Question 1

What are the defining attributes of culture? What does it mean that culture is learned, shared, symbolic, all-encompassing, and integrated?

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Question 2

What are the different kinds of learning? On which kind of learning does culture depend?

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Question 3

How is culture adaptive? How may culture be maladaptive? Why is it important to understand that culture can be both adaptive and maladaptive?

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Question 4

How are human adaptability and culture related?

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Question 5

Explain the differences between cultural universals, generalities, and particularities. Illustrate your answer with examples.

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Question 6

What is globalization? What forces are driving it? How is globalization affecting local peoples, and how are they responding?

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Question 7

Which of the following would describe characteristics of the American Indian Movement (AIM) but not necessarily correspond to a similar feature of other indigenous rights movements around the world?

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The American Indian Movement (AIM) was specifically established during the U.S. civil rights era, which is a unique historical context not necessarily shared by indigenous rights movements in other parts of the world.

Question 8

Which of the following stands out as a misconception of the mass media as an agent of cultural imperialism?

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Question 9

Discuss why the term indigenous people has great political weight. What have indigenous movements in Latin America emphasized in their drive for self-determination?

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Question 10

What are some of the arguments for and against the interpretation of mass media as forms of cultural imperialism?

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Question 11

What strategies can help ensure that economic development and environmentalism benefit, rather than endanger, local communities?

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Question 12

Discuss the evidence for climate change and the specific evidence that climate change is at least partially human driven. What human factors influence climate change?

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Question 13

What are the causes and effects of deforestation? How does deforestation tie into climate change? What was the traditional approach to combating deforestation and what strategies are more likely to be effective?

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Question 14

Which of the following statements about the relation of Bronislaw Malinowski and his research to European colonialism is not true?

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The British Empire, contrary to the statement in option C, did see use for anthropologists in understanding and managing their colonies. Anthropologists like Malinowski were engaged in research that was of interest to colonial administrations, especially in areas such as land tenure and cultural practices, which could inform colonial policies.

Question 15

What kind of disease theory would acupuncture-a Chinese healing practice of inserting needles into the body to reduce pain and balance energies-exemplify?

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Acupuncture is based on the concept of balancing energies within the body, which aligns with naturalistic theories of disease. These theories suggest that health and illness result from natural causes and imbalances in the body's systems.

Question 16

In approaching the problem of urban gang violence, an applied anthropologist would likely not consult which of the following groups or categories of people in doing the study?

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An applied anthropologist focusing on urban gang violence would likely consult with groups directly involved or affected by the issue, such as police, ethnic enclaves, gang members, and community leaders, to gain a comprehensive understanding. Suburban middle-class people are generally not directly involved or affected by urban gang violence, making them less relevant for consultation in this specific context.

Question 17

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

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The success of the Madagascar project to increase rice production can be attributed to the involvement of Malagasy leaders who either came from the peasantry or had strong connections to it. This background meant they were inclined to adhere to the descent-group ethic, which emphasizes pooling resources for the collective benefit, a principle that likely facilitated cooperation and resource sharing critical for the project's success.

Question 18

What does it mean to say that an economic development project is culturally compatible? What are the advantages of ensuring that projects are culturally compatible?

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Question 19

What is the fallacy of underdifferentiation? What are some possible alternatives to it?

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What is overinnovation, and why can it undermine development projects?

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Quiz 1: Culture