Question 1

In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," when Sterk first tried to make contact with prostitutes on the street,they

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A)  became angry and tried to drive her away with threats. 
B)  largely ignored her. 
C)  called their pimps on cell phones causing their pimps to threaten her. 
D)  welcomed her warmly because she was interested in their lives. 
A)  became angry and tried to drive her away with threats. 
B)  largely ignored her. 
C)  called their pimps on cell phones causing their pimps to threaten her. 
D)  welcomed her warmly because she was interested in their lives. B

Question 2

In "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Gmelch notes that American students often behave according to a principle called personal autonomy when they live among people in other societies.This means that

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A)  if they see what they believe is "truth," they can act without concern for what others think. 
B)  they should be able to have their own private space in which to live. 
C)  they can feel free to criticize local people. 
D)  if they don't like a local custom, they can ignore it. 
A)  if they see what they believe is "truth," they can act without concern for what others think. 
B)  they should be able to have their own private space in which to live. 
C)  they can feel free to criticize local people. 
D)  if they don't like a local custom, they can ignore it. A

Question 3

According to Gmelch's article,"Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," when his students do fieldwork in rural Barbadian communities

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A)  they fail to recognize that such communities are homogeneous. 
B)  they ignore the fact that class distinctions may be present in such communities. 
C)  they should expect to be looked down on by villagers. 
D)  they will be embraced warmly by the villagers. 
A)  they fail to recognize that such communities are homogeneous. 
B)  they ignore the fact that class distinctions may be present in such communities. 
C)  they should expect to be looked down on by villagers. 
D)  they will be embraced warmly by the villagers. B

Question 4

The view that all people see and understand the world in the same way is called

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A)  naive realism. 
B)  culture shock. 
C)  ethnocentrism. 
D)  detached observation. 
A)  naive realism. 
B)  culture shock. 
C)  ethnocentrism. 
D)  detached observation.

Question 5

According to Spradley,the actions generated by cultural knowledge are called

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A)  cultural behavior. 
B)  cultural generation. 
C)  cultural artifacts. 
D)  explicit culture. 
A)  cultural behavior. 
B)  cultural generation. 
C)  cultural artifacts. 
D)  explicit culture.

Question 6

In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," Sterk found that in-depth interviews

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A)  worked best if she had asked a list of carefully prepared questions. 
B)  worked best if held in private. 
C)  yielded little in-depth information. 
D)  were the most stressful part of fieldwork. 
A)  worked best if she had asked a list of carefully prepared questions. 
B)  worked best if held in private. 
C)  yielded little in-depth information. 
D)  were the most stressful part of fieldwork.

Question 7

Which one of the following is a conclusion that Sterk reached in "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS" about prostitutes and Prostitution based on her field study?

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A)  Although the media portrays men as violent toward prostitutes, most are not. 
B)  Many women are able to leave their life of prostitution behind without any consequences. 
C)  Although police and health professionals insist that prostitutes are drug addicts, most are not. 
D)  First experiences as prostitutes often involve alienation from people outside the life. 
A)  Although the media portrays men as violent toward prostitutes, most are not. 
B)  Many women are able to leave their life of prostitution behind without any consequences. 
C)  Although police and health professionals insist that prostitutes are drug addicts, most are not. 
D)  First experiences as prostitutes often involve alienation from people outside the life.

Question 8

According to Spradley,the belief that people everywhere interpret the world in the same way is called

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A)  naive realism. 
B)  cultural behavior. 
C)  explicit culture. 
D)  tacit culture. 
A)  naive realism. 
B)  cultural behavior. 
C)  explicit culture. 
D)  tacit culture.

Question 9

The way the !Kung treated Richard Lee's gift of a Christmas ox reveals how much they value

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A)  male dominance. 
B)  family solidarity. 
C)  identification with nature. 
D)  equality. 
A)  male dominance. 
B)  family solidarity. 
C)  identification with nature. 
D)  equality.

Question 10

The belief and feeling that one's own culture is best is called

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A)  cultural relativism. 
B)  naive realism. 
C)  detached observation. 
D)  ethnocentrism. 
A)  cultural relativism. 
B)  naive realism. 
C)  detached observation. 
D)  ethnocentrism.

Question 11

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Barbadian villagers shunned his U.S.study abroad student because she

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A)  had sexual relations with a Rastafarian named Joseph. 
B)  gave Joseph some of the fruit growing on her homestay mother's tree. 
C)  lived for a time with Joseph in his hillside cave. 
D)  was seen talking to and leaving the village with Joseph. 
A)  had sexual relations with a Rastafarian named Joseph. 
B)  gave Joseph some of the fruit growing on her homestay mother's tree. 
C)  lived for a time with Joseph in his hillside cave. 
D)  was seen talking to and leaving the village with Joseph.

Question 12

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," people living in the rural Barbadian community where his study abroad student,Hanna,was doing research believed that

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A)  Rastafarians had taken vows of celibacy and young women should not talk to them. 
B)  Rastafarians were low class because their ancestors had come from Africa. 
C)  Rastafarians were lazy, pot smoking people who stole things and bathed naked. 
D)  Rastafarians were members of a religion that revered Islam, not Christianity. 
A)  Rastafarians had taken vows of celibacy and young women should not talk to them. 
B)  Rastafarians were low class because their ancestors had come from Africa. 
C)  Rastafarians were lazy, pot smoking people who stole things and bathed naked. 
D)  Rastafarians were members of a religion that revered Islam, not Christianity.

Question 13

When they do ethnographic fieldwork,anthropologists interview

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A)  objects. 
B)  subjects. 
C)  informants. 
D)  participants. 
A)  objects. 
B)  subjects. 
C)  informants. 
D)  participants.

Question 14

According to Lee,when a !Kung hunter kills a large animal,he is likely to tell others

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A)  "I have killed a large giraffe." 
B)  "I have killed a big one in the bush." 
C)  "I am no good for hunting. I saw nothing at all…just a little tiny one." 
D)  "A giraffe happened to step in front of my flying arrow." 
A)  "I have killed a large giraffe." 
B)  "I have killed a big one in the bush." 
C)  "I am no good for hunting. I saw nothing at all…just a little tiny one." 
D)  "A giraffe happened to step in front of my flying arrow."

Question 15

The process of discovering and describing a particular culture is called

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A)  interviewing. 
B)  ethnocentrism. 
C)  participant observation. 
D)  ethnography. 
A)  interviewing. 
B)  ethnocentrism. 
C)  participant observation. 
D)  ethnography.

Question 16

The idea that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings they have for them is a tenet of

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A)  naive realism. 
B)  explicit culture. 
C)  tacit culture. 
D)  symbolic interactionism. 
A)  naive realism. 
B)  explicit culture. 
C)  tacit culture. 
D)  symbolic interactionism.

Question 17

According to Spradley,culture,itself,is a kind of

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A)  behavior. 
B)  artifact. 
C)  knowledge. 
D)  ideal system. 
A)  behavior. 
B)  artifact. 
C)  knowledge. 
D)  ideal system.

Question 18

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," orthodox Rastafarians are

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A)  part of a religious sect whose members go without clothes and subsist off the land 
B)  part of a Muslim sect found largely on Caribbean islands. 
C)  a sub group practicing voodoo religious rights. 
D)  a monastic group that is based on a North African religious tradition. 
A)  part of a religious sect whose members go without clothes and subsist off the land 
B)  part of a Muslim sect found largely on Caribbean islands. 
C)  a sub group practicing voodoo religious rights. 
D)  a monastic group that is based on a North African religious tradition.

Question 19

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor is known for his early definition of

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A)  ethnography. 
B)  culture. 
C)  naive realism. 
D)  culture shock. 
A)  ethnography. 
B)  culture. 
C)  naive realism. 
D)  culture shock.

Question 20

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," the first thing he did after his student,Hanna,told him she was being shunned by the Barbadian villagers where she was doing her research was to

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A)  find and talk to the Rastafarians she had been seen with. 
B)  meet with local elders to discover their views on the problem. 
C)  explain to her homestay mother that Hanna meant no harm. 
D)  pull Hanna out of the village so she could work in a more receptive community. 
A)  find and talk to the Rastafarians she had been seen with. 
B)  meet with local elders to discover their views on the problem. 
C)  explain to her homestay mother that Hanna meant no harm. 
D)  pull Hanna out of the village so she could work in a more receptive community.

In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," when Sterk first tried to make contact with prostitutes on the street,they

In "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Gmelch notes that American students often behave according to a principle called personal autonomy when they live among people in other societies.This means that

According to Gmelch's article,"Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," when his students do fieldwork in rural Barbadian communities

The view that all people see and understand the world in the same way is called

According to Spradley,the actions generated by cultural knowledge are called

In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," Sterk found that in-depth interviews

Which one of the following is a conclusion that Sterk reached in "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS" about prostitutes and Prostitution based on her field study?

According to Spradley,the belief that people everywhere interpret the world in the same way is called

The way the !Kung treated Richard Lee's gift of a Christmas ox reveals how much they value

The belief and feeling that one's own culture is best is called

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Barbadian villagers shunned his U.S.study abroad student because she

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," people living in the rural Barbadian community where his study abroad student,Hanna,was doing research believed that

When they do ethnographic fieldwork,anthropologists interview

According to Lee,when a !Kung hunter kills a large animal,he is likely to tell others

The process of discovering and describing a particular culture is called

The idea that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings they have for them is a tenet of

According to Spradley,culture,itself,is a kind of

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," orthodox Rastafarians are

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor is known for his early definition of

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," the first thing he did after his student,Hanna,told him she was being shunned by the Barbadian villagers where she was doing her research was to

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In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," when Sterk first tried to make contact with prostitutes on the street,they

In "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Gmelch notes that American students often behave according to a principle called personal autonomy when they live among people in other societies.This means that

According to Gmelch's article,"Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," when his students do fieldwork in rural Barbadian communities

The view that all people see and understand the world in the same way is called

According to Spradley,the actions generated by cultural knowledge are called

In "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," Sterk found that in-depth interviews

Which one of the following is a conclusion that Sterk reached in "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS" about prostitutes and Prostitution based on her field study?

According to Spradley,the belief that people everywhere interpret the world in the same way is called

The way the !Kung treated Richard Lee's gift of a Christmas ox reveals how much they value

The belief and feeling that one's own culture is best is called

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," Barbadian villagers shunned his U.S.study abroad student because she

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," people living in the rural Barbadian community where his study abroad student,Hanna,was doing research believed that

When they do ethnographic fieldwork,anthropologists interview

According to Lee,when a !Kung hunter kills a large animal,he is likely to tell others

The process of discovering and describing a particular culture is called

The idea that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings they have for them is a tenet of

According to Spradley,culture,itself,is a kind of

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," orthodox Rastafarians are

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor is known for his early definition of

According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," the first thing he did after his student,Hanna,told him she was being shunned by the Barbadian villagers where she was doing her research was to

Language and Communication

Ecology and Subsistence

Economic Systems

Kinship and Family

Roles and Inequality

Law and Politics

Religion, magic, and Worldview

Globalization

Using and Doing Anthropology

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