Anth: Chapter 2

you arrive at a red, 8 sided sign when driving your car, and know that the sign is suggesting that you stop

some, but not all, cultures participate in daylight savings time

there are rules governing when to kiss someone

freedom of religion is a cornerstone of american society

Advances in transportation technology via seafaring allowed Europeans to travel farther and faster, thus seeing more of the diversity of the world's people. This resulted in the creation of the concept of different "races" of humans. This concept of race as signifying human difference is best described by which term?

Americans tend to drive on the right side of the road.

This is an example of a:

Bernice spends time each day reading online news reports from several different news agencies around the world. As a result, she becomes aware of multiple ideas and perspectives, incorporating these into her own outlook and actions. This is an example of which of the following terms?

Bertha likes to eat dinner at 5 p.m. She travels to Italy and decides she doesn't like the country because restaurants tend to open for dinner at 7 p.

m. or later. Bertha is practicing:

Bertram marries someone from outside his cultural group. Which anthropological term best applies to this situation?

Contemporary debates about privacy in American society post 9/11 are fundamentally debates about which of the following?

Culture is something that is shared and learned, traits that are

Franz Boas believed that cultures develop in different ways because of the unique and complex sets of issues and situations that members of the cultural group face over time. This way of understanding cultural differences came to be known as:

Societies are not omnipotent. Individuals within a society do have the ability to challenge existing norms and values, and to effect change in the mental maps of reality and the structures of power.

This is known as

The appearance of McDonald's in China and the way that it homogenizes Chinese culture, the influx of Mexican refugees in southern California, and the degree to which Mexican culture itself impinges on the cultural landscape of southern California are both easily observed effects of globalization, and both help to foster a

The attacks of 9/11 led to serious problems in American-Muslim relations, even among those Muslims who were born and raised in America. In any balanced attempt to examine the motives for the attacks, it is necessary to practice cultural relativism, which demands that we

The belief that cultural patterns are determined by our genetic makeup is best described using which term?

The belief that culture is held together by a series of important elements such as economy, education, religion, kinship, and politics that all serve to maintain societal equilibrium is known as:

The handshake as a form of greeting in the United States is an example of a:

The suggestion that all cultures progress through a similar set of stages is no longer accepted in contemporary anthropology. This theory was known as:

There is evidence that minority residents of Anytown have reduced access to resources such as strong schools, libraries, and recreational centers than their majority counterparts. This is an example of:

We often consider the idea of power as being the ability to change using direct force.

It can also mean, however, that we exert ____ to effect change?

Which of the following terms refers to the process of learning culture?

Which of the following theoretical perspectives sees culture as a symbolic system of deep meaning?

While material power such as coercion and brute force were tools used by the Nazi regime, the creation of cultural agreement about the supposed dangers of populations such as the Jews, Roma, and others was what ultimately allowed the horrors of the Holocaust to take place. This cultural agreement is known as:

Why might an anthropologist consider the fans of a sports team a culture?

The potential power of individuals and groups to contest cultural norms, values, mental maps of reality, symbols, institutions, and structures of power.

A conceptual framework positing that each element of society serves a particular function to keep the entire system in equilibrium.

The ability of a dominant group to create consent and agreement within a population without the use or threat of force.

The uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture.

A system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behavior, artifacts, and institutions that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people.

a global outlook emerging in response to increasing globalization

The process of learning culture.

The theory proposed by nineteenth-century anthropologists that all cultures naturally evolve through the same sequence of stages from simple to complex.

Ideas or rules about how people should behave in particular situations or toward certain other people.

Anything that signifies something else.

The idea, attributed to Franz Boas, that cultures develop in specific ways because of their unique histories.

Cultural classifications of what kinds of people and things exist, and the assignment of meaning to those classifications.

A conceptual framework that sees culture primarily as a symbolic system of deep meaning.

The ability or potential to bring about change through action or influence.

A research strategy that combines detailed description of cultural activity with an analysis of the layers of deep cultural meaning in which those activities are embedded.

Fundamental beliefs about what is important, true, or beautiful, and what makes a good life.