ANTH 1000 CHAPTER 7 QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
This group participated in movements for greater democratization in El Salvador, particularly demanding
the inclusion of women at all levels of El Salvador's political decision-making bodies. They were known
as which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CO-MADRES
Which of the following is discussed in the chapter as an example of how gender ideology is often
reflected in gender stereotypes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Descriptions of the roles of egg and sperm in
college biology textbooks published during the early 1990s
In Mexican society, males are often associated with the term machismo, which indicates toughness and
self-centeredness. This is an example of what concept? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the cultural
construction of gender
True or false? Males are the universally dominant gender in human societies. Choose the BEST answer
below. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False, because previous assumptions of universal male dominance were
revealed to be overly simplistic.
Identify the anthropological evidence that has helped challenge the notion that early human males were
hunters and primary providers for their kin groups while women played secondary, passive roles. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Current foraging societies display collaboration rather than strict division
between gender roles.
Among the Etoro of Papua New Guinea, males have almost exclusive access to power, wealth, and
resources over females. This is an example of which of the following terms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅gender stratification
Gender may be one of the most engrained features of human culture. In their study of young children
playing co-ed T-ball, Landers and Fine found that engrained assumptions about boys' and girls'
athleticism resulted in - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅boys getting more playing time and challenging
positions.
How have most Western societies responded to the small minority of individuals who are intersex (born
with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads, and/or chromosomes)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅by assigning a gender, often with surgery or hormone treatment
This group participated in movements for greater democratization in El Salvador, particularly demanding
the inclusion of women at all levels of El Salvador's political decision-making bodies. They were known
as which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CO-MADRES
Which of the following is discussed in the chapter as an example of how gender ideology is often
reflected in gender stereotypes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Descriptions of the roles of egg and sperm in
college biology textbooks published during the early 1990s
In Mexican society, males are often associated with the term machismo, which indicates toughness and
self-centeredness. This is an example of what concept? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the cultural
construction of gender
True or false? Males are the universally dominant gender in human societies. Choose the BEST answer
below. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False, because previous assumptions of universal male dominance were
revealed to be overly simplistic.
Identify the anthropological evidence that has helped challenge the notion that early human males were
hunters and primary providers for their kin groups while women played secondary, passive roles. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Current foraging societies display collaboration rather than strict division
between gender roles.
Among the Etoro of Papua New Guinea, males have almost exclusive access to power, wealth, and
resources over females. This is an example of which of the following terms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅gender stratification
Gender may be one of the most engrained features of human culture. In their study of young children
playing co-ed T-ball, Landers and Fine found that engrained assumptions about boys' and girls'
athleticism resulted in - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅boys getting more playing time and challenging
positions.
How have most Western societies responded to the small minority of individuals who are intersex (born
with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads, and/or chromosomes)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅by assigning a gender, often with surgery or hormone treatment
