Chapter 10 Practice Quiz

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. According to Sahlins (1972), the communal sharing of resources within one's kin group would be referred to as an example of _______.

generalized reciprocity correct incorrect

negative reciprocity correct incorrect

way too much reciprocity correct incorrect

privatized reciprocity correct incorrect

enhancing animosity correct incorrect

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. Food collectors are those who _______.

farm exclusively correct incorrect

herd exclusively correct incorrect

do horticulture exclusively correct incorrect

use industrial agriculture exclusively correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. A neoclassical economist would expect that _______.

individuals would seek to maximize their own utility and return from exchanges correct incorrect

individuals would seek to give wealth to others correct incorrect

markets would have no place in exchange correct incorrect

wealth would be spontaneously created from destruction of property correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The anthropologist who contrasted non-capitalist gift exchanges with impersonal commodity exchanges is _______.

Levi Strauss correct incorrect

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Herman Weisman correct incorrect

Marcel Mauss correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The tools, skills, organization, and knowledge constitute what Marx called the _______.

deflation of production correct incorrect

mode of deduction correct incorrect

means of production correct incorrect

dialectic of reduction correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The Sahtu of the Northwest Territories, in their relationship to the land and modern oil and gas industries, experience _______.

a concern for maintaining Universal Law correct incorrect

shifting opportunities for young people outside the community correct incorrect

concerns over the impacts on land and food resources correct incorrect

interest in environmental assessment practices correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. If we were to explain why people raise particular crops and we used an internal, Malinowskina explanation, we would say that ________.

they do it to express their culture correct incorrect

they do it to build a market economy correct incorrect

they do it to meet their basic human need for food correct incorrect

they do it to understand the Creator correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. In his study of the Ju/'hoansi of Dobe in the central Kalahari desert, Richard Lee found something surprising, which was that _______.

that they did not eat meat correct incorrect

that they hated mongongo nuts correct incorrect

that they were choosy about their diet correct incorrect

that they spent 7 days per week getting food correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Weiner, in her re-examination of the Trobriand Islanders, argues that _______.

men have no role in any economic exchanges correct incorrect

banana leaves are the only source of wealth correct incorrect

yams are solely for burning correct incorrect

women's wealth upholds kinship arrangements correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an outcome of more consumer goods acquisitions and income in North American society?

Reduced time for activities correct incorrect

Rising cost of free time correct incorrect

Reduced time for decision making about purchasing correct incorrect

Greater waste and packaging correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Food collectors are societies where people gather, fish, and hunt to subsist.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The least important part of economic activity for anthropologists is production.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Capitalism differs from feudalism because of how it handles distribution.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Adam Smith sought to explain how capitalism worked, particularly with understanding the relationship between value and commodities.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. One of the assumptions of economics is that there are enough resources for someone to obtain all the goods they want.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Commodity exchanges have the social relation expectation of a return after the exchange is completed.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Hxaro, as practiced by the Ju/'hoansi, is an example of generalized reciprocity.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Income taxes can be thought of as a form of gift exchange.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Marx argued that human labour is always social.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists have begun to see that social organization is naturally harmonious without market based forces intervening.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect