MCQ Bank
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
Pizza with chicken tikka topping in Pakistan is an example of:
- A) Invention
- B) Modification
- C) Selectivity
- D) Isolation
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
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
Age organization provides distinct age categories with defined sets of:
- A) Social disorder
- B) Social roles
- C) Social resources
- D) Social actions
The opposite of change in a society is:
- A) Economic Growth
- B) Status Quo
- C) Social Revolution
- D) Cultural Adaptation
__________ is a group of people sharing a common symbolic identity, culture, history and religion.
- A) Lineage
- B) Clan
- C) Kinship
- D) Nation
Some anthropologists believe that child rearing practices are _____________ and societies produce personalities according to their requirements.
- A) Adaptive
- B) Cognitive
- C) Innate
- D) Natural
Recent research on psychological universals focuses on:
- A) Emotional development
- B) Cognitive development
- C) Physical development
- D) Social development
Which political organization best suits a small, mobile group of hunter-gatherers?
- A) Chiefdom
- B) Band
- C) State
- D) Tribe
In western societies, _________ is a time of turmoil that helps an individual to prepare himself/herself emotionally for independence.
- A) Childhood
- B) Adolescence
- C) Old age
- D) Adulthood
Which of the following is constant in all societies?
- A) Isolation
- B) Change
- C) Tradition
- D) Stability
In cross-cultural variations anthropologists look at psychological differences instead of focusing on:
- A) Competitiveness
- B) Uniqueness
- C) Rebelliousness
- D) Sharpness
If a society relies on clan elders for dispute resolution, it is most likely a:
- A) Tribe
- B) Band
- C) Chiefdom
- D) State
Cultural Anthropologists reject which of the following because they are based on hasty ethnocentric judgments?
- A) Stereotypes
- B) Cultural differences
- C) Socialization
- D) Cultural relativity
Which type of social norms reward people for behaving in socially acceptable ways?
- A) Formal negative sanctions
- B) Informal negative sanctions
- C) Positive social norms
- D) Negative social norms
Which one of the following is a reason for opposition to cultural change?
- A) Economic efficiency
- B) Attraction to new values
- C) Fear of losing social status
- D) Desire for more resources
The term globalization primarily refers to:
- A) The isolation of cultures due to technological development
- B) The increased flow of money, goods, and information internationally
- C) The expansion of local businesses
- D) A movement against modernization
Preponderant influence of authority over others is usually known as:
- A) Hegemony
- B) Ideology
- C) Ethnic view
- D) Policy
What is the term for political leadership where authority is inherited?
- A) Hereditary leadership
- B) Democratic Leadership
- C) Egalitarianism
- D) Reciprocity