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Gender Equality?: A Foraging Way of Life
Multiple Choice
1
The major advantage of cultural anthropology is that
A)
it is easy to maintain a tight research plan.
B)
the people being studied can help set the inquiry.
C)
a cultural anthropologist cannot be as androcentric as an archaeologist.
D)
this research is so well funded.
2
According to the text, American anthropologists have long focused on
A)
religious practices.
B)
political and economic systems.
C)
gender organization.
D)
art and music.
3
Cultural evolution ________ physical evolution.
A)
differs somewhat from
B)
is similar to
C)
is identical to
D)
has no connection whatsoever with
4
According to the text, the theory of cultural evolution
A)
can be easily rejected.
B)
is based on a sound underlying idea.
C)
asserts that there are biologically superior and inferior people.
D)
has had very little influence on popular understanding of human development and gender.
5
Maine's ___________________ asserted that the rights of the family unit were superior to those of the individual.
A)
"Socialist Agenda"
B)
"Patriarchal Theory"
C)
"Feminist Perspective"
D)
"Acknowledgement of Matriarchy"
6
The idea that humans originally lived in matriarchies is based, in part, on an understanding of human sexual behavior as fundamentally
A)
monogamous.
B)
polygymous.
C)
promiscuous.
D)
political.
7
The provision of staple foods is done primarily by women in
A)
foraging societies.
B)
agricultural societies.
C)
industrial societies.
D)
post-industrial societies.
8
All social rules in gathering and hunting societies tend to be
A)
rigidly codified.
B)
developed and maintained by dominant men.
C)
flexible.
D)
conservative.
9
The political organization of gathers and hunters is referred to as the
A)
tribe.
B)
clan.
C)
gang.
D)
band.
10
In all foraging societies, rituals are __________________
A)
important.
B)
of little significance.
C)
always associated with specific spiritual guardians associated with local flora and fauna.
D)
quite primitive in nature, although they involve full-time religious specialists.
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