Chapter 12 Student Quiz 1

. The belief that inanimate objects such as trees, rocks, cliffs, hills, and rivers were animated by spiritual forces or beings is

magic.

animism.

totemism.

religion.

. The conceptualization of the world offering a set of unquestioned assumptions about it and how it works is called

religion.

perspective.

worldview.

fundamentalism.

. A symbolic system socially enacted through rituals and other aspects of social life is

ritual.

religion.

world view.

totemism.

. Edward B. Tylor

became a shaman.

visited and participated in Azande witchcraft.

compared religious beliefs around the world.

believed that African religions were not irrational.

. Rituals are

stylized performances involving symbols that are associated with social, political, and religious activities.

raw supernatural power.

the system of thought that associates particular social groups with specific animal or plant species.

an explanatory system of causation that does not follow naturalistic explanations.

. Polytheism is

belief in one God.

belief in many Gods.

belief in the power of plants and animals.

an explanatory system of causation that does not follow naturalistic explanations.

. Baseball is well known for superstition and

magic.

fundamentalism.

animism.

totemism.

. Which of the following acts as objects for group ritual activity and represents powerful symbols for people to focus on?

totems

shamans

magic

religion

. A trance is a(n)

semiconscious state typically brought on by hypnosis, ritual drumming, and singing, or hallucinogenic drugs such as mescaline or peyote.

incantation and the manipulation of special objects.

symbolic system that is socially enacted through rituals and other aspects of social life.

raw supernatural power.

. To communicate the needs of the living to the spirit world, shamans may rely on

a spirit familiar.

a religious leader.

donations from local governments.

an agnostic guide.

. Which of the following would be of least interest to an anthropologist studying symbols in Hindu weddings?

the clothing worn

the cost of the party

the decorations

the layout of the event

. Religiosity in the United States has

all but disappeared since the 1960s.

decreased since the 1960s.

increased since the 1960s.

remained stable since the 1960s.

. All of the following is true about fundamentalists except

they are threatened by secularization.

they perceive themselves as fighting for a return to "proper" gender roles, sexuality, and education.

they are violent extremists who are scientifically illiterate.

they are zealous, committed, and firmly convinced that they have been chosen to carry out the will of a deity.

. __________ is not considered to be a world religion.

Hinduism

Buddhism

Candomblé

Islam

. The anthropological "law of similarity" is the same as

sympathetic magic.

imitative magic.

the use of spirit familiars.

communion.

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