- 1. Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It explores the ways in which people in different societies perceive and interpret the world around them, looking at aspects such as beliefs, traditions, rituals, social organization, and material culture. Cultural anthropologists aim to understand and document the diverse ways in which people create meaning, make sense of their lives, and interact with their environments. Through fieldwork and participant observation, they seek to gain insight into the complexities of human societies and the dynamics of cultural change over time.
Who is known as the 'father of modern anthropology'?
A) Claude Lévi-Strauss
B) Margaret Mead
C) Franz Boas
D) Bronisław Malinowski
- 2. What is the study of human cultures and societies known as?
A) Anthropology
B) Sociology
C) Geography
D) Psychology
- 3. Which anthropologist is famous for their work with the Yanomami tribe in South America?
A) Napoleon Chagnon
B) Mary Leakey
C) Zora Neale Hurston
D) Ruth Benedict
- 4. What is the term for the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture?
A) Cultural relativism
B) Acculturation
C) Participant observation
D) Ethnocentrism
- 5. Which anthropologist is known for their study of kinship and social organization in African societies?
A) Radcliffe-Brown
B) Clifford Geertz
C) Edward Burnett Tylor
D) Margaret Mead
- 6. What term refers to the practice of living among the people being studied while participating in their daily activities?
A) Ethnography
B) Participant observation
C) Cultural diffusion
D) Acculturation
- 7. What is a key concept in cultural anthropology that emphasizes understanding another culture from its own perspective?
A) Structural functionalism
B) Diffusionism
C) Cultural relativism
D) Postmodernism
- 8. Which anthropologist is known for their study of symbolism and ritual in Balinese culture?
A) Ruth Benedict
B) Zora Neale Hurston
C) Clifford Geertz
D) Bronisław Malinowski
- 9. Which anthropologist is known for their study of the Nuer people in South Sudan?
A) Ruth Benedict
B) Bronisław Malinowski
C) Margaret Mead
D) E.E. Evans-Pritchard
- 10. Which type of kinship system traces relationships through one parent's lineage only?
A) Patrilineal
B) Matrilineal
C) Bilateral
D) Unilineal
- 11. What is the name for a group of people who all believe they are descended from a common ancestor?
A) Sib
B) Tribe
C) Clan
D) Lineage
- 12. What is the term for the practices, beliefs, and values shared by a group of people?
A) Culture
B) Society
C) Tradition
D) Ethnicity
- 13. What is the term for the transmission of cultural elements from one society to another?
A) Cultural adaptation
B) Cultural diffusion
C) Cultural assimilation
D) Acculturation
- 14. Which anthropologist is known for their study of gift exchange and reciprocity in Melanesian societies?
A) Marcel Mauss
B) Bronisław Malinowski
C) Ruth Benedict
D) Margaret Mead
- 15. What is the term for the process of acquiring culture?
A) Enculturation
B) Acculturation
C) Globalization
D) Assimilation
- 16. Anthropologist Margaret Mead famously studied the culture of which Pacific island?
A) Samoa
B) Fiji
C) Hawaii
D) Tonga
- 17. Which theoretical perspective in anthropology focuses on the functions of cultural practices within society?
A) Functionalism
B) Post-colonialism
C) Conflict theory
D) Critical theory
- 18. What is the term for a set of cultural ideas and beliefs that shape people's perception of the world?
A) Globalization
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Worldview
D) Subsistence
- 19. Which anthropologist is known for their study of the !Kung San people in Botswana?
A) Clifford Geertz
B) Bronisław Malinowski
C) Ruth Benedict
D) Richard Lee
- 20. What is the term for the process by which societies change over time and adapt to their environment?
A) Diffusionism
B) Cultural evolution
C) Cultural ecology
D) Cultural relativism
- 21. What is the term for a socially approved way of behaving in a particular social position?
A) Role
B) Culture
C) Norm
D) Value
- 22. What is the term for the process by which people come to understand their social world?
A) Colonization
B) Acculturation
C) Socialization
D) Globalization
- 23. What term refers to the study of language and its relation to culture?
A) Syntax
B) Phonetics
C) Etymology
D) Linguistic anthropology
- 24. Which anthropologist is known for their study of the Trobriand Islands in the Pacific?
A) Franz Boas
B) Bronisław Malinowski
C) E.E. Evans-Pritchard
D) Margaret Mead
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