1. Tribe is a complex society having political institutions that unite _____ groups into a political system.
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Both a and b
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2. State is a form of political system with centralized bureaucratic institutions to establish power and authority over _____ populations in clearly defined territories.
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Large
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3. A representative sample of people of various ages or statuses in a society is known as_____
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Both b and c
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4. Quantitative Data is the data that can be expressed as numbers, including _____ data.
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All of these
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5. Nonstatistical information that tends to be the most important aspect of ethnographic research is known as Qualitative Data.
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True
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6. A society in which the tertiary or service sector of the economy predominates is known as_____
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Post industrial Society
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7. A political community that has no clearly defined territorial borders with centralized authority is known as Nation-State.
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False
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8. Modernization is_____ , and religious changes related to modern industrial and technological developments.
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All of these
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9. Mercantilism is a system in which the government regulates the economy of a state to ensure_____
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All of these
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10. Intensive Agriculture is the cultivation of crops by preparing permanent fields year after year, often using _____
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Both
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11. The use of machines and other sophisticated technology to satisfy the needs of society by transforming raw materials into manufactured goods is known as_____
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Industrialization
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12. A society that uses sophisticated technology based on machinery powered by advanced fuels to produce material goods is known as_____
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Industrial Society
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13. Independent Variable is a causal variable that produces an effect on another variable, the _____ variable.
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Dependent
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14. Foraging Society is another classification used for a _____ society.
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Hunting and gathering
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15. Etic Perspective is the study of a culture from an _____ point of view.
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Outsider’s
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16. Emic Perspective is the study of a culture from an _____ point of view.
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Insider’s
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17. A type of social structure that emphasizes equality among different statuses is known as Egalitarian.
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True
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18. Dependent Variable is a variable whose value changes in response to changes in the _____ variable.
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Independent
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19. A severe psychological reaction that results from adjusting to the realities of a society radically different from one’s own is known as_____
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Culture Shock
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20. The simultaneous antagonism of two variables is known as Correlation.
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False
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21. _____ is considered a feature of civilization.
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All of these
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22. Chiefdom is a political system based on kinship that has a _____ leadership, headed by a chief.
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Both a and b
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23. Chief is a person who _____ the basic productive factors of the economy and has privileged access to strategic and luxury goods.
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All of these
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24. The least complex and, most likely, the oldest form of a political system is known as Band.
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True
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25. For almost 99% of our human history, people earned a living by engaging in which of the following subsistence strategies?
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Foraging
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26. According to Diamond, which of the following factors inhibited the rise of intensive agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas?
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In these geographic zones, there were few plants and animals that were amenable to domestication.
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27. Anthropologists must learn to cope with unfamiliar and sometimes unpleasant experiences when entering the field or returning to their home communities. This sometimes severe psychological reaction is commonly referred to as ______.
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Culture shock
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28. The Human Terrain System is widely accepted in anthropology as an ethical application of ethnographic research.
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False
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29. According to the text, what is the most important asset that a cultural anthropologist has in the field?
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Language skills
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30. An anthropologist goes to the field to test the hypothesis that population growth causes increasing frequency of warfare. Which variable is the independent variable?
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Population growth
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31. Cross-cultural studies allow anthropologists to do which of the following?
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Identify behaviors that are culture specific and those that are universal
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32. In anthropology, the word “tribe” is a general term referring to all forms of pre-industrial society.
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False
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33. Categories of sociocultural systems including band, tribe, chiefdom, and state, are thought of as “ideal types” in anthropology. What does that mean?
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They do not conform to the actual reality, complexity, and diversity of people and cultures in the world.
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34. Which of the following best describes the objectives of participant observation?
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To describe and explain connections between cultural variables present in the study population
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