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1

When anthropologists treat the way we live now as normal, and timeless, this is called:
A)ethnocentric
B)tempocentric
C)cultural relativism
D)dendrochronology
2

Which of the following is NOT one of the four sociopolitical structures outlined by Elman Service?
A)bands
B)tribes
C)stratified societies
D)ethnicities
3

What process of cultural change is described when only the idea migrates and the recipients build the practice from that idea?
A)direct diffusion
B)development
C)stimulus diffusion
D)independent invention
4

Adopting whole sets of ideas and practices while in contact with or under the control of another society is called:
A)acculturation
B)ethnohistory
C)enculturation
D)modernity
5

What term describes cultural destruction?
A)genocide
B)ethnogenesis
C)ethnocide
D)diffusion
6

A type of borrowing that rearranges cultural elements, mixes and combines them with other features of the culture, is called:
A)ethnocide
B)syncretism
C)independent invention
D)revitalization movement
7

The active response of certain groups who re-shape, reinterpret or attempt to control the manifestations of globalization that they are experiencing is called:
A)indigenization
B)development
C)ethnohistory
D)parameter
8

A term for directed change intended to bring a culture more in line with that of industrialized nations:
A)glocalization
B)syncretism
C)reinterpretation
D)development
9

The Handsome Lake religion of the Iroquois and the Boxer Rebellion in China are examples of cultural change movements spearheaded by a charismatic leader, claiming the ability to lead people into a new relationship to the world, also called:
A)scenarios
B)revitalization movements
C)indigenizations
D)syncretisms
10

The creation of a new culture is called:
A)ethnocentrism
B)stimulus diffusion
C)ethnogeneisis
D)primary culturalism
11

One way of analyzing change is by comparing units of a single system at one point in time. This is called:
A)systems approach
B)cross-sectional analysis
C)tempocentrism
D)ethnographic present
12

What term describes studying the history of a culture over a certain period of time or the reconstruction of a past culture at some point in time?
A)ethnohistory
B)ethnogenesis
C)acculturation
D)ethnocide
13

Which of the following is NOT one of the three approaches to the future frequently taken by anthropologists?
A)systems approach
B)reinterpretation
C)historical comparative approach
D)delphi method
14

In approaches for estimating the future, an outline of how a plot will unfold is called a:
A)parameter
B)cross-sectional analysis
C)stimulus diffusion
D)scenario
15

The known statistical characteristics of the system are called:
A)scenarios
B)parameters
C)syncretisms
D)direct diffusions





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