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Q:
A uterine family is partly composed of a woman and her children.
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In "Nice Girls Don"t Talk to Rastas," Gmelch concludes that U.S. middle class students don"t realize that face-to-face communities like the ones where his students have lived in Barbados are homogeneous.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), Nuer boys go through a painful initiation ceremony called the
a. IDP ceremony.
b. gaar ceremony.
c. cicatrization ceremony.
d. rite of passage.
e. ngoya ceremony.
Q:
According to Goldstein, Tibetan polyandry
a. requires a group of brothers to marry one woman.
b. is caused by high rates of female infanticide, creating a shortage of women.
c. is a response to a shortage of arable land.
d. two of the above.
c. a, b, and c above.
Q:
In his article, Gmelch argues that the U.S. students often work on the idea of personal autonomy, meaning that if they see what they believe is truth they can act without concern for what others think.
Q:
Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), notes that the civil war that wracked the Sudan for years is often said by outsiders to be between
a. the Nuer and the Dinka.
b. Arabs from the north and Africans from the south.
c. northern Muslims and Southern Christians.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
According to Goldstein, it is difficult for a male Tibetan to start his own farm because
a. the government restricts access to new land.
b. he must get permission from his lineage head, something that is hard to do.
c. there is no more land to reclaim in the mountains.
d. it is difficult to terrace new land and keep animals simultaneously without help.
e. all of the above
Q:
When Gmelch learned about the difficulties his study abroad student was having in her homestay village, he read her field notes and discovered that she had been talking to and accompanying a Rastafarian named Joseph.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), the Nuer of southern Sudan were first studied by
a. Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard.
b. Sir Thok Ding.
c. Robert Gardner.
d. Sharon Hutchinson.
e. Marvin Harris.
Q:
The custom of polyandry may end among Tibetans living in Nepal because
a. women don"t like the custom.
b. men don"t like the custom.
c. of government opposition and new economic opportunities.
d. of conflict between men over rights to a woman's children.
e. of new techniques for reclaiming land to farm.
Q:
Gmelch notes that female students from the U.S. find it nearly impossible to conduct fieldwork in Barbados because they are unwittingly disrespectful to Barbadians.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement) the UN classifies refugees as people with a well founded fear of persecution based on
a. race or religion.
b. membership in a particular social group.
c. political opinion.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
Which one of the following is not true about Tibetan polyandry?
a. Polyandry reduces sexual competition among brothers.
b. Polyandry lowers the birth rate.
c. Polyandry enables wealthier farmers to maintain their higher standard of living.
d. Polyandry is often preferred by Tibetans.
e. Polyandry produces a large number of unmarried women.
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In his article, "Nice Girls Don"t Talk to Rastas," Gmelch describes how one of his study abroad students ran into trouble when she began living with a Rastafarian.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), the UN has several categories of refugees. The refugee most likely to be accepted for resettlement in a second country is called the "economic refugee."
Q:
According to Goldstein (Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife), Tibetan polyandry functions above all to
a. adapt Tibetans to a shortage of land.
b. permit richer farmers to maintained their standard of living.
c. respond to a shortage of women caused by high rates of female infanticide.
d. preserve the matriline.
e. preserve the patriline.
Q:
Gmelch's article, "Nice Girls Don"t Talk to Rastas," describes a conflict caused by his student's nave realism as she did fieldwork in a rural Barbadian community.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), Thok Ding was finally resettled in the U.S. after his father was killed in the Sudanese civil war, and he attended school in Ethiopia and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya.
Q:
Goldstein argues that Tibetan Polyandry permits wealthy farmers to maintain their higher standard of living.
Q:
Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of Aids) found that in-depth interviews
a. worked best if she had asked a list of carefully prepared questions.
b. worked best if held in private.
c. yielded little in-depth information.
d. were the most stressful part of fieldwork.
e. yielded too many contradictions to be useful.
Q:
Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement) argues that the only way refugees can gain resettlement in another country is by having a useful skill needed by the country or by the intervention of relatives or friends who guarantee they will provide the refugees with jobs.
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According to Goldstein, Tibetan polyandry is a response to a shortage of arable land.
Q:
When Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS) first tried to make contact with
prostitutes on the street, they
a. disappeared, walking to other locations.
b. became angry and tried to drive her away with threats.
c. largely ignored her.
d. called their pimps on cell phones causing their pimps to threaten her.
e. welcomed her warmly because she was interested in their lives.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), the UN looks at three possible solutions to the refugee problem: voluntary repatriation to the country of origin, integration into a country of asylum, or third country resettlement.
Q:
Goldstein argues that Tibetan polyandry functions to reduce the birth rate.
Q:
Sterk listed several conclusions about prostitutes and prostitution based on her field study.
Which one of the following is not a conclusion she reached.
a. Men are often violent toward prostitutes.
b. Women do leave "the life," but their past often follows them like a bad hangover.
c. Most prostitutes work for a pimp.
d. First experiences as prostitutes often involve alienation from people outside the life.
e. Although police and health professionals insist that prostitutes are drug addicts, most are not.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), the first anthropologist to conduct and publish extensive ethnography about the Nuer was Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Q:
Goldstein believes that Tibetan polyandry is a response to high rates of female infanticide.
Q:
Four of the following statements made by Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS), are true. Which one is not?
a. It is wise to watch out for self-appointed "gatekeepers."
b. The best way to gain rapport is to show interest in informants and do things for them.
c. Have some knowledge about a culture before you start fieldwork in it.
d. Talking with informants in groups often inhibits ethnographic discovery.
e. It is best to give informants some control over the interview.
Q:
Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement) notes that the UN defines refugees as IDPs, meaning "internally displaced persons."
Q:
According to Goldstein (Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife), it is richer Tibetans living in Nepal who prefer polyandry.
Q:
Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS) makes several observations about
gatekeepers. Which one of the following is not one of her observations? Gatekeepers
a. are important as one gets started in fieldwork.
b. may become less important to a study as time goes on.
c. make the best key informants.
d. may give you access to only part of a cultural scene.
e. may not be well connected after all.
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), Nuer refugees have been sent to the United States by Christian missionaries who live in the southern Sudan.
Q:
McCurdy (Family and Kinship in Village India) observes that
a. despite the dispersal of relatives as a result of migration to cities for work, Indians maintain a high degree of loyalty to and support of their kin.
b. work in cities has destroyed the Indian family and kinship system.
c. cash labor has led to personal independence and the end of family arranged marriages in India.
d. two of the above
e. none of the above
Q:
According to Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS), about _____ percent of the prostitutes she interviewed were not drug addicts.
a. 10
b. 25
c. 2
d. 40
e. 15
Q:
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), the Nuer refugees who have been resettled in the United States were originally a pastoral people living in the southern Sudan.
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According to McCurdy, in India work in the market economy can weaken kinship systems by
a. costing families too much money.
b. reducing the economic dependence of people on their families and kin groups.
c. reducing the time people have to devote to family and kin.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
Four of the following statements are true. Which one is not? Sterk (Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS) argues that
a. it is essential to act like an authority when you interview informants.
b. initial contacts in the field are often referred to as gatekeepers and key respondents by anthropologists.
c. it is important to watch out for self-nominated key informants.
d. the best way to gain rapport is to show interest in people and do things for them.
e. in depth interviews should be done in private.
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According to Guneratne and Bjork (The Village Walk), they (the authors)
a. ended up giving lectures about Tharu culture to tourists.
b. (especially Kate) were, themselves, a tourist attraction.
c. tried to change the way the Tharu were characterized by tour guides and tourist companies.
d. helped Tharu villagers avoid tourists whenever possible.
e. None of the above
Q:
According to McCurdy, a major tension in Bhil society occurs over the movement of a woman from her own family to that of her husband at marriage. Which of the following is a way Bhil cultural practice functions to reduce this tension?
a. Grooms ritually storm the bride's front yard to symbolize that they are taking the woman away from her family.
b. After the wedding, the family of the bride treats the groom and his family with formal respect behavior.
c. The groom's family pays the family of the bride dapa (bride price) to compensate them for the loss of their daughter.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
According to Sterk, the greatest impediment to developing rapport in field is the
requirement, imposed by her university, that informants sign consent forms.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), when Arjun Guneratne returned to Pipariya in 2009 he found that
a. some Tharu from the village were working overseas and sending money home.
b. the Tharu had built a small museum the depicted life as it had been many years ago.
c. tourists had largely stopped visiting the village because it's residents had now built brick houses and resembled their Brahmin neighbors.
d. two of the above
e. all of the above
Q:
According to McCurdy, when Bhils visit other villages, they usually stay with
a. members of their patrilineage.
b. members of their patriclan.
c. friends, not kin.
d. members of their extended family.
e. feminal kin.
Q:
Sterk found that AIDS affects the lives of prostitutes but that customers often refuse to
use condoms
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), which Nepalese ethnic group were tour guides most likely to come from?
a. Brahmin
b. Bhangi
c. Chhetri
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
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According to McCurdy, which one of the following is the most important structural tension associated with marriage in Bhil Society?
a. the decision about how large the dapa (bride price) will be
b. the possibility that young people will refuse to be married
c. disagreement between lineages over who will get to give the wedding and receive the bride price
d. the shifting of a woman's loyalty, labor, and reproductive potential from her family to her husband's family
e. whether wives will inherit from their own or their husband's families
Q:
Sterk (Prostitution in the Era of AIDS) found it was essential to interview prostitutes in
the presence of their pimps and other prostitutes in order to gain trust.
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According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), Tharu villagers preferred tourists who
a. photographed their houses and children.
b. ignored their tour guides.
c. thought of them (the Tharu) as a primitive tribe.
d. asked them the most questions.
e. arrived in the village by themselves rather than in a tour group.
Q:
McCurdy (Family and Kinship in Village India) argues that arranged marriage functions to
a. cement relationships within Bhil families and patrilineages.
b. create alliances between Bhil families and patrilineages.
c. bring wealth to the groom's family because of the dowry they receive.
d. prevent the possibility of divorce in Bhil society.
e. insure a happier marriage for Bhil brides and grooms.
Q:
According to Sterk (Prostitution in the Era of AIDS), finding informant sites, making
contact, dealing with self-appointed key informants, gaining rapport, and leaving the field, were all important challenges to doing ethnographic fieldwork among prostitutes.
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According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), Tharu villagers from Pipariya referred to tourists as
a. pests.
b. customers (of goods they had for sale).
c. arrogant.
d. guests.
e. none of the above
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According to McCurdy (Family and Kinship in Village India), the term feminal kin refers in part to when it is used to described kin relationships in Ratakote.
a. the women belonging to one's own patriclan (arak)
b. the women belonging to one's mother's patriclan (arak)
c. the husbands and the relatives of women who belong to one's own lineage
d. the women who make up one's matriclan
e. men who take on the role of women
Q:
Sterk (Prostitution in the Era of AIDS) found that it is essential to become an expert on questions.
the lives of informants before interviewing them and to use such information to design
interviews.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), an angry Tharu household head once
a. struck a rude tourist with a stick.
b. berated a tourist for smoking marijuana in his compound.
c. threatened a tour guide with a stick for invading his kitchen.
d. herded his wife and children into a back room to avoid contact with tourists.
e. blocked a tourist-laden ox cart from entering Pipariya.
Q:
According to McCurdy (Family and Kinship in Village India),
a. extended kinship systems are especially well suited to the organization of land holding in agrarian societies.
b. industrialization and the market economy have essentially eliminated extended kinship ties in the Bhil village of Ratakote.
c. the Bhil tribals of Ratakote must marry spouses from their own clan, their mother's clan, or their father's mother's clan.
d. two of the above
e. none of the above
Q:
According to Sterk, 30 prostitutes she interviewed were college graduates and 75
percent of her informants had graduated from high school.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), tour companies characterized the Tharu as
a. successful forest horticulturalists.
b. primitive forest aboriginals.
c. the remnants of a lost Nepalese tribe.
d. a mercantile ethnic group poised to sell tourists native artifacts.
e. refugees from central Nepal.
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McCurdy notes that clans are localized organizations of relatives made up of a person's close male relatives who are all descended from a known common ancestor.
Q:
According to Sterk in her article, "Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," virtually all the
prostitutes she interviewed or observed were hooked on drugs.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), the Tharu village of Pipariya is located adjacent to
a. the Chitwan national forest.
b. the Himalayan mountains.
c. the Tarai National Forest.
d. Katmandu.
e. the border with India.
Q:
According to McCurdy, the term feminal kin refers to the relatives of the men who women of one's own line have married, or the relatives of women who have married men of one's own line.
Q:
Lee acquired the ox he intended to slaughter for the !Kung Christmas feast
a. from Herero pastoralists living nearby.
b. from a South African cattle rancher.
c. from the !Kung headman.
d. by catching it in the wild.
e. none of the above
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), when people are the object of the tourist's gaze, they become more aware of their own culture and group identity.
Q:
According to McCurdy (Family and Kinship in Village India), marriage allies the families of the bride and groom, which then become equal partners in an association of feminal kin.
Q:
The way the !Kung treated Richard Lee's gift of a Christmas ox reveals their value on
a. individualism.
b. male dominance.
c. family solidarity.
d. identification with nature.
e. equality.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), most foreign tourists failed to detect a difference between Brahmin and Tharu houses in Pipariya.
Q:
According to McCurdy, until recently Bhil tribals were permitted to marry people from their own village, thus limiting the scope of their economic and social worlds.
Q:
According to Lee, when a !Kung hunter kills a large animal, he is likely to tell others
a. "I have killed a large giraffe."
b. "I have killed a big one in the bush."
c. "I am no good for hunting. I just saw a little tiny one."
d. "A giraffe happened to step in front of my flying arrow."
e. "Come help me carry. There is much heavy meat."
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), although some tourists intruded into Tharu houses in Pipariya, guides were careful to warn them against doing so.
Q:
In his article, "Family and Kinship in Village India," McCurdy argues that family and kinship relations have been extended to provide support in the market economy.
Q:
According to Lee, a !Kung hunter
a. eats all of a kill himself.
b. shares game only with his own family.
c. gives all the meat from an animal he has killed to the man who made the arrow he used.
d. shares what he kills with others and expects them to reciprocate.
e. may do anything he likes with an animal he kills.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), most Tharu men from Pipariya wear Western style clothes whereas many Tharu women continue to wear their traditional dress.
Q:
In an epilogue to her article (Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping), Scheper-Hughes argues that __________________ contributed to lower infant death and birth rates in Bom Jesus.
a. a national health care system
b. installation of water pipes through the shantytown
c. an infant training program offered by a North American mission
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
The cross-cultural misunderstanding experienced between Lee and the !Kung occurred over
a. the cultural meaning of the gift of an ox.
b. the criteria for defining what makes an ox desirable.
c. the way Lee gave them the ox.
d. the cultural meaning of oxen.
e. the poor condition of the ox.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), despite the incursion of tourists during the dry season, the Tharu residents of Pipariya managed to live much as they had before the 1950s.
Q:
Scheper-Hughes (Mother's Love: Death without Weeping) claims that which of the follow kinds of people encourage(s) mothers not to become attached to their sick and dying children?
a. clergy
b. doctors
c. midwives
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Q:
!Kung expressed disappointment with the ox Lee gave them for the Christmas feast because
a. the animal was too thin and old.
b. this was their way to "cool" a giver's potential arrogance.
c. the animal came from an outsider.
d. they were afraid that Lee would take the animal back if they showed approval.
e. they were angry at Lee for intruding on their lives.
Q:
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), most of guides that led tours to Pipariya were from lower ranking ethnic groups and had little knowledge of the Tharu.
Q:
On the basis of her work in northeastern Brazil and on literature describing practices in other parts of the world, Scheper-Hughes feels thata. it is instinctual for mothers to grieve deeply over a dead son or daughter in every society including those with high infant mortality rates.b. poor mothers everywhere cannot help but become attached to their sickly infants even though the latter are likely to die.c. it is natural for poor mothers to maintain emotional distance from infants who are likely to die.d. civil authorities try hard to improve the condition of poor women but the latter won"t help themselves.e. poor women let their babies die despite concerted efforts by church authorities to prevent them from doing so.
Q:
The !Kung regularly understate their own hunting achievements to avoid looking arrogant.