a high-latitude eco-system adapted to a cold climate
B)a low-latitude eco-system adapted to a cold climate
C)a high-latitude ecosystem adapted to a desert climate
D)a foraging economy
10

When an anthropologist does research in the same community through repeated visits over many years, this may be called a:
A)Q-mode analysis
B)cultural diffusion
C)genealogical study
D)longitudinal study
11

Rules that define which in-law(s) a married person should not speak to or be alone with are called:
A)collateral avoidance rules
B)affine avoidance rules
C)lineal avoidance rules
D)sexual dimorphism
12

What perspective emphasizes what the participants in a culture consider to be meaningful?
A)longitudinal
B)emic
C)etic
D)collaborative
13

What perspective is based on the outsider's point of view?
A)etic
B)emic
C)monogamous
D)longitudinal
14

Ceremonial inversions of the culturally normal and proper are called:
A)etic
B)boreal
C)rites of reincorporation
D)rites of reversal
15

Malinowski's Coral Gardens and Their Magic and Nelson's Prayers to the Raven are discussed in the chapter as studies that both:
A)emphasized the importance of animals to their respective cultures of study
B)presented a good combination of emic and etic perspectives in one project
C)used R-mode and Q-mode analyses for more fruitful results
D)linked shifting village sites to a maritime history and decline of the fishing industry





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