Test 1- FALL 2011
Question
1 1 out of 1 points
What do most Yanomamo spend 95% of their time doing in order to make a
living?
Selected Answer: d.
... [Show More] foraging and horticulture
Correct Answer: d. foraging and horticulture
Question
2 1 out of 1 points
The Yanomamo associate their origin with
Selected Answer: b. wabu
Correct Answer: b. wabu
Question
3 1 out of 1 points
Within Ojibwa culture, which of the following is a prerequisite before one can
hunt or gather?
Selected Answer: c. permission from the "owner" of the plant or animal
Correct Answer: c. permission from the "owner" of the plant or animal
Question
4 1 out of 1 points
The Ojibwa word for themselves may equate with
Selected Answer: b. stitched moccasins
Correct Answer: b. stitched moccasins
Question
5 1 out of 1 points
How did European contact through the fur trade influence the Ojibwa?
Selected
Answer:
a. Animals that Ojibwa hunted mainly for subsistence were
now trapped primarily for trade.
Correct
Answer:
a. Animals that Ojibwa hunted mainly for subsistence were
now trapped primarily for trade.
Question
6 1 out of 1 points
What two foodstuffs are primarily served at Yanomamo feasts?
Selected Answer: a. game meat and plantain
Correct Answer: a. game meat and plantain
Question
7 1 out of 1 points
Where does the most essential part of the Yanomamo soul reside in the body?
Selected Answer: d. chest or flank
Correct Answer: d. chest or flank
Question
8 0 out of 1 points
The Midewiwin is more than a society of curers. For the Ojibwa it also reflects
Selected
Answer:
d. a commitment to inspiring local, as opposed to national,
pride.
Correct Answer: c. a singular individualism at the core of Ojibwa culture.
Question
9 1 out of 1 points
What will happen, according to Yanomamo tradition, if all the hekura spirits are
eradicated because of mining?
Selected Answer: c. the world will end
Correct Answer: c. the world will end
Question
10 1 out of 1 points
What anthropologist has been accused of exaggerating Yanomamo violence?
Selected Answer: a. Napoleon
Chagnon
Correct Answer: a. Napoleon
Chagnon
The anthropologist that has been accused of exaggerating
Yanomamo violence was _______________
_______________.
Selected Answer: Napoleon Chagnon
Correct Answer: Napoleon Chagnon
Question
11 1 out of 1 points
How much of the Yanomamo population was lost between 1988 and 1990
because of diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis?
Selected Answer: b. 15%
Correct Answer: b. 15%
Question
12 1 out of 1 points
What name is ascribed to the ritualized fighting that sometimes breaks out
between groups at Yanomamo feasts and may serve to avoid warfare?
Selected Answer: d. chest-pounding duels
Correct Answer: d. chest-pounding duels
Question
13 1 out of 1 points
What is the name of the living space constructed by the Yanomamo that
contains individual homes under one roof?
Selected Answer: b. shabono
Correct Answer: b. shabono
Question
14 1 out of 1 points
In what two South American Countries do the Yanomamo live?
Selected Answer: d. Brazil and Venezuela
Correct Answer: d. Brazil and Venezuela
Question
15 1 out of 1 points
On which universal layer do the Yanomamo reside according to their traditional
beliefs?
Selected Answer: c. third layer (from top)
Correct Answer: c. third layer (from top)
Question
16 0 out of 1 points
What is something that Ojibwa and other-than-human beings do not share in
common?
Selected
Answer:
c. an ability to metamorphose into different shapes
Correct Answer: a. a vulnerability to being punished for breaking moral
laws
Question
17 1 out of 1 points
What is the preferred form of marriage among the Yanomamo?
Selected Answer: c. cross cousin marriage
Correct Answer: c. cross cousin marriage
Question
18 1 out of 1 points
What is the only crop the Yanomamo grow that is protected with fences and to
be without is to be considered "poor"?
Selected Answer: a. tobacco
Correct Answer: a. tobacco
Question
19 0 out of 1 points
With respect to kinship organization, Ojibwa bands tended to be
Selected
Answer:
d. matrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous totemic
clans
Correct Answer: c. patrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous totemic
clans
Question
20 1 out of 1 points
What official strategy did 19th century Canadian and American governments
share with respect to the Ojibwa?
Selected
Answer:
a. They resettled Ojibwa populations onto reservations and
redirected them toward agriculture.
Correct
Answer:
a. They resettled Ojibwa populations onto reservations and
redirected them toward agriculture.
Question 1 out of 1 points
21
How did Ojibwa power and political organization differ from that of the
Europeans?
Selected Answer: d. Ojibwa healers were revered more than formal leaders.
Correct Answer: d. Ojibwa healers were revered more than formal leaders.
Question
22 1 out of 1 points
What name was given to the "wildcat miners" allowed on Yanomamo land by
the Brazilian government in the 80s and 90s that resulted in the decimation of
Yanomamo land and people?
Selected Answer: c. garimperios
Correct Answer: c. garimperios
Question
23 1 out of 1 points
Ojibwa communities were ultimately able to prevent the impending
environmental degradation of a proposed mine by
Selected Answer: d. pooling income from tribal casinos.
Correct Answer: d. pooling income from tribal casinos.
Question
24 1 out of 1 points
Why were the 19th century Ojibwa ultimately unable to benefit from the
incorporation of European goods?
Selected
Answer:
c. The Ojibwa did not have the ability to repair or produce the
goods. This had the effect of increasing their dependency.
Correct
Answer:
c. The Ojibwa did not have the ability to repair or produce the
goods. This had the effect of increasing their dependency.
Question
25 1 out of 1 points
How do Ojibwa understand their relationships with other-than-human spirits?
Selected
Answer:
b. They believe the relationship to be one of mutual trust
and obligation.
Correct
Answer:
b. They believe the relationship to be one of mutual trust
and obligation.
Question
26 1 out of 1 points
What animal exemplies the theme of "nature vs. culture" in Yanomamo myth
according to Chagnon?
Selected Answer: a. jaguar
Correct Answer: a. jaguar
Question
27 1 out of 1 points
Instead of a distinction betwen the natural and the supernatural, the Ojibwa
understand the world to be divided into what two categoreis?
Selected Answer: a. animate and inanimate
Correct Answer: a. animate and inanimate
Question
28 1 out of 1 points
The Yanomamo envision the universe as four layers hovering atop one another.
What method do they use to transmit this information to other Yanomamo?
Selected Answer: c. verbal tradition
Correct Answer: c. verbal tradition
Question
29 0 out of 1 points
What epidemic in 1968 was James Neel accused of perpetuating among the
Yanomamo in the name of eugenics in a book by Patrick Tierney called
"Darkness in El Dorado," a charge of which he was later cleared?
Selected Answer: b. tuberculosis
Correct Answer: c. measles
Question
30 1 out of 1 points
Who has emerged as the native Yanomamo spokesperson against abuses of
indigenous peoples and their lands?
Selected Answer: c. Davi Kopenawa
Correct Answer: c. Davi Kopenawa
Question
31 1 out of 1 points
How has life for contemporary Ojibwa changed in recent decades?
Selected
Answer:
a. Some experience a feeling of loss at having been raised in
cities instead of reservations.
Correct
Answer:
a. Some experience a feeling of loss at having been raised in
cities instead of reservations.
Question
32 1 out of 1 points
What two groups made up the Yanomamo according to Yanomamo legend?
Selected Answer: d. moon blood men and wabu women
Correct Answer: d. moon blood men and wabu women
Question
33 1 out of 1 points
After the middle of the 19th century, Ojibwa tools were fashioned of ____
instead of stone and bone
Selected Answer: iron
Correct Answer: iron
Question
34 1 out of 1 points
What causes illness according to Yanomamo beliefs?
Selected Answer: d. hekura spirits sent by enemy Shamans
Correct Answer: d. hekura spirits sent by enemy Shamans
Question
35 0 out of 1 points
How do Yanomamo men become leaders in their societies?
Selected
Answer:
c. They are born into royal families.
Correct Answer: a. They achieve their status through hard work and
persuasion
Question
36 1 out of 1 points
What was the main difference about the settlement patterns of Plains Ojibwa
that distinguished them from the Southeastern Ojibwa and Southwestern
Chippewa?
Selected Answer: d. Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
Correct Answer: d. Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
Question
37 1 out of 1 points
Prior to their settlement onto reservations, what dictated when Ojibwa bands
would move from one settlement to another?
Selected Answer: a. the seasons and the environment particular to each
band
Correct Answer: a. the seasons and the environment particular to each
band
Question
38 1 out of 1 points
What is the role of the diviner during the "shaking tent" ritual?
Selected
Answer:
c. The diviner calls the spirits to the tent and interprets
their messages.
Correct
Answer:
c. The diviner calls the spirits to the tent and interprets
their messages.
Question 39
1 out of 1 points
According to Ojibwa beliefs about dreaming
Selected
Answer:
a. dreams are the primary form of contact between
humans and the "grandfathers".
Correct
Answer:
a. dreams are the primary form of contact between
humans and the "grandfathers".
Question
40 1 out of 1 points
In the 17th century the Ojibwa spread throughout the northern
Midwest of the USA and south central Canada. This geographic
expansion occurred because of
Selected
Answer:
c. a successful attack against the invading
Iroquois
Correct
Answer:
c. a successful attack against the invading
Iroquois
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Question
1
0 out of 1 points
That animal that exemplifies the theme of "nature vs. culture" in Yanomamo myth
according to Chagnon is the __________.
Selected Answer: Jaquar
Correct Answer: jaguar
Question
2
0 out of 1 points
With respect to kinship organization, Ojibwa bands tended to be
Selected Answer: a. patrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous animistic clans
Correct Answer: d. patrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous totemic clans
Question
3
0 out of 1 points
How did Ojibwa power and political organization differ from that of the Europeans?
Selected
Answer:
a. Ojibwa chiefs were appointed based on the prestige of their kinship
lineage.
Correct Answer: c. Ojibwa healers were revered more than formal leaders.
Question
4
1 out of 1 points
During the "shaking tent" ritual, the diviner calls the spirits to the tent and
interprets their messages.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Question
5
1 out of 1 points
The only crop the Yanomamo grow that is protected with fences and to be without
is to be considered "poor" is ______________.
Selected Answer: Tobacco
Correct Answer: tobacco
Question
6
1 out of 1 points
______ percent of the Yanomamo population was lost between 1988 and 1990
because of diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.
Selected Answer: 15%
Correct Answer: 15
15%
Question
7
0 out of 1 points
Within Ojibwa culture, before one can hunt or gather, permission from the
"owner" of the plant or animal is a prerequisite.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: True
Question
8
1 out of 1 points
What name is ascribed to the ritualized fighting that sometimes breaks out between groups at
Yanomamo feasts and may serve to avoid warfare?
Selected Answer: c. chest-pounding duels
Correct Answer: c. chest-pounding duels
Question
9
1 out of 1 points
What causes illness according to Yanomamo beliefs?
Selected Answer: c. hekura spirits sent by enemy Shamans
Correct Answer: c. hekura spirits sent by enemy Shamans
Question
10
1 out of 1 points
The name of the living space constructed by the Yanomamo that contains
individual homes under one roof is ______________.
Selected Answer: Shabono
Correct Answer: shabono
Question
11
0 out of 1 points
How do Ojibwa understand their relationships with other-than-human spirits?
Selected
Answer:
d. They believe-other-than-human beings selfishly guard the plants and
animals they "own", and they must be tricked in order to surrender them to
foragers.
Correct
Answer:
b. They believe the relationship to be one of mutual trust and obligation.
Question
12
0 out of 1 points
The Yanomamo associate their origin with __________.
Selected Answer: Moon
Correct Answer: wabu
the moon
the moon and wabu
Question
13
0 out of 1 points
Instead of a distinction betwen the natural and the supernatural, the Ojibwa understand the
world to be divided into what two categoreis?
Selected Answer: a. dreams and reality
Correct Answer: d. animate and inanimate
Question
14
1 out of 1 points
What will happen, according to Yanomamo tradition, if all the hekura spirits are eradicated
because of mining?
Selected Answer: c. the world will end
Correct Answer: c. the world will end
Question
15
1 out of 1 points
What is the preferred form of marriage among the Yanomamo?
Selected Answer: d. cross cousin marriage
Correct Answer: d. cross cousin marriage
Question
16
1 out of 1 points
How did European contact through the fur trade influence the Ojibwa?
Selected
Answer:
a. Animals that Ojibwa hunted mainly for subsistence were now
trapped primarily for trade.
Correct
Answer:
a. Animals that Ojibwa hunted mainly for subsistence were now
trapped primarily for trade.
Question
17
1 out of 1 points
The Ojibwa word for themselves may equate with “land of the great lakes”.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: False
Question
18
1 out of 1 points
Prior to their settlement onto reservations, what dictated when Ojibwa bands would move
from one settlement to another?
Selected Answer: b. the seasons and the environment particular to each band
Correct Answer: b. the seasons and the environment particular to each band
Question
19
1 out of 1 points
Ojibwa communities were ultimately able to prevent the impending environmental
degradation of a proposed mine by
Selected Answer: a. pooling income from tribal casinos.
Correct Answer: a. pooling income from tribal casinos.
Question
20
1 out of 1 points
On which universal layer do the Yanomamo reside according to their traditional beliefs?
Selected Answer: c. third layer (from top)
Correct Answer: c. third layer (from top)
Question
21
1 out of 1 points
The Midewiwin is more than a society of curers. For the Ojibwa it also reflects
Selected Answer: b. a singular individualism at the core of Ojibwa culture.
Correct Answer: b. a singular individualism at the core of Ojibwa culture.
Question
22
1 out of 1 points
What epidemic in 1968 was James Neel accused of perpetuating among the Yanomamo in
the name of eugenics in a book by Patrick Tierney called "Darkness in El Dorado," a charge
of which he was later cleared?
Selected Answer: b. measles
Correct Answer: b. measles
Question
23
1 out of 1 points
Who has emerged as the native Yanomamo spokesperson against abuses of indigenous
peoples and their lands?
Selected Answer: c. DaviKopenawa
Correct Answer: c. DaviKopenawa
Question
24
1 out of 1 points
Why were the 19th century Ojibwa ultimately unable to benefit from the incorporation of
European goods?
Selected
Answer:
c. The Ojibwa did not have the ability to repair or produce the goods.
This had the effect of increasing their dependency.
Correct
Answer:
c. The Ojibwa did not have the ability to repair or produce the goods.
This had the effect of increasing their dependency.
Question
25
1 out of 1 points
How do Yanomamo men become leaders in their societies?
Selected Answer: d. They achieve their status through hard work and persuasion
Correct Answer: d. They achieve their status through hard work and persuasion
Question
26
1 out of 1 points
Plantain and manioc are the two foodstuffs primarily served at Yanomamo
feasts.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: False
Question
27
1 out of 1 points
What was the main difference about the settlement patterns of Plains Ojibwa that
distinguished them from the Southeastern Ojibwa and Southwestern Chippewa?
Selected Answer: b. Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
Correct Answer: b. Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
Question
28
0 out of 1 points
According to Ojibwa beliefs about dreaming there is a clear separation to be
made between dreams and reality.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: False
Question
29
1 out of 1 points
What official strategy did 19th century Canadian and American governments share with
respect to the Ojibwa?
Selected
Answer:
a. They resettled Ojibwa populations onto reservations and redirected
them toward agriculture.
Correct
Answer:
a. They resettled Ojibwa populations onto reservations and redirected
them toward agriculture.
Question
30
1 out of 1 points
What do most Yanomamo spend 95% of their time doing in order to make a living?
Selected Answer: b. foraging and horticulture
Correct Answer: b. foraging and horticulture
Question
31
1 out of 1 points
In what two South American Countries do the Yanomamo live?
Selected Answer: c. Brazil and Venezuela
Correct Answer: c. Brazil and Venezuela
Question
32
1 out of 1 points
How has life for contemporary Ojibwa changed in recent decades?
Selected
Answer:
d. Some experience a feeling of loss at having been raised in cities
instead of reservations.
Correct
Answer:
d. Some experience a feeling of loss at having been raised in cities
instead of reservations.
Question
33
0 out of 1 points
The anthropologist that has been accused of exaggerating Yanomamo violence
was _______________ _______________.
Selected Answer: Napoleon Chagnon
Correct Answer: Napoleon Chagnon
Question
34
1 out of 1 points
What two groups made up the Yanomamo according to Yanomamo legend?
Selected Answer: a. moon blood men and wabu women
Correct Answer: a. moon blood men and wabu women
Question
35
0 out of 1 points
What is something that Ojibwa and other-than-human beings do not share in common?
Selected Answer: b. the ability to be called "grandfather"
Correct Answer: a. a vulnerability to being punished for breaking moral laws
Question
36
1 out of 1 points
The name given to the "wildcat miners" allowed on Yanomamo land by the
Brazilian government in the 80s and 90s that resulted in the decimation of
Yanomamo land and people was ____________.
Selected Answer: garimpeiros
Correct Answer: garimpeiros
Question
37
1 out of 1 points
After the middle of the 19th century, Ojibwa tools were fashioned of ________
instead of stone and bone.
Selected Answer: Iron
Correct Answer: iron
Question
38
1 out of 1 points
Where does the most essential part of the Yanomamo soul reside in the body?
Selected Answer: d. chest or flank
Correct Answer: d. chest or flank
Question
39
1 out of 1 points
The Yanomamo envision the universe as four layers hovering atop one another. What
method do they use to transmit this information to other Yanomamo?
Selected Answer: b. verbal tradition
Correct Answer: b. verbal tradition
Question
40
1 out of 1 points
In the 17th century the Ojibwa spread throughout the northern Midwest of the USA and
south central Canada. This geographic expansion occurred because of
Selected Answer: c. a successful attack against the invading Iroquois
Correct Answer: c. a successful attack against the invading Iroquois
Your Results:
The correct answer for each question is indicated by a .
Read each question carefully, and then select the best answer.
1 CORRECT
In the seventeenth century the Ojibwa spread throughout the northern Midwest of the
U.S. and south-central Canada. This geographic expansion occurred because of
A) the decline of the northwestern fur trade.
B) a successful attack against the invading Iroquois.
C) a massive drought sending Ojibwa searching for new agricultural lands.
D) constant warfare between Ojibwa bands.
Feedback: Correct. The Ojibwa migration in the seventeenth century was
made possible after they defeated the invading Iroquois.
2 CORRECT
How did European contact through the fur trade influence the Ojibwa?
The diffusion of western technology made Ojibwa more independent from
A)Europeans.
B)
Interaction with traders introduced the principle of gift exchange to the
Ojibwa.
C)
Animals that Ojibwa hunted mainly for subsistence were now trapped
primarily for trade.
D)Migration into new areas resulted in more unity among the Ojibwa.
Feedback: Correct. The fur trade encouraged the Ojibwa to trap animals for
trade that were once hunted primarily for subsistence.
3 CORRECT
What official strategy did nineteenth century Canadian and American
governments share with respect to the Ojibwa?
A)They ensured that Ojibwa would receive land and tools for farming.
B)
They protected traditional Ojibwa lands from incursions by settlers and
industrialists.
C)They preserved Ojibwa culture in its pre-contact state.
D)
The resettled Ojibwa populations onto reservations and redirecting them
toward agriculture.
Feedback: Correct. Both Canadian and American governments planned to
resettle Ojibwa onto reservations and transform their mode of subsistence
to agriculture.
4 CORRECT
After the middle of the nineteenth century, Ojibwa tools were fashioned of ______
instead of stone and bone.
A)iron
B)steel
C)wood
D)silver
Feedback: Correct. European contact brought the Ojibwa access to iron
tools.
5 CORRECT
Why were the nineteenth century Ojibwa ultimately unable to benefit from the
incorporation of European goods?
A)
The Ojibwa did not have the ability to repair or produce the goods. This had
the effect of increasing their dependency.
B)
The Ojibwa were unable to learn how to use western technology because of
their lack of education.
C)
The Ojibwa were not able to acquire enough western goods to have a serious
impact on their way of life.
D)
The Ojibwa had no interest in western goods because of a strong desire to
remain true to their traditional culture.
Feedback: Correct. The Ojibwa did not ultimately benefit from the diffusion
of European goods because they lacked the skill to repair and reproduce the
goods they acquired.
6 CORRECT
Prior to their settlement onto reservations, what dictated when Ojibwa bands
would move from one settlement to another?
A)The decision to move was made by elected chiefs.
B)The seasons and the environment particular to each band.
C)Spiritual visions of animal "grandfathers".
D)Nothing, it was completely arbitrary.
Feedback: Correct. The changing seasons and the particular environmental
niche of each band dictated when they would move from settlement to
settlement.
7 CORRECT
What was the main difference about the settlement patterns of Plains Ojibwa
that distinguished them from the Southeastern Ojibwa and Southwestern
Chippewa?
A)Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
B)Plains Ojibwa had permanently established summer villages.
C)Plains Ojibwa patterned their movements after those of the beaver.
D)Plains Ojibwa followed the settlement patterns of European settlers.
Feedback: Correct. Unlike Southeastern Ojibwa and Southwestern Chippewa,
Plains Ojibwa were highly mobile.
8 CORRECT
With respect to kinship organization, Ojibwa bands tended to be
A)patrilineal, with tendencies toward endogamous totemic clans.
B)matrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous totemic clans.
C)patrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous totemic clans.
D)patrilineal, with tendencies toward exogamous animistic clans.
Feedback: Correct. Ojibwa bands tend to reckon descent through the father
and marry exogamously in a totemic fashion.
9 CORRECT
How did Ojibwa power and political organization differ from that of Europeans?
A)Ojibwa chiefs were appointed based on the prestige of their kinship lineage.
B)Ojibwa healers were revered more than formal leaders. [Show Less]