Anthropology

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	The process in which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next is called _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. adaptation     2. acculturation     3. diffusion     4. transmission      5. enculturation      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	In many Native American societies, _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. more than two genders are recognized      2. gender is not a designated category     3. children are believed to have more than one gender     4. only males are recognized     5. only females are recognized     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The term ___________________________ is the economic foundation of a society, including its subsistence practices.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. internal structure     2. superstructure      3. infrastructure      4. social structure     5. external structure     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which of the following is not a common aspect of culture?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. values     2. ideas     3. behavior     4. perceptions      5. genes      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	As a prelude to social interaction, Apache hosts feel compelled to offer their guests _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. cattle     2. small gifts     3. seats     4. beer      5. food      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Because the many aspects of culture involve the many areas of our lives, we can refer to culture as being ___________________________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. symbolic      2. environmental     3. complicated     4. integrated      5. boring     Score: 0/0.5
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	Which of the following statements about society and culture is incorrect?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. All culture is learned rather than biologically inherited.     2. Although members of a society may share a culture, their behavior is not uniform.     3. Every culture is learned, shared, based on symbols, integrated, and dynamic.      4. Culture can exist without a society.      5. A culture is shared by the members of a society.     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	When a culture becomes too rigid and does not change to meet the needs of its people on a long-term basis, it is less likely to _____________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. survive      2. govern well     3. multiply     4. become ethnocentric     5. develop innovations     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	A sign, sound, emblem, or other thing that is arbitrarily linked to something else and represents it in a meaningful way is called _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. a subculture      2. a symbol      3. an ethnic group     4. a myth     5. an omen     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	___________________________ refers to a society’s shared sense of identity and worldview.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Social structure     2. Internal structure     3. Infrastructure     4. External structure      5. Superstructure      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Cultural relativism is essential as ________________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. a research tool      2. a cultural avoidance mechanism     3. symbolic significance     4. a part of the acculturation process     5. a cultural adaptation method     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Biological inheritance is to the ant and bee society as _______________ is to the human society.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. ethnocentrism      2. adaptation     3. subcultural variation     4. enculturation      5. social structure     Score: 0/0.5
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	The _______________ are a mountain people of western New Guinea studied in 1955 by the North American anthropologist Leo Pospisil.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. Kapauku      2. !Kung San     3. Basseri     4. Kaluli     5. Azande     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	A high rate of crime is a sign that a culture is not satisfying the people’s ______________________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. social and political needs     2. biological and psychological needs      3. needs and expectations      4. military and civil needs     5. political and governmental needs     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	As outlined by the Polish-born anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, which of the following would be considered a fundamental level of needs that must be resolved by all cultures?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. A culture must provide for political needs.     2. A culture must provide for biological needs.     3. A culture must provide for instrumental needs.     4. A culture must provide for integrative needs.      5. All except a.      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	In the United States people are not regarded as adults until the age of 18; in many other cultures, adulthood begins earlier. In many cases, it is not associated so much with age as it is to _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. recitation of various religious sayings     2. the passing of difficult examinations     3. the acceptance of NEW obligations      4. passage through certain prescribed rituals      5. biological changes     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which of the following statements is correct?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Only some cultures change.     2. All cultures change at the same rate.     3. All culture change is disastrous.      4. Culture change can bring disastrous results.      5. All of the above.     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	According to Bronislaw Malinowski, the nature of an institution is determined by its _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. infrastructure     2. culture     3. structure      4. function      5. superstructure     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Because humans have culture, they are able to live in which of the following environments?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. deserts     2. mountains     3. the Arctic      4. all of the above      5. none of the above     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The term ___________________________ is the rule-governed relationships that hold members of a society together.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. superstructure      2. social structure      3. external structure     4. infrastructure     5. internal structure.     Score: 0.5/0.5