Anthropology and the Arts MCQ

World Music incorporates different musical styles from cultures throughout the world.

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Correct Answer: True

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World art means the contemporary_____ of non-Western peoples.

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Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Orientalism means scholarship and art generated by _____ that represented their views of the middle east.

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Correct Answer: Europeans

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Manga is _____ comic book art.

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Correct Answer: Japanese

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Ledger are the drawings in ledger books made by some native american peoples to record _____events.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Play performances that are expressive forms of culture with functions different from the other arts are known as Deep.

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Correct Answer: False

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Bhangra is a musical form that originated in the folk music of_____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Arts refer to forms of creative expression that are guided by aesthetic principles and involve _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Animation, as in the popular culture of_____; usually refers to the animation of manga, or comic book graphic art.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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When they speak of “world art,” anthropologists usually mean art that ______.

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Correct Answer: Has origins in traditional cultures but wide circulation

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What is the relationship between tourism and art?

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Correct Answer: Tourism has increased sales of art from native populations.

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How did Fritz Scholder influence representations of Native Americans in American art?

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Correct Answer: He represented Native Americans in more realistic ways like showing poverty and alcoholism.

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The ritual use of henna in many Muslim cultures is most closely associated with which of the following events?

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Correct Answer: A ritual before a woman’s wedding

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Which of the following is considered body art?

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Correct Answer: Tattoos

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The initial purpose of ledger drawings was to ______.

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Correct Answer: Record a life lost in warfare or hunting

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Statues of generals from the Confederacy in the United States Civil War are thought by some to imply what about the areas where they are installed?

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Correct Answer: They represent and uphold a racist social order that has long existed.

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The Balinese cockfight is, symbolically, a battle between ______.

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Correct Answer: Two male egos

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Why is the Balinese cockfight used as an example of deep play?

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Correct Answer: The sport helps participants identify with ideal cultural aspects in themselves.

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As a form of artistic expression, which of the following is deep play meant to do to the consumer?

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Correct Answer: Allow people to viscerally experience an aspect of their own culture

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Which of the following artistic representations symbolizes something that is explicitly not real?

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Correct Answer: “Once upon a time”

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In the Balinese cockfighting tradition, on which is someone most likely to place a bet?

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Correct Answer: The bird they think is most likely to win.

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For what reasons do anthropologists think early humans made paintings in the caves of northern Spain?

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Correct Answer: They were used in rites of passage.

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In many cultures, originality in art is not always prized. Instead, cultures like those in sub-Saharan Africa prize ______ in the expression of art.

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Correct Answer: Improvisation

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Art is ______.

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Correct Answer: A universal aspect of the human experience

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