Deck 14: Anthropology Goes to Work

Question 1

The fifth field of anthropology after biological, linguistic, archaeological and cultural is:

A) applied
B) international
C) diplomatic
D) governmental
E) domestic

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The fields in which anthropologists have jobs include:

A) military
B) industry
C) medical
D) government
E) all of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The major cause of Ebola is:

A) HIV/AIDS
B) poor nutrition
C) that we don't understand it
D) international travel
E) weak health care systems

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Anthropologist Paul Farmer says which idea is the root of all that's wrong with the world:

A) That all people are equal
B) That the rich control resources
C) That some lives matter less than others
D) That economists are usually wrong
E) That less is more

Question 5

The main cause of the mass killings in Chile in the 1970s was:

A) American foreign policy
B) neoliberal economic theories put into practice
C) Pinochet
D) Chilean security forces
E) all of the above

Question 6

Providing intravenous drug users with free clean needles

A) promotes drug use
B) contributes to their choice not to quit
C) contributes to their inability to get a job
D) helps prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS
E) can't do anyone any good

Question 7

The most effective fisheries policies are those that

A) come from the National Marine Fisheries Service
B) are administered by anthropologists
C) are enforced by the Coast Guard
D) involve the fishers themselves
E) are enforced by local police.

Question 8

The most valuable tool for fisheries management is:

A) ethnography
B) economic theory
C) biology
D) joining together economics and biology
E) good intentions

Question 9

The severe economic inequalities in the U.S. have been brought to our attention by:

A) television coverage
B) the government
C) economists
D) the Occupy movement
E) National Public Radio

Question 10

Anthropologists never work for:

A) the military
B) the government
C) industry
D) health care systems
E) none of the above

Question 11

The most important thing anthropologists can contribute is:

A) their good intentions
B) ethnography
C) appropriate economic theory
D) administrative skills
E) financial knowledge

Question 12

An RFP is a:

A) Request for Proposals
B) Re-Financed Property
C) Renewed Federal Proposition
D) Reported Fair Practice
E) Renowned Finance Professor

Question 13

EPIC is:

A) Environmental Practice in Corporations
B) Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference
C) a comic book convention
D) an opera by Wagner
E) the collection of Icelandic sagas

Question 14

The main goal of the health care system in the U.S. is to:

A) make profits for corporations
B) ensure good health for every person who lives in the U.S.
C) ensure good health for U.S. citizens wherever they may be.
D) make sure the U.S. is a healthy place to live and work.
E) provide work for health care professionals.

Question 15

The small scale ethnographic approach is the best for all problems.

Question 16

Anthropology has enough of its own methods and theories to solve most problems and doesn't need any from other disciplines.

Question 17

Milton Freidman was the leader of the Chicago School of economics.

Question 18

The Chicago School of economists is chiefly responsible for alleviating poverty around the world.

Question 19

Most anthropologists applaud their colleagues who have worked with the military.

Question 20

Many anthropologists condemn their colleagues who work with industry.

Question 21

The chief distinction between legal and illegal drugs is the class of the people who use them.

Question 22

Drugs and drug users are the chief cause of the deterioration of urban areas in the U.S.

Question 23

For most positions in applied anthropology it is more important to be able to work alone in isolation than as a member of a team.

Question 24

Any job you have in a system makes you complicit in the good or the evil that system does.

Question 25

If you teach anthropology in a university you are not responsible for anything your own government may do.

Question 26

Scott and Helen Nearing were famous anthropologists.

Question 27

Erin Holland is an example of an anthropologist who had to have a PhD to work as an applied anthropologist.

Question 28

You have to have a PhD to work as an anthropologist for the U.S. CDC.

Question 29

Poverty is the result of the natural operation of markets, which are governed by laws of nature, and thus is inevitable.

Question 30

Poverty is one consequence of neoliberal economic policies.

Question 31

The reason the Cuban health care system has the number of physicians it does is because of the U.S. economic boycott.

Question 32

The U.S. has frequently interfered in the affairs of Latin American governments.

Question 33

Any anthropologist should be able to tell other anthropologists that what they are doing is ethical or unethical.

Question 34

In the U.S., universities are indispensable parts of the same system as the military, corporations, and government agencies.

Question 35

List two corporations that have used applied anthropologists:

Question 36

List some (three, four, five) government agencies that anthropologists work for

Question 37

Discuss some of the reasons Cuba has more physicians per person than the U.S.

Question 38

Discuss some of the reasons the U.S. has fewer doctors per person than Cuba.

Question 39

Discuss the major causes of the Ebola outbreak in 2014-15.

Question 40

Discuss some of the barriers to the widespread adoption of co-management in U.S. fisheries.

Question 41

What have you learned from reading the sidebars in this chapter?

Question 42

Discuss some of the skills a practicing anthropologist should have.

Question 43

Discuss the importance of ethnography in applied anthropology.

Question 44

Discuss how neoliberal economists have harmed the people of the world.

Question 45

Discuss why the alternative food movement in the U.S. would be attractive to anthropologists.