The Kula ring is a form of barter in which no actual trade takes place
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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Which of the following is NOT true of evolutionism?
a. It is an ethnocentric theory because evolutionists put their own societies at the top of the ladder. b. It argues that all cultures pass through the same developmental stages in the same order. c. This theory proposes that evolution is unidirectional (or unilineal) and leads to progressively better levels of culture. d. The theory argues that changes in society are caused by changes in culture. e. Evolutionism takes an inductive approach to analyzing other societies.
Why is ethnocentrism so pervasive throughout the world?
a. Most people are born and raised in multiple cultures and grow to prefer one over another. b. Most people are born and raised in a single culture and have no exposure to other cultures. c. Most cultures teach ethnocentrism as a guiding principle of the belief system. d. Because there are few anthropologists, most people have not been exposed to another culture. e. Because of high crime rates, most people suspect other cultures for their problems.
In survey research, sampling is
A. the interviewing of a small number of key cultural consultants. B. the collection of life-histories of every member in a community. C. the collection of a representative subset of a larger population. D. participant observation. E. the recording of the emic perspective.
The term "Second World" refers to __________
A. modern industrial states B. premodern agricultural states C. industrial states with socialist economies D. North, Central, and South America