Chapter 9 Quiz

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. Material culture is

the "culture of consumption" that has resulted from capitalism correct incorrect

the objects used and made in any society correct incorrect

are the technologically simple objects made in preindustrial societies correct incorrect

is the culture that actually matters correct incorrect

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. The first place where anthropologists studied objects and art were

museums correct incorrect

the Pacific Northwest correct incorrect

ancient Greece correct incorrect

Europe correct incorrect

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. NAGPRA is

the North American Goods Protection and Restoration Act correct incorrect

the North American Greater People Recognition Act correct incorrect

the North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act correct incorrect

the New American Graves Preservation and Restoration Act correct incorrect

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. Repatriation is

the re-establishment of one's home country as a place of birth correct incorrect

returning to one's home country to live correct incorrect

the re-internment of remains buried elsewhere following a war or other event correct incorrect

the return of human remains and artifacts to their descendants correct incorrect

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. Those who are eligible to make a claim under NAGPRA include

only federally recognized Native American groups or tribes correct incorrect

all Native American groups or tribes correct incorrect

anyone wishing to preserve the remains of their ancestors correct incorrect

only those persons outside the U.S. with a legitimate claim to ownership correct incorrect

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. Cultural Resource Management is

the management of sites and artifacts that have significant cultural value correct incorrect

the control and management of artifacts that are sold on the open market correct incorrect

research and planning aimed at identifying, interpreting, and protecting sites and artifacts of historic or prehistoric significance correct incorrect

research and planning aimed at identifying, interpreting, and protecting sites and artifacts deemed noteworthy by the government correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists look at objects

the same way art historians do correct incorrect

as capable of conveying meaning correct incorrect

according to physical properties only correct incorrect

primarily according to their aesthetic criteria correct incorrect

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. If a researcher was studying prehistoric human-plant interactions, they would most likely be a

medical anthropologist correct incorrect

geomorphologist correct incorrect

paleoethnobotanist correct incorrect

medical pluralism correct incorrect

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. Which of the following would an archaeologist do before digging test pits?

conduct a ground survey correct incorrect

use carbon dating correct incorrect

collect all artifacts related to their site correct incorrect

purchase land rights correct incorrect

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. What substance do archaeologists often study if they are interested in prehistoric environments?

wool correct incorrect

tree sap correct incorrect

minerals found in water correct incorrect

pollen correct incorrect

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. When anthropologists look at an object according to the inequality reflected in its production, in which dimension are they looking at it?

history correct incorrect

power correct incorrect

weight correct incorrect

time correct incorrect

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. The rich, fine-grained soils deposited by rivers and streams is known as

alluvial soil correct incorrect

fossilized dirt correct incorrect

sediment correct incorrect

manure correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists, according to Stocking, look at objects in how many dimensions?

three correct incorrect

five correct incorrect

seven correct incorrect

nine correct incorrect

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. One of the things that the analysis of skirt length conducted by Richardson and Kroeber reveals is

the inherent sexism of fashion over time correct incorrect

the inability of the anthropologist to distance themselves from their own culture correct incorrect

the fickleness of fashion taste in American women correct incorrect

the way objects change meaning over time correct incorrect

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. Which group traded iron tools for sex?

Fijians correct incorrect

Tahitians correct incorrect

Arubians correct incorrect

Aborigines correct incorrect