Midterm

A  The belief that human mind cannot conceive of the divine.

B  The belief in spirit beings.

C  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

D  A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community

A  The belief that human mind cannot conceive of the divine.

B  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

C  The belief in spirit beings.

D  The theoretical approaches that argues that human cultures adapt and change over time.

A  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

B  The belief in spirit beings.

C  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

D  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

A  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

B  The development of religion inspired by the power of nature.

C  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

D  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

A  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

B  Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.

C  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

D  The development of religion inspired by the power of nature.

A  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

B  The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.

C  The theoretical approaches that argues that human cultures adapt and change over time.

D  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

A  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

B  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

C  The idea that all types of work fulfill God’s calling

D  A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community

A  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

B  The belief that human mind cannot conceive of the divine.

C  Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.

D  The development of religion inspired by the power of nature.

A  The belief in spirit beings.

B  The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.

C  A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community

D  The belief that human mind cannot conceive of the divine.

A  A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community

B  The belief that human mind cannot conceive of the divine.

C  The theoretical approaches that argues that human cultures adapt and change over time.

D  The belief in spirit beings.

A  human religion.

B  the products of human societies.

C  humans

D  human population patterns.

A  were editors of the first anthropological journals.

B  were important anthropology department chairs that were responsible for the study of culture.

C  are trained anthropologist that only do library research for comparative studies.

D  were amateur anthropologists who wrote subjective and ethnocentric cultural reports using unverified accounts.

A  1,800,000

B  200,000

C  5,000,000

D  6,000

A  the intellectual achievements of our species

B  being woke

C  the ideas, traditions, laws, and morals that are learned from our social group and that are passed down the generations.

A  Relativistic perspective

B  Holistic perspective

C  Comparative perspective

D  Mind theory

A  Acculturation

B  Diffusion

C  ethnocentrism

D  cultural relativism

A  questionnaires

B  videotaping

C  surveys

D  participant observation

A  It forms the basis of Einstein’s theory of relativity.

B  The existence of many cultural definitions.

C  The principle that an individual human’s beliefs should be interpreted in terms of his/her own culture.

D  Describes how cultures organize families.

A  can be proven historically

B  impacts people’s lives

C  can be proven scientifically

D  can be proven magically

A  to prevent the depreciation of their property value.

B  to prevent the rotting bodies from smelling up the place.

C  for ritualistic reasons associated with their understanding of an afterlife.

A  True

B  False

A  sweat glands.

B  specialized teeth.

C  bipedal locomotion.

D  culture

A  imitative magic

B  contagious magic

A  being the first person to obtain a degree in anthropology

B  forming the first LAVC course

C  creating the first museum

D  introducing the four field approach

A  100,000

B  6,500,000

C  50,000

D  2,050,000

A  a god or an ancestral spirit

B  natural or supernatural

C  an example of witchcraft or of divination

D  personal or impersonal ( an impersonal force without identity).

A  enlightenment

B  renaissance

C  creative explosion

D  artistic novus

A  Imitative magic

B  Animism

C  Voodoo

D  Contagious magic

A  ennui

B  animism

C  animation

D  animatism

A  equal distribution of power

B  power imbalances

C  linear evolution

A  Physical anthropology

B  Cultural anthropology

C  Phycology

D  Archaeology

A  the insiders point of view

B  the researchers point of view

C  both historical and economic perspectives

D  the historical point of view

A  A cultural practice that contradicts a people’s own culturally-specific logic

B  A cultural practice that hurts a lot of people

C  A cultural practice that contradicts the Western/European view of reality

D  A cultural practice that is biologically required to be harmful