Anth 102 Exam 3

Front 1

Who wrote "On Social Evolution"?

Back 1

Spencer

Front 2

Who wrote "Invention of Culture"?

Back 2

Wagner

Front 3

Who wrote "In Small Things Forgotten"?

Back 3

Deetz

Front 4

Who wrote "Islands of History" and "How Natives Think"?

Back 4

Sahlins

Front 5

Who wrote "Apotheosis of Captain Cook"?

Back 5

Obeyesekere

Front 6

Order in which books were published:

(Remember: Only invent islands at Hawaii)

Back 6

1. On Social Evolution

2. Invention of Culture

3. Islands of History

4. Apotheosis of Captain Cook

5. How Natives Think

Front 7

True or False?

Early Models of social evolution were based on models of biological evolution

Back 7

TRUE

Front 8

True or False?

Karl Marx dedicated one of his early texts to Charles Darwin

Back 8

TRUE

Front 9

True or False?

Boas was a student of Sapir's

Back 9

FALSE

Front 10

True or False?

Navajo grammar emphasizes movement

Back 10

TRUE

Front 11

True or False?

Boas believed that evolutionism was the main enemy of cultural relativism

Back 11

FALSE

Front 12

True or False?

functionalism was developed in england

Back 12

TRUE

Front 13

True or False?

the social structures that Radcliffe-Brown studied consisted mainly of buildings

Back 13

FALSE

Front 14

True or False?

the social structures that Radcliffe-Brown consisted mainly of institutions like marriage

Back 14

TRUE

Front 15

True or False?

murdock started the Human Relations Area File

Back 15

TRUE

Front 16

True or False?

Levi-Strauss pioneered Structuralism

Back 16

TRUE

Front 17

True or False?

Structuralists believe that each culture has different binary oppositions that mediate their world

Back 17

TRUE

Front 18

True or False?

many societies practice left-hand mutilation

Back 18

TRUE

Front 19

True or False?

The Georgian order refers to the state of Georgia

Back 19

FALSE

Front 20

True or False?

Obeyesekere believes that 18th century native Hawaiians thought that captain cook was their god Lono.

Back 20

FALSE

Front 21

True or False?

Obeyesekere believes that has special insight into the plight of other oppressed peoples because he himself was oppressed by English colonial rule

Back 21

TRUE

Front 22

Is Spencer Unilinear or Multilinear?

Back 22

Unilinear

Front 23

Is Murdock Unilinear or Multilinear?

Back 23

Multilinear

Front 24

Is MorganUnilinear or Multilinear?

Back 24

Unilinear

Front 25

Is TylorUnilinear or Multilinear?

Back 25

Unilinear

Front 26

Is Steward Unilinear or Multilinear?

Back 26

Multilinear

Front 27

Whiter and whiter plates-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 27

Gregorian Order

Front 28

Multi-handled tygs and mugs-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 28

Medieval Mindset

Front 29

Hall and Parlor house-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 29

Medieval Mindset

Front 30

Matching sets of plates and cups with one person/one plater setting-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 30

Gregorian Order

Front 31

Unpainted House-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 31

Medieval Mindset

Front 32

Polished and smooth gravestones on all sides-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 32

Gregorian Order

Front 33

Cherub gravestone motifs-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 33

Gregorian Order

Front 34

Broadcast Refuse-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 34

Medieval Minset

Front 35

Unpolished and rough cut gravestones-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 35

Medieval Mindset

Front 36

Death's head gravestone motifs-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 36

Medieval Mindset

Front 37

A place for everything and everything in its place-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 37

Gregorian Order

Front 38

White-painted house-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 38

Gregorian Order

Front 39

Drab natural colored ceramics-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 39

Medieval Mindset

Front 40

Central Hall House-

Gregorian Order or Medieval Mindset?

Back 40

Gregorian Order

Front 41

Who is the Father of Sociology?

Back 41

Spencer

Front 42

American Historical Particularism is an anthropological theory that is also known as what?

Back 42

Cultural Relativism

Front 43

Who is the Father of American Anthropology?

Back 43

Boas

Front 44

Who is the Father of Linguistics?

Back 44

Sapir

Front 45

What is the third gender of the Zuni called?

Back 45

Berdache

Front 46

Which anthropological theory suggested that all cultures satisfy seven universal human needs?

Back 46

Functionalism

Front 47

Which anthropologist believed that

"culture=technology+environment" ?

Back 47

Steward

Front 48

Which of the following characteristics does not apply to Mugwe?

Back 48

None

Front 49

Wagner believes that anthropologists create or invent each other the following except what?

Back 49

The Scientific Method

Front 50

Apotheosis refers to what?

Back 50

Making someone into a God

Front 51

What is the flaw in basing social evolution on Biological Lamarckianism? Define Social Lamarckianism.

Back 51

The flaw is that social biological lamarckianism is not how nature works and the social extension of it is equally untrue. Social Lamarckianism states that: - societies pass on acquired traits/characteristics- societies lose primitive ones when they stop using them - there is a progress and strive "so surely must man become perfect".

Front 52

Explain each of the different words in the title "American Historical Particularism"

Back 52

American: started in America, it is the "politically ideal country", Historical : Culture depended on the history of each particular group Particularism: Each group has independent histories, therefore independent cultures

Front 53

How does Azande magic function to maintain the political authority of the village headman?

Back 53

Magic is used to explain someone's death. Relatives avenge death by killing the witch, but they must get permission from the village chief first. Witch killing reinforces the chief's authority.

Front 54

Explain Deetz's rocket-ship analogy. include a definition of each of the three periods in his book.

Back 54

The distance the rocket is from the Earth relates to American colonists' cultural distance form England, in 3 phases

1. Blast off. The rocket is still near Earth, colonists still retain a lot f English culture (medieval mindset)

2. The rocket is now in the stratosphere and the colonists have developed their own American culture. (American folk culture)

3. Crash landing. The rocket comes back to Earth, the colonists revert back to English ways ( Re-Anglification)

Front 55

How do gravestone epitaphs change over time through Deetsz's three periods? Describe the sayings on the stones during each period.

Back 55

Gravestone epitaphs changed from medieval to the Georgian order.

In periods 1&2: the epitaph made clear there was a rotting body in the ground with phrases such as " here lies..." there appears to be no fear of death and suggests that death mocks the passerby.

Periods 2&3: the epitaph emphasizes the soul and the afterlife due to the influence of the Great Awakening. The symbol is of a cherub. "In memory of..."

Period 3: Gravestones became re-Anglicanized and the epitaph emphasized accomplishments in life. "He was a good father.." Urn and willow tree, religion becomes secularized.

Front 56

Why was Deetz a Boasian structuralist?

Back 56

He never insisted on universal categories for all peoples and minds mediate historically particular binary opposites

Front 57

How did trash disposal change over time according to Deetz?

Back 57

Period 1:

Trash tossed out of doors and windows for domestic animals to scavenge

Period 2: Trash placed regularly in carefully dug trash pits