ANT101 – Cultural Anthropology Chapter 6 Name:
1. _____ All human societies have an economic system in which people must:
a. produce, distribute, and sell. b. sell, consume, and produce. c. produce, reproduce, and sell.
d. produce, distribute, and consume. e. distribute, consume, and sell.
2. Prestige:
a. is primarily associated with increased consumption and display in Western societies.
b. is primarily associated with giving goods away to obtain greater social status in Western societies.
c. is universally associated with increased consumption and display in societies worldwide.
d. is universally associated with increased consumption and display in societies worldwide.
e. is an individual acquisition and does not have any social values associated with it.
3. ____Which of the following statements is not correct?
a. All societies have a system by which they allocate resources.
b. All societies have distinct patterns and styles of consumption.
c. All societies organize men and women in similar tasks.
d. All societies exchange and consume the products of production.
4. In general, as population and social complexity increase:
a. differential access to land and equal access to knowledge develop.
b. equal access to knowledge and labor develops. c. differential access to social networks develops.
d. equal access to resources develops. e. differential access to resources develops.
5. In pre-industrial societies, the most basic resource is:
a. knowledge. b. social networks. c. labor. d. land. e. authority.
6. Among which subsistence system do we find the most flexible land boundaries?
a. foragers. b. pastoralists. c. horticulturalists. d. agriculturalists. e. industrialists.
7. The most common form of reciprocity found among foragers is:
a. market exchange. b. balanced reciprocity. c. equal reciprocity.
d. generalized reciprocity. e. negative reciprocity.
8. The Kula ring is an example of:
a. balanced markets. b. generalized reciprocity. c. social reciprocity. d. negative reciprocity. e. balanced reciprocity.
9. Why did the Canadian government outlaw potlatch feasts from 1884 to 1951?
a. They wanted to compete with the native peoples and were not included in the prestige feast.
b. They wanted the native peoples to sell the goods to the Canadian government.
c. They considered it to be an irrational waste of goods that could be put to more productive use on behalf of native peoples.
d. They considered the potlatch to be a threat to the authority of the Canadian government which controlled the production of all native goods.
e. They wanted to exterminate all of the native peoples.
10. Capitalism results in the creation of a society in which:
a. there will always be rich and poor.
b. everyone has equal access to resources of production.
c. individuals who work hard enough are able to become rich.
d. the rich will always take care of the poor.
e. the poor and the rich will always exchange places over generations.