People often turn to pilgrimages in the hope of reaching a specific goal, such as the healing of physical, emotional, or
social ills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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New international conditions have created problems and opportunities for anthropologists working in the field. One thing that fieldworkers must always keep in mind is:
A) Anthropologists are often in danger working in the field and many have been killed. B) Anthropologists must be aware that cultural representations often have great political importance. C) Native informants are increasingly reluctant to tell outsiders anything at all about their cultures. D) Since there are so few primitive cultures left, anthropologists must be extremely careful about "contaminating" those that remain. E) Native informants increasingly resent anthropologists and lie about their culture.
From the research Patten's team conducted, they learned that
a. women in the villages headed 50 percent of all households. b. each household had an adult male regularly living with them. c. over 35 percent of the children were underweight for their age. d. 20 percent of the women were illiterate.
Anthropology is characterized by a methodological rather than moral relativism; in order to understand another culture fully, anthropologists try to understand its members' beliefs and motivations.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The anthropology of anthropology is called __________
a. self-analysis b. anthropological ethnography c. reflexive anthropology d. critical anthropology