Chapter 13 Quiz

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. How people make, share, and buy things and services is studied by

political anthropologists correct incorrect

economic anthropologists correct incorrect

linguistic anthropologists correct incorrect

archaeologists correct incorrect

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. Which discipline tries to predict economic patterns?

economic anthropology correct incorrect

political anthropology correct incorrect

economics correct incorrect

investment banking correct incorrect

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. Redistribution is

the collection of goods in a community and the subsequent re-division of those goods among members of a society correct incorrect

when production is organized by families correct incorrect

a unique social institution correct incorrect

based in inequality correct incorrect

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. Inequality is most closely connected to which economic theory?

neoclassical correct incorrect

cultural economics correct incorrect

substantive economies correct incorrect

Marxism correct incorrect

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. In the United States, the current mode of production is

communism correct incorrect

socialism correct incorrect

industrial capitalism correct incorrect

national socialism correct incorrect

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. The means of production refers to

how people make decisions to allocate resources such as time, labor, and money in order to maximize their personal satisfaction correct incorrect

the collection of goods in a community and the subsequent redivision of those goods among members of a society correct incorrect

production organized by families correct incorrect

the machines and infrastructure that create goods in society correct incorrect

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. Currency is

people who seek high social rank, prestige, and power correct incorrect

an object used as a medium of exchange that provides a standard measure of value so that people can compare and trade goods and services correct incorrect

a mass-produced and impersonal good with no meaning or history correct incorrect

the process of taking possession of an object correct incorrect

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. Reciprocity

is giving something without the expectation of return, at least not in the near term correct incorrect

is the give-and-take that builds and confirms relationships correct incorrect

occurs when a person gives something, expecting the receiver to return an equivalent gift or favor at some point in the future correct incorrect

is the attempt to get something for nothing, to haggle one's way into a favorable personal outcome correct incorrect

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. Generalized reciprocity

is giving something without the expectation of return, at least not in the near term correct incorrect

is the give-and-take that builds and confirms relationships correct incorrect

occurs when a person gives something, expecting the receiver to return an equivalent gift or favor at some point in the future correct incorrect

is the attempt to get something for nothing, to haggle one's way into a favorable personal outcome correct incorrect

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. Balanced reciprocity

is giving something without the expectation of return, at least not in the near term correct incorrect

is the give-and-take that builds and confirms relationships correct incorrect

occurs when a person gives something, expecting the receiver to return an equivalent gift or favor at some point in the future correct incorrect

is the attempt to get something for nothing, to haggle one's way into a favorable personal outcome correct incorrect

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. Negative reciprocity

is giving something without the expectation of return, at least not in the near term correct incorrect

is the give-and-take that builds and confirms relationships correct incorrect

occurs when a person gives something, expecting the receiver to return an equivalent gift or favor at some point in the future correct incorrect

is the attempt to get something for nothing, to haggle one's way into a favorable personal outcome correct incorrect

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. An example of anthropological fieldwork is

interviewing a grandparent about holiday spending correct incorrect

repeated visits to a mall during the holidays correct incorrect

watching a movie about holiday spending correct incorrect

recalling your own holiday spending trips correct incorrect

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. An example of negative reciprocity is

the kula correct incorrect

what a parent gives to a child correct incorrect

bartering at the market correct incorrect

giving a birthday present correct incorrect

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. An example of balanced reciprocity is

the kula correct incorrect

what a parent gives to a child correct incorrect

bartering at the market correct incorrect

giving a birthday present correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists define consumption as

the process of taking possession of an object correct incorrect

the relative worth of an object or service correct incorrect

a mass-produced and impersonal good with no meaning or history correct incorrect

the act of using and assigning meaning to a good, service, or relationship correct incorrect