Midterm

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

B  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

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

D  The belief in spirit beings.

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

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

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

D  The belief in spirit beings.

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

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

C  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

D  The belief in spirit beings.

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

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

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

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  The development of religion inspired by the power of nature.

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

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

B  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

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

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

C  A major world religion that includes Catholicism and Protestantism.

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

A  The development of religion inspired by the power of 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  Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.

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

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

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

D  The belief in spirit beings.

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

B  The belief in spirit beings.

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

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

A  humans

B  human population patterns.

C  human religion.

D  the products of human societies.

A  were editors of the first anthropological journals.

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

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

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

A  200,000

B  6,000

C  5,000,000

D  1,800,000

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  Comparative perspective

B  Relativistic perspective

C  Holistic perspective

D  Mind theory

A  ethnocentrism

B  cultural relativism

C  Diffusion

D  Acculturation

A  questionnaires

B  surveys

C  participant observation

D  videotaping

A  The existence of many cultural definitions.

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

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  for ritualistic reasons associated with their understanding of an afterlife.

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

C  to prevent the depreciation of their property value.

A  False

B  True

A  specialized teeth.

B  sweat glands.

C  culture

D  bipedal locomotion.

A  imitative magic

B  contagious magic

A  forming the first LAVC course

B  introducing the four field approach

C  being the first person to obtain a degree in anthropology

D  creating the first museum

A  50,000

B  6,500,000

C  100,000

D  2,050,000

A  natural or supernatural

B  an example of witchcraft or of divination

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

D  a god or an ancestral spirit

A  renaissance

B  artistic novus

C  enlightenment

D  creative explosion

A  Contagious magic

B  Animism

C  Voodoo

D  Imitative magic

A  animatism

B  animation

C  ennui

D  animism

A  equal distribution of power

B  power imbalances

C  linear evolution

A  Phycology

B  Physical anthropology

C  Cultural anthropology

D  Archaeology

A  the researchers point of view

B  the insiders point of view

C  the historical point of view

D  both historical and economic perspectives

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

B  A cultural practice that is biologically required to be harmful

C  A cultural practice that hurts a lot of people

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