Chapter 1 Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The Nacirema are found in:
a. Africa.
b. South America.
c. North America.
d. Asia.
e. Europe.
Answer: C Page: 2
2. Nacirema ritual is based on the belief that:
a. religious activity leads to economic success.
b. agricultural practices need to improve to produce greater yields.
c. the human body has a natural tendency to get sick and diseased.
d. neighboring tribes are jealous of the Nacirema’s commercial success.
e. travel outside of the Nacirema borders is dangerous.
Answer: C Page: 2
3. Why do the Nacirema place so much emphasis on the latipsoh?
a. It is the temple where individuals who are sick go for healing.
b. It is a ritual tool that the Holy Mouth Man uses to pierce teeth.
c. It is a ritual garment that individuals wear in order to be healed.
d. It is a shrine that is used to increase one’s economic successes.
, e. It is a precious gem found only on Nacirema lands.
Answer: A Page: 3
4. What is the significance of the opening story on the Nacirema people?
a. It shows that some cultures are irrational.
b. It depicts religion as economically-based.
c. It demonstrates the importance of preventative medicine for long life.
d. It illustrates how culture can be viewed from more than one perspective.
e. It shows that culture plays a minor role in people’s lives.
Answer: D Page: 4 MSC: WWW
5. In anthropology, “culture” refers to:
a. a group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being.
b. a group whose goals, values, and environmental adaptations are very
different.
c. the way members of a society adapt to their environment and give meaning
to their lives.
d. the practice of understanding groups of people within their own
environment.
e. the scientific and humanistic study of human beings.
Answer: C Page: 5 MSC: WWW
6. Students of anthropology tend to be interested in all of the following except:
a. a desire to better know themselves as individuals.
b. an interest in gaining knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
c. an interest in better understanding their own culture.
d. a goal of choosing a superior culture.
, e. a basic curiosity in exploring our world.
Answer: D Page: 5
7. Which of the following best describes the anthropological approach to other
cultures?
a. cultural relativism
b. ethnocentrism
c. inheritance
d. analytical
e. descriptive
Answer: A Page: 5
8. Anthropology is distinct from other academic disciplines because it embraces:
a. ethnocentrism.
b. a comparative approach.
c. the study of human biology.
d. the distinction between culture and society.
e. holism.
Answer: E Page: 6 MSC: WWW
9. In the United States, anthropology has traditionally included four subdisciplines:
a. biological anthropology, ethnography, archaeology, cultural anthropology.
b. cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, ethnology, anthropological
linguistics.
c. anthropological linguistics, ethnology, primatology, forensic anthropology.
d. forensic anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology.
, e. cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics, archaeology, biological
anthropology.
Answer: E Page: 7 MSC: WWW
10. The study of the development of contemporary social networks through the
technology of Facebook is an example of research in:
a. cultural anthropology.
b. biological anthropology.
c. human variation.
d. primatology.
e. archaeology.
Answer: A Page: 7
11. Which of the following best describes an ethnoscape?
a. It is the ethnic make-up of an urban landscape.
b. It is the group of cultures that anthropologists study in order to understand
globalization.
c. It is a global view of the ethnic diversity that makes up our world today,
especially in terms of business.
d. It is a global distribution of people who are associated with each other by
culture and history.
Multiple Choice
1. The Nacirema are found in:
a. Africa.
b. South America.
c. North America.
d. Asia.
e. Europe.
Answer: C Page: 2
2. Nacirema ritual is based on the belief that:
a. religious activity leads to economic success.
b. agricultural practices need to improve to produce greater yields.
c. the human body has a natural tendency to get sick and diseased.
d. neighboring tribes are jealous of the Nacirema’s commercial success.
e. travel outside of the Nacirema borders is dangerous.
Answer: C Page: 2
3. Why do the Nacirema place so much emphasis on the latipsoh?
a. It is the temple where individuals who are sick go for healing.
b. It is a ritual tool that the Holy Mouth Man uses to pierce teeth.
c. It is a ritual garment that individuals wear in order to be healed.
d. It is a shrine that is used to increase one’s economic successes.
, e. It is a precious gem found only on Nacirema lands.
Answer: A Page: 3
4. What is the significance of the opening story on the Nacirema people?
a. It shows that some cultures are irrational.
b. It depicts religion as economically-based.
c. It demonstrates the importance of preventative medicine for long life.
d. It illustrates how culture can be viewed from more than one perspective.
e. It shows that culture plays a minor role in people’s lives.
Answer: D Page: 4 MSC: WWW
5. In anthropology, “culture” refers to:
a. a group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being.
b. a group whose goals, values, and environmental adaptations are very
different.
c. the way members of a society adapt to their environment and give meaning
to their lives.
d. the practice of understanding groups of people within their own
environment.
e. the scientific and humanistic study of human beings.
Answer: C Page: 5 MSC: WWW
6. Students of anthropology tend to be interested in all of the following except:
a. a desire to better know themselves as individuals.
b. an interest in gaining knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
c. an interest in better understanding their own culture.
d. a goal of choosing a superior culture.
, e. a basic curiosity in exploring our world.
Answer: D Page: 5
7. Which of the following best describes the anthropological approach to other
cultures?
a. cultural relativism
b. ethnocentrism
c. inheritance
d. analytical
e. descriptive
Answer: A Page: 5
8. Anthropology is distinct from other academic disciplines because it embraces:
a. ethnocentrism.
b. a comparative approach.
c. the study of human biology.
d. the distinction between culture and society.
e. holism.
Answer: E Page: 6 MSC: WWW
9. In the United States, anthropology has traditionally included four subdisciplines:
a. biological anthropology, ethnography, archaeology, cultural anthropology.
b. cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, ethnology, anthropological
linguistics.
c. anthropological linguistics, ethnology, primatology, forensic anthropology.
d. forensic anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology.
, e. cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics, archaeology, biological
anthropology.
Answer: E Page: 7 MSC: WWW
10. The study of the development of contemporary social networks through the
technology of Facebook is an example of research in:
a. cultural anthropology.
b. biological anthropology.
c. human variation.
d. primatology.
e. archaeology.
Answer: A Page: 7
11. Which of the following best describes an ethnoscape?
a. It is the ethnic make-up of an urban landscape.
b. It is the group of cultures that anthropologists study in order to understand
globalization.
c. It is a global view of the ethnic diversity that makes up our world today,
especially in terms of business.
d. It is a global distribution of people who are associated with each other by
culture and history.
