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1.
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________ is a distinguishing feature and a method of cultural anthropology.
A) Applied anthropology
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B) Forensic anthropology
C) Problem oriented research
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D) Participant observation
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eH wrtu
co
2.
Culture
rs mea
o.
A) is genetically encoded
B) is invented by each generation
ou Src
C) cannot be changed once acquired
D) is transmitted within as well as between generations
vioau

aC d s
vi haryere
3.
The study of all people, at all times, and in all places is a broad definition of what academic discipline?
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A) anthropology
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B) linguistics
C) biology
D) literature
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E) entomology
Th
4.
Th
Linguistic anthropology is considered one of the “four fields” of anthropology. Which of the following is
NOT one of the other four fields?
A) cultural anthropology
B) physical anthropology
C) archeology
D) applied anthropology
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5.
Using your own cultural system to interpret what others are doing, with the assumption that your own system
is the only one that make sense, is referred to as:
A) cultural relativity.
B) cultural relativism.
C) emic analysis.
D) ethnocentrism.
m
E) ethnosemantics.
co
rr.
er ans blu
6.
The strong emphasis on fieldwork in American anthropology traces its origins to the teachings of which of
m
the following?
A) Socrates
eH wrtu
co
B) Martin Luther King, Jr.
C) George Washington
rs mea
o.
D) Franz Boas
E) Ferdinand deSaussure
ou Src
vioau
aC d s
7.
vi haryere
Boas argued that you could only really understand another cultural system by:
A) visiting occasionally, staying for at least a week each time you visit.
B) engaging in lots of rituals and ceremonies.
ed S d
C) hiring highly qualified interpreters to translate for you.

arle is stu
D) focusing your collection on myths, folktales, and children's rhymes.

E) learning and speaking the language of the people you are living with.
sihs fi is
Th
8.
Most anthropologists doing ethnographic research in another society would be interested in learning about
which of the following behavior patterns of the members of that society?
Th
A) what people actually do.

B) what people regard as ideal behavior.
C) what people believe they do.
D) All of the above.
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9.
Which of the following is true of non-human primate communication?
A) Recent research indicates that bonobos and chimpanzees are the only non-human primates that exibit
duality of patterning.
B) Recent research indicates that all of the great apes are capable of a rudimentary form of duality of
patterning.
C) Recent research indicates that humans seem to be the only primates that use duality of patterning.
D) Recent research indicates that whales and humans are the only creatures that use duality of patterning.
m
co
rr.
10.
er ans blu
When anthropologists study other societies, they need to suspend their own culture-based judgments. What is
this kind of approach called?
m
A) holistic anthropology
B) cultural relativity
eH wrtu
co
C) etic ethnography
D) ethnocentrism
rs mea
o.
ou Src
vioau
11.
Theoretical linguistics, in contrast with linguistic anthropology, is:
aC d s
A) analytical, data interpretive, and structural.

vi haryere
B) diverse, grammar based, and syntax related.

C) focused, specific, and intuitive.
D) organized, expressive, and complex.
ed S d
E) comparative, hierarchical, and laboratory based.

arle is stu

sihs fi is
Th
12.
Which of the following best describes linguistic anthropology?
A) holistic, comparative, and fieldwork-based
B) focused, specific, and intuitive
C) holistic, comparative, and intuitive
Th
D) focused, specific, and fieldwork-based

E) comparative, hierarchical, and laboratory-based
13.
The spectrum of visible light:
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A) is a continuum of light waves with frequencies that increase at a continuous rate from one end to the
other
B) has distinct colors such as red and green that every human individual can perceive (unless they are
color-blind)
C) is divided up into colors in the same way by all normal people in all cultures of the world
D) was first discovered and described by Franz Boas
m
co
14.
rr.
Grammar consists of:
A) morphology
er ans blu
B) syntax
C) phonology
m
D) A and B
E) A and C
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
ou Src
15.
vioau
Which of the following is most consistent with the definition of language provided by Dennis O'Neil in your
website tutorials?
A) Language is another word for dialect, which is a particular way of speaking.
aC d s
vi haryere
B) Language is any form of symbolic communication.

C) Language is a broad term referring to human patterned verbal behavior.
D) Language is a set of specific rules for generating speech.
ed S d
arle is stu
16.
sihs fi is
Which of the following statements is true of language?

Th
A) Native speakers do not have to memorize all possible sentences that can be created.
B) All languages have logical rules.
C) If your language does not have some of the sounds of another language, it is usually difficult for you to
hear the differences and to pronounce them correctly.
D) all of the above
Th
17.
Alexandra Jaffe, writing of her fieldwork in Corsica, described four scenes in which her choice of language
(Corsican) communicated more than what was being said. Which of the following was NOT a message being
conveyed in the situations she described?
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A) With Marie's husband: only Corsicans can speak Corsican.

B) With elderly neighbor ladies: Corsican is the habitual language in intimate settings.
C) In a literary gathering: if foreigners can learn and speak Corsican, than Corsicans have no excuse for
not learning and speaking it themselves.
D) Sitting with friends: Only stupid, illiterate people speak Corsican.
m
co
18.
The meaning of words and phrases in the Mandarin Chinese language is mostly altered by changing:
rr.
A) word order
B) tones of sounds
er ans blu
C) prefixes and suffixes of words
m
eH wrtu
co
19.
rs mea
o.
The term used by cognitive anthropologists to refer to a specific area of cultural emphasis is:
A) semantic domain.
ou Src
B) cultural focal point.
vioau
C) meaning emphasis.
D) taxonomy.
E) componential analysis.
aC d s
vi haryere

ed S d
20.
arle is stu
Anthropologists today generally believe that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

A) is totally incorrect. Reality is reality, and it is knowable and empirically testable.
B) is partially correct. Despite the fact that language does filter reality, we can learn to understand things
sihs fi is
according to another culture's categories.

Th
C) is absolutely correct. Language predetermines our categories of reality, and these categories are fixed
and unchanging throughout our lives.
Th
21.
Scholars doing “the new ethnography” argued that the categorization system encapsulated in a language, and
the way a language categorized items:
A) was useless to scientific anthropology inquiry.
B) determined the mental maturity of the people who used it.
C) was more sophisticated among “civilized” peoples.
D) was a model, or mental map, that speakers had for that particular part of the world.
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E) could help elders in that culture to resist the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

22.
The idea that categories can be graded, and that some members of a category can be more central than others,
is attributed to which of the following theories?
m
A) ethnosemantic theory
co
B) frame theory
C) the theory theory
rr.
D) prototype theory
E) Whorf’s theory
er ans blu
m
eH wrtu
co
23.
A recent challenge to the idea of linguistic relativity came from Berlin and Kay's study of:
rs mea
o.
A) basic color terms.
B) essential kin types.
ou Src
C) words for water.
vioau
D) words for shapes.

E) words for plants.
aC d s

vi haryere
24.
ed S d
Berlin and Kay’s research suggested that color terms emerged during cultural development in an orderly
arle is stu
fashion. They believed the first three stages of emergence were:

A) (1) red, (2) blue, (3) black and white.
B) (1) black and white, (2) red, (3) green or yellow.
sihs fi is
C) (1) black and white, (2) blue, (3) green.

Th
D) (1) red and blue, (2) black and white, (3) grey.
E) (1 )yellow, (2) green, (3) black and white.
Th
25.
The idea that language affects, and even determines, your ability to perceive and think about things, as well
as to talk about them, is referred to as:
A) linguistic relativity.
B) linguistic determinism.
C) the linguistic principle.
D) linguistic affectivism.
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E) ethnocentrism.
26.
Language as a "prison" sums up which of the following kinds of linguistic determinism?
A) weaker Whorf/Sapir
m
B) strong Whorf/Sapir
co
C) moderate Boas
D) classic deSaussure
rr.
E) contemporary Pike
er ans blu
m
27.
eH wrtu
co
______________ identifies and describes language sounds. ______________ analyzes the way sounds are
arranged in languages.
rs mea
o.
A) Phonetics / phonemics
B) Phonemics / Phonetics
ou Src
C) Phonetics / Phonetics
vioau
D) Phonemics / Phonemics
E) Phonology / Morphology
aC d s

vi haryere
28.
ed S d
The study of the physical properties of sounds and the nature of the sound waves that they produce is known
arle is stu
as:
A) acoustic phonetics.
B) auditory phonetics.
sihs fi is
C) articulatory phonetics.
Th
D) descriptive phonetics.
E) synesthetic phonetics.
Th
29.
The study of how sounds are perceived is known as:
A) acoustic phonetics.
B) auditory phonetics.
C) articulatory phonetics.
D) descriptive phonetics.
E) generative phonetics.
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30.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of information included on a phonetic chart for
consonants?
A) place
m
B) manner
co
C) voicing
D) rounding
rr.
E) nasalization
er ans blu
m
31.
eH wrtu
co
The International Phonetic Alphabet symbol [m] represents a:
A) voiced velar nasal.
rs mea
o.
B) voiceless velar fricative.
C) voiced bilabial stop.
ou Src
D) voiceless bilabial stop.
vioau
E) voiced bilabial nasal.

aC d s
vi haryere
32.
Phonetic charts for vowels are most useful if they show:
ed S d
A) tongue height.
arle is stu
B) tongue place.
C) lip rounding.
D) tongue height, tongue place, and lip rounding.
sihs fi is
E) tongue height and tongue place only.

Th
33.
Th
The analysis of words and how they are structured is called:

A) phonology.
B) morphology.
C) morphemes.
D) phonemes.
E) morphetics.
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34.
Which of the following English words is analyzable into three English morphemes?
A) cat
B) Connecticut
C) firefighter
D) brunch
E) candlelight
m
co
rr.
35.
er ans blu
Morphemes are generally described in terms of :
A) their phonological components.
m
B) whether they function as bases or affixes.
C) whether they function as roots, stems, or bases.
eH wrtu
co
D) whether they function to distinguish words or sentences.
E) whether they have grammatical gender or not.
rs mea
o.
ou Src
vioau
36.
The root morpheme in the English word farmers is:
aC d s
A) arm.
vi haryere
B) farm.
C) farmer.
D) farmers.
ed S d
E) armers.
arle is stu

sihs fi is
37.
Th
The area of linguistic anthropology that examines and describes the ways that words are arranged into
phrases and sentences is called:
A) phonology.
B) morphology.
Th
C) syntax.
D) synthaesthesia.
E) grammemics.
38.
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Grammars designed to serve as models of “proper” speech are called:

A) generative grammars.
B) prescriptive grammars.
C) descriptive grammars.
D) all of these choices.
E) none of these choices.
m
co
39.
rr.
Consider the following KiSwahili data:
er ans blu
subjects: -ni = I; u- = you; tu- = we
tenses -na- = present tense -li- = past tense; -ta- = future tense
m
objects: - ni- = me -ku- = you -tu- = us
stems: -ona = see -penda = like -sikia = hear
eH wrtu
co
Using this data, how would you translate the KiSwahili word ninakuona into English?
rs mea
o.
A) You see me.
B) You saw me.
ou Src
C) I see you.
vioau
D) I hear you.
E) I will see you tomorrow.
aC d s

vi haryere
40.
ed S d
Consider the following KiSwahili data:

arle is stu
subjects: -ni = I; u- = you; tu- = we

tenses -na- = present tense -li- = past tense; -ta- = future tense
sihs fi is
objects: -ni- = me -ku- = you -tu- = us

stems: -ona = see -penda = like -sikia = hear
Th
Using this data how would you translate the English phrase You will like us into KiSwahili?
A) Kutatuona
B) Tutakupenda
Th
C) Kulitupenda
D) Utatupenda
E) Kutatupenda
41.
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The ability to speak a language well in a variety of social situations is called:

A) linguistic competente.
B) verbal competente.
C) communicative competence.
D) poetic competence.
E) special competence.
m
co
42.
rr.
The way to “get” symbolic capital is to demonstrate:
A) syntactic competence.
er ans blu
B) linguistic competence.
C) communicative competence.
m
D) alphabetic competence.
E) symbolic infrastructure.
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
ou Src
43.
vioau
A group of people who share a single language variety and focus their identity around that language is called
a:
A) linguistic community.
aC d s
vi haryere
B) speech community.
C) community of practice.
D) competent community.
E) community center.
ed S d

arle is stu
sihs fi is
44.
Th
The P of Dell Hymes’ S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to:

A) politeness.
B) posture.
C) pomp and circumstance.
D) participants.
Th
E) precursors to speech.
45.
The I of Dell Hymes’ S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to the channels that are used (speaking, writing,
signing, etc.) as well as the varieties of language that speakers use (language, dialect, register, etc.). These are
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called the:
A) impositionals.
B) inlays.
C) instrumentalities.
D) isms.
E) instructional precepts.
m
co
46.
rr.
The close study of actual conversational exchanges is called:
A) exchange analysis (EA).
er ans blu
B) symbolic analysis (SA).
C) phonological analysis (PA).
m
D) morphological analysis (MA).
E) conversation analysis (CA).
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
ou Src
47.
vioau
An approach whose goal is the discovery of those rules that help to legitimate particular conversational
practices, as well as the ideas or ideologies that people have about languages and conversations, is called:
A) exchange analysis (EA).
aC d s
vi haryere
B) rule analysis (RA).

C) morphological analysis (MA).
D) discourse analysis (DA).
E) ideology analysis (IA).
ed S d

arle is stu
sihs fi is
48.
Th
Michael Agar’s acronym MAR stands for:

A) Misinformation, Arrogance, and Retaliation.
B) Mistake, Awareness, and Repair.
C) Mission, Agreement, and Redress.
D) Mimic, Alarm, and Reform.
Th
E) Meditation, Authenticity, and Realization.

49.
The study of how people perceive and use space, developed by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in the 1950s
and ‘60s, is called:
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A) spaciology.
B) proxemics.
C) kinesics.
D) proxology.
E) the Hall hypothesis.
m
co
50.
Gestures that convey emotion, such as smiles or frowns, are called:
rr.
A) illustrators.
B) emblems.
er ans blu
C) affect displays.
D) adaptors.
m
E) displays.
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
51.
ou Src
Gestures with direct verbal translations, such as a wave goodbye, are called:
vioau
A) affect displays.
B) emblems.
C) regulators.
aC d s
vi haryere
D) illustrators.
E) periodic elements.
ed S d
arle is stu
52.
Using a wink to acknowledge a shared secret is an example of
sihs fi is
A) proxemics
Th
B) kinesics
C) linguistics
D) participant observation
E) all of the above
Th
53.
Ottenheimer discussed the fact that a college dean has a larger office than a department head who has a larger
office than a faculty member as an example of
A) kinesics
B) status regulation
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C) proxemics
D) kinemorphological analysis
54.
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of police uniforms?
m
A) They are consciously and overtly symbolic so that they can rapidly and clearly communicate status.
co
B) Putting them on can change police behavior and the behavior of others towards them.
C) neither of the above
rr.
er ans blu
m
eH wrtu
co
55.
Which of the following statements is true in America and many other cultures?
rs mea
o.
A) Comfort in interaction distance mostly has to do with the distance between faces that are looking
directly at each other.
ou Src
B) Spitting on another person is a sign of utmost contempt in all cultures.
C) Most people around the world share the same view about what is a comfortable interaction distance for
vioau
talking about impersonal topics.

aC d s
vi haryere
56.
ed S d
Which of the following statements is true?

arle is stu
A) Humans are the only animals that use non-verbal methods of communication.
B) Only about 10% of what we communicate when talking directly with others is through paralanguage.
C) Paralanguage is part of the redundancy in communication that helps prevent ineffective
sihs fi is
communication.
Th
57.
Th
Vocal characteristics such as tone of voice, tempo, and pitch are referred to as:
A) paralanguage.
B) parakinesics.
C) vocalizations.
D) speech surrogates.
E) pig latins.
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58.
Non-speech forms of communication such as "talking" drums, and whistle "speech" where sound signals
substitute for spoken words or parts of words are referred to as:
A) speech repairs.
B) speech substitutes.
C) speech impediments.
D) surrogate vocalizations.
m
E) supralanguage.
co
rr.
er ans blu
59.
Which of the following refers to a graphic mark that represents a specific idea or meaning?
m
A) phonetic sign
B) semantic sign
eH wrtu
co
C) pedantic sign
D) reflexive sign
rs mea
o.
E) elaborative sign
ou Src
vioau
60.
aC d s
Which of the following uses combinations of logographic and syllabic signs?

vi haryere
A) logographic writing
B) alphabetic writing
C) logosyllabic writing
ed S d
D) syllabic writing
arle is stu
E) signal writing
sihs fi is
Th
61.
Which of the following is an ancient record-keeping system that used a system of knots tied into strings?
A) cornelian binding
B) clove hitching
Th
C) khipus
D) khoinage
E) cuneiform
62.
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Which of the following is a true statement about writing systems?

A) Complete writing systems allows one to record any and all thoughts or words, while partial writing
systems are limited in what they can convey.
B) There is no such thing as a "complete" writing system since the written form of any language is
constantly developing and changing.
C) A pictographic writing system may be partial or complete depending on its complexity.
D) Only a writing system that uses phonetic determinatives can be considered a complete system.
m
co
rr.
63.
The smallest segment of a language that is represented by its writing system is known as a
er ans blu
A) phoneme
B) determinative
m
C) grapheme
D) lexeme
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
ou Src
64.
vioau
The Mayan writing system

A) was syllabic.
B) combined logographic, syllabic, and logsyllabic writing techniques.
aC d s
vi haryere
C) was logographic.
D) was alphabetic.
ed S d
arle is stu
65.
In a writing system, which of the following is a sign that helps to separate different words that might be
sihs fi is
pronounced similarly?
Th
A) phonetic indicator
B) phonetic determinative
C) semantic indicator
D) semantic determinative
E) semantic attributor
Th
66.
A language that is written from right to left is:
A) Arabic.
B) English.
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C) Chinese.
D) Inka.
E) Japanese.
67.
m
The theoretical approach to literacy that defines it as a technology that you can learn to use is called the:
co
A) automatic approach.
B) autonomous approach.
rr.
C) alphabetic approach.
D) practice approach.
er ans blu
E) pragmatic approach.
m
eH wrtu
co
68.
rs mea
o.
According to the autonomous approach theorists, literate thinking, acquired by learning how to read, is
characterized by which of the following kinds of thinking?
ou Src
A) abstract
vioau
B) concrete
C) situational
D) memory-based
aC d s
vi haryere
E) subjective
ed S d
arle is stu
69.
Knowing how to write appears to change one’s awareness of:
A) words (as separate elements of discourse).
sihs fi is
B) sounds and syllables (as individual segments of speech).

Th
C) syntax or sentence construction.

D) all of these
E) words and sounds and syllables only.
Th
70.
The design feature of language that refers to the fact that speakers can hear themselves talk and that they can
monitor what they say as they say it is referred to as:
A) vocal auditory channel.
B) broadcast transmission and directional reception.
C) interchangeability.
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D) total feedback.
E) rapid fading.
71.
The design feature of language that refers to the fact that language signals don’t last very long is:
m
A) specialization.
co
B) semanticity.
C) arbitrariness.
rr.
D) rapid fading.
E) broadcast transmission and directional reception.
er ans blu
m
eH wrtu
co
72.
The design feature of language that refers to the fact that discrete units of language at one level (such as
rs mea
o.
sounds) can be combined to create different kinds of units at a different level (such as words) is which of the
following?
ou Src
A) discreteness
vioau
B) displacement
C) productivity
D) duality of patterning
aC d s
vi haryere
E) arbitrariness
ed S d
arle is stu
73.
The design feature of language that allows you to produce and comprehend entirely new utterances that
you’ve never spoken or heard before is which of the following?
sihs fi is
A) discreteness
Th
B) displacement
C) productivity
D) duality of patterning
E) arbitrariness
Th
74.
Although the capacity for speech appears to be part of the human genetic makeup, most linguistic
anthropologists now believe that children learn languages:
A) primarily in social and cultural settings.
B) primarily from listening to folktales.
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C) primarily in school.
D) only by playing with other children.
E) only in pre-determined stages of development.
75.
m
Regarding ideas about language in children, the “active construction of a grammar (or theory) theory" argues
co
that:
A) as children develop their linguistic abilities, their intellectual abilities follow suit.
rr.
B) as children develop their intellectual abilities, their linguistic abilities follow suit.
C) language is already hard-wired into the brain at birth.
er ans blu
D) children need to hear language from others around them (stimulus) and to receive praise (positive
feedback) from parents and/or caretakers in order to develop their linguistic
m
abilities.
E) children observe and interact with the world around them and form theories about their experiences.
eH wrtu
co
rs mea
o.
ou Src
76.
vioau
A theory that children’s brains function as language acquisition devices, comparing specific languages with a
genetically built-in “core grammar” to help children acquire specific languages rapidly, is what kind of
theory?
aC d s
A) innatist theory
vi haryere
B) behaviorist theory
C) cognitivist theory
D) active construction of a grammar (or theory) theory
ed S d
E) semantic acquisition theory

arle is stu

sihs fi is
Th
77.
Recent sign language research in Nicaragua appears to bolster which of the following theories about language
acquisition?
A) behaviorist theory
B) cognitivist theory
Th
C) innatist theory
D) language acquisition device theory
E) active construction of a grammar (or theory) theory
78.
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Linguistic anthropologist Robbins Burling argues that some of the earliest instances of language use might
have been:
A) generating calls, rather than comprehending them.
B) comprehending calls, rather than generating them.
C) closing calls, rather than opening them.
D) generating examples of duality of patterning.
E) inventing folktales and tall tales.
m
co
rr.
79.
Researchers have found that when spoken communication is hampered for some reason, alternate sign
er ans blu
languages may develop. Select the true statement from the answers below.
A) These alternate sign languages are complete languages and can be analyzed for their structural,
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cultural, and social aspects just as spoken languages can.
B) These alternate sign languages are usually simple systems and not complete languages.
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80.
vioau
Which of the following physical characteristics is/are thought to be necessary for spoken human language?
A) wisdom teeth
B) incisors
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C) enlarged nasal passages

D) enlarged tongue
E) lowered larynx
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81.
sihs fi is
Which of the following is considered to be the most likely order of steps along the road to the evolution of
full-fledged human language?
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A) from duality of patterning through closed calls to blended calls

B) from duality of patterning through blended calls to closed calls
C) from closed calls through duality of patterning to blended calls
D) from closed calls through blended calls to duality of patterning
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E) from blended calls through closed calls to duality of patterning

82.
According to recent research, in the last 500 years the world has lost approximately what percent of its
languages?
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A) 75 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 10 percent
E) 0 percent
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83.
Which of the following factors does NOT help “maintain and promote” endangered languages?
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A) a dominant culture that favors linguistic diversity.
B) a weak sense of ethnic identity among the speakers of the endangered language
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C) bilingual and bicultural programs in schools
D) developing a literature (from traditional as well of new sources) in the endangered language
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E) a strong sense of ethnic identity among the speakers of the endangered language
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84.
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Which of the following is the term used by linguistic anthropologists for attempts to maintain endangered
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languages?
A) language aid
B) language rebirth
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C) language revitalization
D) language loss
E) language endangerment
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85.
sihs fi is
About how many languages are being spoken in the world today?
Th
A) 500-1000
B) 1000-2000
C) 5000-6000
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86.
The island of New Guinea is important linguistically because:
A) It is unusually homogenous linguistically, with only one language and one dialect.
B) Nothing yet is known about its languages.
C) It has an extremely large number of different languages.
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87.
Why is the uniformity of the Marshallese language considered surprising?
A) They have lived in the islands so long, one would expect that the language would have changed more
over time.
B) Given the long distances between the atolls and islands, one might expect that isolation of
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subpopulations would result and the language would become more diverse over time
C) Archaeological evidence indicates the Marshall Island were inhabited by several migratory waves of
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people of different origins, and one would expect some of the original differences to be maintained.
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88.
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One strategy the Marshallese use to cope with the effects of the nuclear testing program involves
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A) lobbying all over the world, attempting to build up a military force that they can use to seek revenge.
B) the creation of a unique "radiation language."
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C) an extended psychotherapy program provided by the U.S. government.
D) the ritual execution of babies born with radiation-related illnesses.
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89.
vi haryere
The U.S. Government resettled the inhabitants of Bikini atoll in 1968. Why don't people live there today?
A) The Marshallese have become more urbanized now and have moved to more populated areas where
they can earn a wage.
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B) The people of Bikini have dispersed. Most decided to go live in the U.S. since they got use to our way
arle is stu
of life during the exile period.

C) People do live there - they just live in isolated pockets because it is easier to make a living that way.
D) Bikinians found that their home atoll remained highly contaminated, despite U.S. assurances that it
sihs fi is
was safe to resettle.

Th
90.
Th
The new birthing vocabulary in the Marshallese islands suggests that:

A) there are no indigenous words for birthing in Marshallese.
B) population control is an important area of cultural emphasis in the Marshall Islands.
C) there has been an increase in healthy live births in the Marshall Islands since nuclear testing.
D) the aftermath of nuclear testing has become an important cultural emphasis in the islands.
E) the Marshallese are proud of their role in the history of nuclear testing.
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91.
People differ in how they view the world because
A) they live in different geographical locations.
B) religions have different views of the world.
C) cultures -- and hence cultural norms -- differ.
D) of biological differences.
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92.
rr.
Why do human rights activists usually reject moral and cultural relativism?
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A) Because they have little interest in other societies and cultures.
B) Because their main focus is on international law.
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C) Because relativism assumes that there is a universally accepted value system.
D) Because relativism requires observers to accept all values and practices.
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93.
What makes cultural anthropology different from other forms of social science research?
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A) The use of surveys

B) The use of fieldwork and participant observation
aC d s
C) A focus on qualitative research

vi haryere
D) The use of opinion polls

E) All of the above
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arle is stu
94.
sihs fi is
In reading American football as a cultural text, it seems that Americans feel about football the same way they
feel about
Th
A) a corporate boardroom.
B) war.
C) mariiage.
D) death.
Th
95.
Which of the following was discussed in your Robbins text as something Americans believe results in
success?
A) the right family connections
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B) self-denial
C) wanting to succeed bad enough
D) good luck
96.
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American football best represents which American ideal?
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A) Relations with others as they are supposed to work
B) Family as it is supposed to work
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C) Success as it is supposed to work
D) Games as they are supposed to work
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97.
By examining the “Happy Meal” advertised by one fast-food chain, anthropologists can, among other things,
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A) draw broad conclusions about American tastes in food.
B) deduce how much multinational firms spend on advertising food products.
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C) provide insights into industrial and agricultural history and gender roles.
vioau
D) All of the above

E) None of the above
aC d s

vi haryere
98.
ed S d
Which of the following is NOT something a “Happy Meal” demonstrates about American culture?
arle is stu
A) Beef has the central role in American diets, rather than complex carbohydrates.
B) As long as food is inexpensive, Americans will eat it no matter where it came from.
C) Children’s toys reflect American gender roles.
sihs fi is
D) American consumption patterns create waste and environmental damage.

Th
99.
Th
Which of these is NOT an example of symbolic action?

A) Celebration of New Year’s Eve in the United States.
B) A college football game.
C) Working in a family garden.
D) An outdoor concert by the band U2.
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100.
What do metaphors do?
A) Provide a way to accurately describe reality.
B) Illustrate the inherent limits of language.
C) Use language from one domain of experience to describe another domain.
D) Provide similes to better describe human experience.
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C) hiring highly qualified interpreters to translate for you.

D) focusing your collection on myths, folktales, and children's rhymes.

A) what people actually do.

A) analytical, data interpretive, and structural.

B) diverse, grammar based, and syntax related.

E) comparative, hierarchical, and laboratory based.

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D) focused, specific, and fieldwork-based

B) Language is any form of symbolic communication.

Which of the following statements is true of language?

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A) With Marie's husband: only Corsicans can speak Corsican.

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Anthropologists today generally believe that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

according to another culture's categories.

E) could help elders in that culture to resist the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

D) words for shapes.

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fashion. They believed the first three stages of emergence were:

C) (1) black and white, (2) blue, (3) green.

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E) voiced bilabial nasal.

E) tongue height and tongue place only.

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The analysis of words and how they are structured is called:

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Grammars designed to serve as models of “proper” speech are called:

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Consider the following KiSwahili data:

subjects: -ni = I; u- = you; tu- = we

objects: -ni- = me -ku- = you -tu- = us

The ability to speak a language well in a variety of social situations is called:

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The P of Dell Hymes’ S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to:

B) rule analysis (RA).

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Michael Agar’s acronym MAR stands for:

E) Meditation, Authenticity, and Realization.

talking about impersonal topics.

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following uses combinations of logographic and syllabic signs?

Which of the following is a true statement about writing systems?

The Mayan writing system

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B) sounds and syllables (as individual segments of speech).

C) syntax or sentence construction.

E) semantic acquisition theory

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C) enlarged nasal passages

A) from duality of patterning through closed calls to blended calls

E) from blended calls through closed calls to duality of patterning

of life during the exile period.

was safe to resettle.

The new birthing vocabulary in the Marshallese islands suggests that:

A) The use of surveys

C) A focus on qualitative research

D) The use of opinion polls

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D) All of the above