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QUESTION 60 ____________________________________ is the belief (often unconscious) that people everywhere see the world in much…
QUESTION 60
____________________________________ is the belief (often unconscious) that people everywhere see the world in much the same way.
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idealism |
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| b. |
naive realism |
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| c. |
empiricism |
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| d. |
fictive kinship |
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QUESTION 61
Which one of the following is not true about Tibetan polyandry?
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Polyandry enables wealthier farmers to maintain their higher standard of living. |
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Polyandry is often preferred by Tibetans. |
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Polyandry lowers the birth rate. |
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| d. |
Polyandry eliminates sexual competition among brothers. |
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QUESTION 62
The process that promotes economic, political, and other cultural connections among people living all over the world is called
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cultural hybridization. |
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| b. |
world systemization |
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| c. |
cultural diffusion. |
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| d. |
globalization. |
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QUESTION 63
What theory would posit that human beings act toward people and things in ways that have meaning for them, and that meanings are handled and modified through an interpretive process?
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cultural materialism |
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symbolic interactionism |
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| c. |
functionalism |
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| d. |
conflict theory |
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QUESTION 64
What are two factors that shape religious pluralism in 21st century multicultural societies?
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pilgrimage and rites of passage |
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disillusionment and conversion |
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immigration and conversion |
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| d. |
transnationalism and hybridization |
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QUESTION 65
In “How Sushi Went Global,” Bestor notes that Japan’s control over sushi as a Japanese cultural entity
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has weakened, as many non-Japanese sushi bars that identify with other ethnicities have opened in metropolitan areas outside of Japan. |
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is apparent in the use of Japanese buyers and “tuna techs” to instruct New England fishermen on the proper techniques to catch, handle, and pack tuna for export. |
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has diminshed; the number of U.S. visas granted to Japanese sushi chefs, tuna buyers, and other workers in the global sushi business has dropped to under 200 a year. |
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has diminished as it has become more widely available around the world, from baseball stadiums to fine dining establishments in the United States, and from apartments in Madrid to Buenos Aires. |
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QUESTION 66
In “Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage” Dubisch argues that participation in the Run for the Wall
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is a needless glorification of war |
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| b. |
is not effective as a form of protest |
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is like a rite of passage moving normal veterans into a select group of war advocates |
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is a personally transforming experience partially designed to heal personal wounds |
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QUESTION 67
When a kinship membership is traced either through males or through females but not both, it is called
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patrilineal |
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| b. |
unilineal |
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ambilineal |
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| d. |
bilateral. |
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QUESTION 68
What factor do Shandy and Moe point to in “Negotiating Family and Work Time in America” as the most important in understanding why women with unprecedented access to education, jobs and income “opt out” of the workforce?
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income |
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| b. |
education |
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gender |
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| d. |
generation |
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QUESTION 69
According to McCurdy in “Family and Kinship in Village India,” the term patrilineage refers to
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closely related men who are all descended from a known ancestor. |
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closely related women who are all descended from a known ancestor. |
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women belonging to one’s mother’s patriclan (arak). |
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women belonging to one’s own patriclan (arak). |
