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Question 1:

Economic anthropology is the study of ________.
a) the behaviour of people who work in economic institutions
b) the decisions people make with respect to daily life and making a living
c) human interactions within a capitalist economy
d) the impact of economic institutions on the daily lives of people

Question 2:

All of the following statements about neo-classical economic theory are false EXCEPT ________.
a) it assumes political powers are the main driving force behind consumption and production in society
b) it was preceded by the free-market economic system
c) it is focused on explaining the capitalist market
d) it arose in the nineteenth-century United States

Question 3:

The problem with relying solely on internal and external explanations for human consumption patterns is that they both ignore ________.
a) the element of human agency
b) ecological factors
c) psychological factors
d) political factors

Question 4:

Both Richard B. Lee and Marshall Sahlins considered the Ju/’hoansi— a foraging society—to be affluent because the Ju/’hoansi were ________.
a) affluent relative to other foraging groups in the area
b) able to exploit all available food resources in their environment
c) affluent according to their own cultural definitions of affluence
d) able to make income by selling mongongo nuts to food manufacturing companies

Question 5:

According to anthropologist Eric Wolf, the tributary mode of production ________.
a) is found mostly in industrial societies
b) places the means of production in the hands of the workers
c) is found mostly in egalitarian societies
d) is performed on the basis of kinship relationships

Question 6:

The potlatch is an example of ________ frequently used by the First Nations peoples of Canada’s west coast.
a) resource redistribution
b) institutionalized sharing
c) a ceremonial gift-giving festival
d) a ceremonial display of affluence

Question 7:

Which of the following statements about the Marxian approach to economic anthropology is true?
a) Social organization is naturally harmonious, and conflict and imbalance are harmful to society.
b) It uses the exchange theory to explain social and cultural life.
c) Ideologies are independent from the productive process.
d) None of the above are true.

Question 8:

All of the following statements about the exchange of banana leaves on the Trobriand Islands are false EXCEPT ________.
a) banana leaves act as a form of currency
b) the value of the banana leaves lies in their usefulness as material for skirts
c) the exchange of banana leaves for yams is an example of irrational consumption
d) men have no role in the banana leaf exchange system

Question 9:

Institutionalized sharing among the Plains Cree of North America is supposed to ________.
a) reward individuals for accumulating wealth
b) ensure that consumption goods are spread out and enjoyed by all
c) establish and maintain a hierarchal society
d) all of the above

Question 10:

The motives that drive the exchange of resources can be understood through the study of ________.
a) locational movements
b) modes of reciprocity
c) cultural ecology
d) affluence

Question 11:

Extensive agriculture makes use of slash-and-burn techniques for managing farmland.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Subsistence is linked to basic material survival needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

The Canada Revenue Agency is an example of a redistribution system.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

The modes of production are the tools, skills, organization, and knowledge used to extract energy from nature.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Large-scale food-storage techniques predict the “changes of hand” that food will undergo once it has been stored.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Ideology refers to the cultural products of conscious reflection.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

The market exchange system is unique to capitalist societies.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

In Marxian thought, mental or cognitive labour is insignificant; only physical labour is significant in its effects on social organization
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski’s internal explanation approach helps us understand why different societies have different consumption patterns.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

The condition of poverty depends on each society’s definition of its needs and wants.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition: Chapter 07