AnswersAnthropology S1 - Brisco- 6310 - 202627EUnit 3: Looking at Culture in Context

Unit 3: Looking at Culture in Context Answers

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What is an example of a job in the service industry?

A
automobile manufacturer
B
coal miner
C
carpenter
D
computer programmer
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What the is most accurate statement about the ways American culture changed with widespread ownership of automobiles?

A
Norms about what distance was “close” or “far” changed.
B
It led to a demographic shift in the population.
C
Car ownership created the American value of individualism.
D
It’s responsible for the increased population in urban areas.
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What is the difference between enculturation and socialization?

A
Enculturation teaches norms; socialization teaches values.
B
Enculturation begins at birth and is life-long; socialization ends around age 18.
C
Enculturation is about broad group membership; socialization is more about roles and context.
D
Enculturation is taught by parents; socialization occurs outside the family unit.
4

What phenomenon lead to more and more people moving to cities as America industrialized?

A
spread of intensive agriculture
B
shift to a service economy
C
rise of mass production
D
war causing demographic shifts
5

What is an example of foraging?

A
growing herbs in small pots
B
raising sheep in the plains
C
stealing food from neighboring tribes
D
picking mushrooms in a forest
6

What kind of information is participant observation especially useful for collecting?

A
the history of a society
B
the demographic changes of a tribe
C
the physical ailments common to a group
D
a culture’s norms and values
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Why is historiography particularly important for an anthropologist reading old journal articles, newspaper stories, or oral accounts of a culture?

A
It allows the researcher to better understand the biases in their work.
B
It focuses on pulling information from many decades, not just one point in time.
C
It allows for these artifacts to be supplemented with live interviews.
D
It provides a rigorous system with which to compare cultures through ethnology.
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Those in hunter-gatherer societies have few specialized roles.

A
True
B
False
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Agnes and Tony are discussing whether the United States is an industrial society or a post-industrial society. Tony says that the United States in an industrial society because of the prevalence of mass production and specialized labor. What could Agnes offer as evidence that the United States is post-industrial?

A
More students are going to trade or technical schools to learn service jobs, rather than factory work.
B
The majority of the food for the United States comes from intensive agricultural practices, not horticulture.
C
Domestically, material costs for things like steel, iron, or even salt are at all-time lows.
D
There is widespread support of capitalism as an economic system, rather than socialist or communist ideologies.
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Why is swidden not used in modern intensive agriculture?

A
Seeds are genetically modified to not need it.
B
Heavy machinery has replaced the purpose of swidden.
C
Swidden is too harmful to the environment.
D
Modern fertilizers make swidden obsolete.

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