Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a nongovernmental organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  World Bank 
B)  Internal Revenue Service 
C)  Democratic Party 
D)  Google 
A)  World Bank 
B)  Internal Revenue Service 
C)  Democratic Party 
D)  Google

Question 2

The term senior citizen would designate what type of group?

Accepted Answer

A)  age-grade 
B)  age-set 
C)  age association 
D)  age alliance 
A)  age-grade 
B)  age-set 
C)  age association 
D)  age alliance

Question 3

Which of the following voluntary associations has members with both achieved and ascribed qualities?

Accepted Answer

A)  fraternity 
B)  university 
C)  political party 
D)  honors society 
A)  fraternity 
B)  university 
C)  political party 
D)  honors society

Question 4

Cross-cultural research indicates that women's associations __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  do not appear to increase women's status and access to positions of authority 
B)  are typically found in technologically advanced societies 
C)  often include transgender men 
D)  are most common in subtropical environments 
A)  do not appear to increase women's status and access to positions of authority 
B)  are typically found in technologically advanced societies 
C)  often include transgender men 
D)  are most common in subtropical environments

Question 5

What hypothesis has S. N. Eisenstadt developed to explain the creation of age-set associations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Age-set systems arise when kinship groups fail to carry out important political or economic functions. 
B)  Age-set systems serve as an intermediate organization between egalitarian and socially stratified societies. 
C)  Only societies with age-set systems can maintain traditional subsistence patterns in an age of territorial disputes. 
D)  Age-set systems are a natural expression of a high degree of gender stratification. 
A)  Age-set systems arise when kinship groups fail to carry out important political or economic functions. 
B)  Age-set systems serve as an intermediate organization between egalitarian and socially stratified societies. 
C)  Only societies with age-set systems can maintain traditional subsistence patterns in an age of territorial disputes. 
D)  Age-set systems are a natural expression of a high degree of gender stratification.

Question 6

How do voluntary girls' clubs affect elementary and junior high school girls' attitudes toward or performance in science?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are more likely to express an interest in scientific careers. 
B)  They exceed boys' scores in science and mathematics. 
C)  Their interest in science decreases once in gender-specific classrooms. 
D)  There is no significant difference between these girls and those in traditional classrooms. 
A)  They are more likely to express an interest in scientific careers. 
B)  They exceed boys' scores in science and mathematics. 
C)  Their interest in science decreases once in gender-specific classrooms. 
D)  There is no significant difference between these girls and those in traditional classrooms.

Question 7

Compare and contrast ethnic associations with multiethnic associations.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

As societies grow in size and complexity, the trend is for more __________ organizations to be replaced by more __________ organizations.

Accepted Answer

A)  broadly based; narrowly based 
B)  voluntary; nonvoluntary 
C)  broadly based; nonvoluntary 
D)  voluntary; narrowly based 
A)  broadly based; narrowly based 
B)  voluntary; nonvoluntary 
C)  broadly based; nonvoluntary 
D)  voluntary; narrowly based

Question 9

What keeps members contributing to a rotating credit association?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is strong social pressure to keep paying regularly. 
B)  They complete legal paperwork requiring a steady commitment. 
C)  If members quit after receiving their payment, they have to pay the money back. 
D)  Membership in a rotating credit association is nonvoluntary. 
A)  There is strong social pressure to keep paying regularly. 
B)  They complete legal paperwork requiring a steady commitment. 
C)  If members quit after receiving their payment, they have to pay the money back. 
D)  Membership in a rotating credit association is nonvoluntary.

Question 10

Friendly societies differ from tribal unions in that their objectives __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are confined for the most part to mutual aid 
B)  are less stressful to the membership 
C)  are more commonly known to the community 
D)  cause less dissension in the wider community 
A)  are confined for the most part to mutual aid 
B)  are less stressful to the membership 
C)  are more commonly known to the community 
D)  cause less dissension in the wider community

Question 11

Distinguish between age-set and age-grade associations, providing an example for each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

American society has an abundance of __________ that display the general characteristics of an association.

Accepted Answer

A)  interest groups 
B)  community circles 
C)  neighborhoods 
D)  fraternities 
A)  interest groups 
B)  community circles 
C)  neighborhoods 
D)  fraternities

Question 13

What does it mean to say that Nigerian tribal associations are extraterritorial?

Accepted Answer

A)  They recruit members who have left their tribal areas. 
B)  They carefully defend the borders of their tribal lands. 
C)  They are particularly concerned about where members come from. 
D)  They are interested in alien life forms. 
A)  They recruit members who have left their tribal areas. 
B)  They carefully defend the borders of their tribal lands. 
C)  They are particularly concerned about where members come from. 
D)  They are interested in alien life forms.

Question 14

Secret associations like the Poro and Sande typically __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthen the hand of existing political authority 
B)  have a higher authority than existing political councils 
C)  focus on secular concerns, leaving religious concerns to priests 
D)  provide associations for men but ignore the roles of women 
A)  strengthen the hand of existing political authority 
B)  have a higher authority than existing political councils 
C)  focus on secular concerns, leaving religious concerns to priests 
D)  provide associations for men but ignore the roles of women

Question 15

A Karimojong age-set comprises all of the men who __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were initiated into manhood within the same five- to six-year span 
B)  were born in the same month 
C)  fought together in the most recent territorial dispute 
D)  progressed through their adolescent training together 
A)  were initiated into manhood within the same five- to six-year span 
B)  were born in the same month 
C)  fought together in the most recent territorial dispute 
D)  progressed through their adolescent training together

Which of the following is an example of a nongovernmental organization?

The term senior citizen would designate what type of group?

Which of the following voluntary associations has members with both achieved and ascribed qualities?

Cross-cultural research indicates that women's associations __________.

What hypothesis has S. N. Eisenstadt developed to explain the creation of age-set associations?

How do voluntary girls' clubs affect elementary and junior high school girls' attitudes toward or performance in science?

Compare and contrast ethnic associations with multiethnic associations.

As societies grow in size and complexity, the trend is for more organizations to be replaced by more organizations.

What keeps members contributing to a rotating credit association?

Friendly societies differ from tribal unions in that their objectives __________.

Distinguish between age-set and age-grade associations, providing an example for each.

American society has an abundance of __________ that display the general characteristics of an association.

What does it mean to say that Nigerian tribal associations are extraterritorial?

Secret associations like the Poro and Sande typically __________.

A Karimojong age-set comprises all of the men who __________.

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Exam 12: Associations and Interest Groups

Which of the following is an example of a nongovernmental organization?

The term senior citizen would designate what type of group?

Which of the following voluntary associations has members with both achieved and ascribed qualities?

Cross-cultural research indicates that women's associations __________.

What hypothesis has S. N. Eisenstadt developed to explain the creation of age-set associations?

How do voluntary girls' clubs affect elementary and junior high school girls' attitudes toward or performance in science?

Compare and contrast ethnic associations with multiethnic associations.

As societies grow in size and complexity, the trend is for more __________ organizations to be replaced by more __________ organizations.

What keeps members contributing to a rotating credit association?

Friendly societies differ from tribal unions in that their objectives __________.

Distinguish between age-set and age-grade associations, providing an example for each.

American society has an abundance of __________ that display the general characteristics of an association.

What does it mean to say that Nigerian tribal associations are extraterritorial?

Secret associations like the Poro and Sande typically __________.

A Karimojong age-set comprises all of the men who __________.

What Is Anthropology

Culture and Culture Change

Culture and the Individual

Understanding and Explaining Culture

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Health and Illness

Global Problems

Filters

As societies grow in size and complexity, the trend is for more organizations to be replaced by more organizations.