What is ethnogenesis?
A. a Biblical explanation for race
B. a theory of racial origins that anthropologists no longer accept
C. a scientific justification for racism
D. an ongoing sociocultural and political process of ethnic group formation that began in prehistory
Answer: D
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What is an example of what Bourdieu calls symbolic domination in the context of language use?
A. in an egalitarian society, the promotion of linguistic diversity B. pride in one's linguistic heritage, regardless of what the majority thinks C. the fact that in a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior D. focal vocabulary contrasts among groups E. Chomsky's insistence that the universal grammar defines all culture
The collection of basic demographic data is considered part of which ethnographic field method?
a. Ethnographic mapping b. Census taking c. Photography d. Structured interviews e. Document analysis
According to the text, perhaps the most unique characteristic of the discipline of anthropology is
a. that anthropologists teach in addition to doing fieldwork. b. its scope. c. the limited range of topics for study. d. its age.
Prehension in primates means:
A. the ability to grasp. B. the ability to think ahead of time. C. the ability to grasp ahead of time. D. the ability to think.