MCQ Bank
All food obtaining strategies cannot be seen as:
- A) Mutually Exclusive
- B)
- C)
- D)
Greek city-states and the Roman Empires are an impressive examples of ____________ based political organizations.
- A) Chiefdoms
- B) Bands
- C) State
- D) Tribes
Which of the following theory relies on scientific, empirical and the etic approach
- A) Cultural Materialism
- B)
- C)
- D)
Intuits follow which formal mechanism to settle disputes?
- A) Song Duets
- B) Moots
- C) Social Intermediaries
- D) Codified Laws
Which one of the following is capable of effecting change in another element?
- A) Independent variable
- B)
- C)
- D)
In a chiefdom, what is the primary method of wealth distribution?
- A) Direct democracy
- B) Tribute and redistribution
- C) Stock market investments
- D) Private ownership
Linguistics Anthropologist study____________________
- A) All of the given
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following is one key characteristic of tribes?
- A) Advanced economic specialization
- B) Lack of formal political offices
- C) Permanent ruling class
- D) Centralized leadership
The discovery of fishing technology and the use of fire emerged in which of the following developmental stage ______________________________
- A) Middle savagery
- B)
- C)
- D)
When Chinese food is prepared with local spices in another country, it shows that:
- A) Cultural modification accompanies diffusion
- B) Non-material diffusion is more widely common
- C) Diffusion always weakens the donor culture
- D) Diffused cultural items remain fully unchanged
The standardized set of rules that determine how words should be combined to make sense to speakers of a language is known as:
- A) Syntax
- B)
- C)
- D)
The general process of acquiring culture is referred to as:
- A) Assimilation
- B) Acculturation
- C) Relativism
- D) Socialization
Navaho language have verbs that contain ________information than English language.
- A) More
- B)
- C)
- D)
How did colonial powers alter traditional chiefdoms?
- A) They abolished all chiefdoms
- B) They reinforced chiefdoms for rule
- C) They introduced democracy
- D) They merged chiefdoms with tribes
Different cultures see the world differently due to their different language and culture; it was the basic point of _______________.
- A) The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
- B)
- C)
- D)
Pizza with chicken tikka topping in Pakistan is an example of:
- A) Invention
- B) Modification
- C) Selectivity
- D) Isolation
What is the language family of English, French and Spanish language?
- A) Indo-European language family
- B)
- C)
- D)
Inuit and Kung maintain social control by socialization, lineage obligations and through sanctions these are examples of:
- A) Formal mechanism
- B) General mechanism
- C) Positive mechanism
- D) Informal mechanism
Suppose a person is going to see the effectiveness of women empowerment package in Punjab, he/she will be called:
- A) Trainer
- B)
- C)
- D)
In acculturation, cultural changes are always accompanied by:
- A) Voluntary and active choices
- B) Cultural and social shifts
- C) Coercion and force
- D) Economic and social gains