Deck 1: Doing Anthropology: Defining the Discipline

Question 1

The Hutterites were founded in:

A) western Canada
B) the United States
C) Europe
D) Russia

Answer 1

Europe

Question 2

The Hutterites were part of the Anabaptist movement which advocated:

A) a state religion
B) communal living
C) adult baptism
D) anti-Christian ideals

Answer 2

adult baptism

Question 3

The Hutterites could be described as "communistic." This means they:

A) are politically affiliated with the former Soviet Union
B) hold leftist political views
C) believe in the communal ownership of property
D) are consider subversive by the U.S. and Canadian governments

Answer 3

believe in the communal ownership of property

Question 4

The Hutterites are genetically isolated, which means they:

A) are a different race
B) are a different species
C) are kept in separate living areas
D) tend to marry only other Hutterites

Question 5

The Hutterites could be considered conservative in all EXCEPT:

A) mode of dress
B) religious views
C) acceptance of farming technologies
D) modern conveniences like television

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the Hutterite population?

A) it is now rapidly decreasing
B) it numbers about 450
C) it has a birth rate about that of North America in general
D) it has grown extremely rapidly in the last 130 years

Question 7

The Hutterites place a high value on all EXCEPT:

A) contact with the outside world
B) literacy
C) keeping track of genealogical relationships
D) adhering to religious traditions

Question 8

Which subfield of anthropology is concerned with humans as a biological species:

A) physical anthropology
B) cultural anthropology
C) linguistic anthropology
D) archaeology

Question 9

Which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the human communication system?

A) physical anthropology
B) cultural anthropology
C) linguistic anthropology
D) archaeology

Question 10

Which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the reconstruction past cultural systems?

A) physical anthropology
B) cultural anthropology
C) linguistic anthropology
D) archaeology

Question 11

Social welfare issues, legal and crime matters, health issues and preservation of cultural resources are all examples of:

A) biological anthropology
B) applied anthropology
C) cultural anthropology
D) archaeology

Question 12

To say that anthropology is holistic means that it:

A) contributes to many other disciplines
B) overlaps and draws from the studies of many other disciplines
C) looks for interrelationships among the parts of its subject
D) studies the whole human species

Question 13

Field work is:

A) the main activity of the anthropologist
B) required of all anthropological research
C) only carried out in non-Western societies
D) the data-collection and hypothesis-testing aspect of anthropology

Question 14

Describe the characteristics of the Hutterites that led the author of the text to choose them as a subject population to test his hypotheses?

Question 15

The Hutterites are conservative in nearly every aspect of their lives except their use of modern farming technologies. Account for this seeming discrepancy.

Question 16

Explain what we mean when we say that anthropology is holistic.

Question 17

The subfields of anthropology seem quite diverse in their specific subjects and methods. Why, then, are they all be considered parts of the single discipline of anthropology? What ties them together?

Question 18

Anthropology may be said to study humans as zoologists study their subject species, but with one major difference. What is it?

Question 19

Anthropologists practice cultural relativity. What do we mean by this? What limitations does this concept have?