Deck 8: The Anthropology of Religion

Question 1

Revitalization movements frequently occur:

A) when people have been defeated and occupied
B) when people think the time is right for it
C) when the priests call for them
D) when the government orders them
E) when the holy books predict they will happen

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The Wahab sect of Islam is mostly found in:

A) Turkey
B) Algeria
C) Egypt
D) Saudi Arabia
E) Libya

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Most fundamentalists fear:

A) sex
B) science
C) experts
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In societies without states, everyone has an interest in helping settle disputes because:

A) everyone gets a cut of the action
B) disputes might escalate and become feuds
C) the courts demand it
D) theirs is a peaceful culture
E) Thailand doesn't allow feuds

Question 5

To understand religion we must:

A) sincerely join the religion we want to understand
B) believe in some religion, though not maybe the one we want to understand
C) believe in no religion
D) be careful not to use our own categories of thought
E) have sincere faith, even if it isn't for a particular religion

Question 6

Religions of all states require:

A) tithing
B) official record-keeping
C) belief
D) individual worship
E) periodical meeting in a place

Question 7

In a state religion, if a statement is counter-experiential:

A) it can never be used in a religious argument because it's false
B) it may be a component of belief
C) you can think it as long as you don't act on it
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 8

Where there are state religions there are also:

A) religions based on households
B) no other religions are allowed
C) revitalization movements
D) fundamentalist groups
E) missionaries from other systems

Question 9

One main difference between household and capitalist production is:

A) capitalist production takes only necessary value
B) the household system takes no surplus value
C) the capitalist system returns more than it takes
D) households don't pay taxes
E) firms hire workers

Question 10

Religions based on belief help states seem:

A) reasonable
B) inevitable
C) just
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 11

In state systems:

A) there is a definite separation of religion and state
B) the state's main role is to support the religion
C) the religion's main role is to support the state
D) the priests are the same as the rulers
E) revitalization movements provide the religions

Question 12

The reason fundamentalism came to Afghanistan was:

A) oil money
B) patronage from the Saudi Royal family
C) European and American colonialism
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 13

The masculinity of fundamentalist men is threatened by:

A) changing gender roles
B) assertive women
C) the unreliability of past practices
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 14

Karen Armstrong argues that fundamentalist men like guns because:

A) they like machines
B) they like to affect things at a distance
C) it's part of their culture
D) it's part of their faith
E) they feel castrated

Question 15

In the U.S., politicians of the right play into fundamentalists' insecurities by:

A) opposing gun control
B) opposing women's choice about abortion
C) fear of the exercise of federal power
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 16

Creation science is:

A) the same as intelligent design
B) an American fundamentalist religious doctrine
C) not science at all
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 17

Those who most closely agree with the creation science arguments are:

A) fundamentalist Muslims
B) anthropologists
C) biologists
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following attacked the Ottoman Empire during the early 20th century?

A) Russia
B) England
C) France
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 19

The country that survives today from the Ottoman Empire is:

A) Armenia
B) Greece
C) Albania
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 20

The English wanted to control Egypt for:

A) its oil
B) its part in the Ottoman Empire
C) the Suez Canal
D) its control of Libya
E) its control of Algeria

Question 21

There are no new religions except false ones.

Question 22

Islamist militants hate freedom.

Question 23

Britain controlled Egypt during much of the 20th century.

Question 24

France invaded Algeria during the 20th century.

Question 25

Italy invaded Libya during the 20th century.

Question 26

Germany invaded North Africa during the 20th century.

Question 27

The Wahabi order is mostly in Saudi Arabia.

Question 28

Wahabi and Sanusi are examples of Islamic revitalization movements.

Question 29

Bedouin tribesmen allowed the Sanusi to occupy their land.

Question 30

During the first two decades of the 20th century most of the Middle East belonged to the Ottoman Empire.

Question 31

One anthropologist likened Europe to a giant octopus reaching out to seize and exploit all of Africa and Asia.

Question 32

Mujahidin or holy warriors fought against the Italian invaders of Libya.

Question 33

Italian invaders thought that Bedouin would greet them as liberators from the Ottomans.

Question 34

The Bedouin greeted the Italian invaders as liberators.

Question 35

Some Americans expected Iraqis to greet them as liberators when Americans invaded Iraq.

Question 36

The Iraqis greeted Americans as liberators.

Question 37

The Wahab doctrines are the official religion of the Saudi state.

Question 38

The Wahab gave the King of Saudi Arabia permission to kill other Muslims.

Question 39

The British gave the King of Saudi Arabia air support to hunt down and kill his opponents.

Question 40

Islamist movements never attack governments of Islamic countries.

Question 41

The use of torture in Islamic governments justifies the G. W. Bush administration's use of torture.

Question 42

Fundamentalist Christians, Jews and Muslims all share many features.

Question 43

The corporate ideology and its cultural revolution has taken on dimensions of religious conservatism in the U.S.

Question 44

Dominionists believe the U.S. is destined to become a Christian nation led by Christian men directed by God.

Question 45

Lisu approach anything to do with spirits with reverence.

Question 46

To understand any religion we have to avoid using our own categories of thought.

Question 47

Fundamentally, everyone believes in one god.

Question 48

Everyone believes something.

Question 49

List five things fundamentalists of all beliefs fear:

Question 50

Name nine anthropologists mentioned in this chapter:

Question 51

How can we understand Christianity as a revitalization movement like the Handsome Lake Movement?

Question 52

Explain the organization of segmentary lineages.

Question 53

Explain how dispute settlement was important to Bedouin in Libya.

Question 54

Explain the relationship between the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, the Wahab sect of Islam, oil, the British, and current Islamic terrorists.

Question 55

Explain some of the similarities between fundamentalist Christians and Muslims.

Question 56

Discuss what Dominionism is in U.S. politics and its relationship to the corporate cultural revolution.

Question 57

Explain the relationship between states, belief, stratification and religion.

Question 58

Discuss the relationship between feasting for Lisu and being egalitarian using both emic and etic understandings.

Question 59

What was the point of the story about the Dalai Lama at the end of the chapter on religion?