Deck 1: Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Question 1

The study of the cultural anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean irelevant for all of the following reasons except:

A) economic
B) geo-political
C) ethnocentric
D) demographic

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Between 1990 and 2000, the number of Hispanic/Latino-identifying individuals ithe United States reached approximately:

A) 102 million
B) 82 million
C) 36 million
D) 21 million

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to the 2000 US Census Bureau, in the United States, approximatelwhat number of inhabitants speaks a language other than English on a regular basis, and, of that number, what percentage is Spanish-speaking?

A) 47 million/60 percent
B) 63 million/45 percent
C) 11 million/85 percent
D) 6 million/90 percent

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The primary significance of Spanish-speaking media in the United States is to:

A) inform Hispanic/Latino viewers of the news in Mexico and adjacent countries
B) develop a sense of belonging and community among Hispanic/Latino viewers in the United States
C) influence political decision-making in the United States when it affects Hispanic/Latino viewers
D) entertain Hispanic/Latino viewers

Question 5

Which of the following is not an example of cultural politics in the United Stateinvolving Hispanic/Latino inhabitants?

A) teaching Spanish as a foreign language in public schools
B) portrayal of Hispanic/Latino peoples in Hollywood films
C) interpretation of historical events related to Hispanic/Latino heritage
D) ability to use Spanish in government offices

Question 6

According to The Statistical Abstract of Latin America, what percentage of U.Sexports is destined for Latin America?

A) 70 percent
B) 55 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 10 percent

Question 7

Long-term, personal, face-to-face contact and living with the people they study iwhat anthropologists call:

A) ethnocentrism
B) cultural relativism
C) ethnography
D) participant observation

Question 8

Which of the following best describes Oscar Lewis' "culture of poverty"?

A) cultural system altered by poverty, marginality, and oppression is transmitted across generations
B) cultural system that endorses migration and work in sweatshops
C) cultural system that lacks any kind of development and is passed from generation to generation
D) cultural system in which internal exploitation is common in traditional communities

Question 9

In what countries did Oscar Lewis do his fieldwork on the "culture of povertyconcept?

A) the United States and Cuba
B) Mexico and Puerto Rico
C) Puerto Rico and the United States
D) Guatemala and Mexico

Question 10

Why was Oscar Lewis' study on the "culture of poverty" so controversial?

A) it focused on Puerto Ricans in poverty in the United States
B) it advocated that cultures of poverty were relics of the past
C) it claimed that poverty resulted in stronger and more adaptable cultures
D) it argued that poverty does not exist within a culture

Question 11

One of the major conclusions of Nancy Scheper-Hughes' study of poverty anchildhood is that:

A) poor children tend to develop a larger social network than those from more affluent homes
B) children born into poverty have a lower education level than those from a more affluent background
C) children in poor families are ordinarily expected to die before reaching maturity
D) death is common to all social classes, regardless of poverty

Question 12

It is estimated that in the shantytown of Alto do Cruzeiro, approximately whapercentage of infants die before their 5^th birthday?

A) 75 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 10 percent

Question 13

All of the following were primary objectives in Scheper-Hughes' study of Alto dCruzeiro except:

A) explain how and why women contributed to the deaths of their infants
B) understand how shantytown mothers provided ideological justification for their acts
C) understand the political-economic and cultural milieu within which the women found themselves
D) suggest that infant and child mortality was not connected to poverty

Question 14

Which of the following is not a common cause of death among children in Alto dCruzeiro?

A) infanticide
B) parasitic infections
C) malnutrition
D) starvation

Question 15

What is the primary cause of contrasting or controversial ethnographic accounts?

A) ethnocentrism
B) use of different methods and theory
C) academic preparation of the author
D) use of participant observation

Question 16

The destinies of North American, Latin American, and Caribbean peoples havbecome interwoven over the past 150 years.

Question 17

The study of Latin America and the Caribbean was more important 100 years agthan it is today.

Question 18

Latin America is the United States' most important trading partner.

Question 19

The Monroe Doctrine established the geo-political interests of the United States ithe Western Hemisphere.

Question 20

Anthropologists study cultural diversity and do not look for cultural similarities.

Question 21

All scholarly research is informed by similar theoretical perspectives.

Question 22

Nancy Scheper-Hughes' study of shantytown life and child morbidity occurs iHaiti.

Question 23

Death without Weeping overwhelmingly consists of family biographies.

Question 24

Scheper-Hughes argues that "motherhood" is not an instinctual and innate quality.

Question 25

Scheper-Hughes found that mothers in Alto do Cruzeiro chose not to breastfeetheir infants because it was not socially acceptable.

Question 26

Name five reasons why the study of the anthropology of Latin America and thCaribbean is important today.

Question 27

What is ethnography?

Question 28

What are the similarities between the studies of Oscar Lewis and Nancy ScheperHughes?

Question 29

According to the study, Death without Weeping, how do women contribute to thdeaths of their infants in Alto do Cruzeiro?

Question 30

Describe what the author means by a "pan-Latino" identity in the United States.

Question 31

Compare and contrast cultural relativism and critical cultural relativism.

Question 32

Discuss the most significant contributions associated with Oscar Lewisethnography, La Vida.