Most anthropologists would agree with the following statement about Yanomamo warfare:
a. Their fighting is grounded in a biologically based human instinct for aggression.
b. Warfare among the Yanomamo is too complex a situation to ever be explained by anthropologists.
c. Warfare is only of interest to anthropologists when it occurs in non-Western, tribal societies.
d. Warfare only occurs in patrilineal, patrilocal societies such as the Yanomamo.
e. Yanomamo warfare intensified after contact with the West.
E
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The male bias in development planning and projects refers to the __________
A) exclusion of women from many development projects B) tendency for family planning projects to target men rather than women C) tendency for development experts to emphasize the importance of schooling for boys more than for girls D) greater number of men than women hired to work for large development organizations such as the World Bank
What religious features would you expect to see in a state society?
A) full-time religious specialists B) unofficial shamans C) family members with special knowledge of religious stories D) an absence of religious ritual
This chapter mentions the work of Wolf and Mintz, both students of Julian Steward, as illustrations of approaches that
A. ignore the role of history in shaping culture as we know it. B. consider the relevance of world-system theory and political economy to anthropology. C. focus on the study of cultures as closed systems, untouched by regional and even global dynamics. D. put human agency at the center of cultural analysis. E. are just as deterministic as the old evolutionary models, but for different reasons.
The New Zealand government wishes to get back many of its treasured art objects once taken by Europeans traveling in that country. What are these art objects?
a. Tattooed and mummified Maori heads b. Sacred fertility statues of the Maori warriors c. Elaborately carved wooden flutes used in warfare d. Cotton weavings once used by the Maori royal families e. Finely carved jewelry worn by the upper classes in Maori society