Cultural Anthropology Exam 2
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Culture of poverty theory suggests that poverty is the result of an individual's
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dysfunctional behaviors and values. Anthropologists have strongly challenged this idea,
arguing that poverty is a structural problem. What do they say this results from? -
Answer-Dysfunctional aspects of the entire economic system
According to Marx, why were the proletariat unable to develop political awareness of
their class position? - Answer-The proletariat were continually occupied with the
struggle to make ends meet, while the bourgeoisie ways to keep the proletariat divided
Which society is based on the sharing of resources to ensure group success and has
relatively low hierarchy and violence? - Answer-Egalitarian
Which of the following is a system of power and wealth, income, and status that creates
and unequal distribution of a society resources? - Answer-Class
What is a significant defining characteristic of a ranked society? - Answer-Wealth is not
stratified but prestige and status are
How do the 'Yan Dauda in Nigeria see same-sex sexual behavior? - Answer-It is
compatible with both marrying women and their Muslim faith
Which of these best describes sexuality? - Answer-Desires, beliefs, and behaviors
related to erotic physical contact, and cultural ideas about these desires, beliefs, and
behaviors
Which of the following terms is best defined by anthropologists as the system of
meaning and power that cultures create to determine who is related to whom and to
define their mutual expectations, rights, and responsibilities? - Answer-Kinship
What is distinctive about new kinship groups created through affinal relationships? -
Answer-They are linked through alliance, not through shared biology or common
descent
Polygamy is the marriage of one person spouses. In the case of (1) BLANK, it is one
man married to multiple women. In the case of (2) BLANK, it is one women married to
multiple men - Answer-(1) Polygyny (2) Polyandry
Who was allowed to become a naturalized citizen before 1954? - Answer-Only "free
white" immigrants
Skin color is an example of a cline. What is a cline? -... [Show Less]