Chapter 14 Anthropology

A political system ruled by men in which women have inferior status is a(n)

According to Tylor, religion evolves through the sequence of

Olympianism, polytheism, monotheism.

Animism, polytheism, monotheism.

Mana, polytheism, monotheism.

Animism, cargo cult, monotheism.

Polytheism, animism, monotheism.

Communitas is

Social inequality that is accepted even by those who are less privileged.

A feeling of great social solidarity, equality, and togetherness.

Anxiety about the meaning of life

A Latin word for mana

The supernatural

Cross-cultural studies indicate that

Men contribute much more to subsistence than women do

A gender-based division of labor is very uncommon

In most societies, women tend to be the primary child caregivers

Women generally are less restricted than men are with respect to premarital and extramarital sex.

Men never contribute to child care

Gender Stratification

Is less pronounced among agriculturalists.

Is includes societies where women control all the strategic resources.

Is generally reduced when the domestic and public spheres are not sharply separated.

Allows women to become more powerful as they contribute more to the domestic sphere.

Allows women to become more powerful as they contribute less to the domestic sphere.

Polythesim refers to

Belief in a single, all powerful god

The second stage of revitalization movement

The third phase of a rite of passage

Belief in a force that animates all living things

Belief in multiple gods

Rites of passage usually consist of three phases

Uncertainty, anxiety, and solace

Ritual, purification, and absolution

Separation, liminality, and incorporation.

Confusion, ecstasy, and nirvana

The domestic-public dichotomy is defined as a strong differentiation between

The fact that chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates engage in masturbation and same-sex sexual activity suggests that

Human sexuality is completely determined by biology

It is immoral for humans to engage in such activities

Flexibility in sexual expression is part of humans' primate heritage.

Heterosexual sex is more common among humans than among other primates.

Human sexuality is completely determined by culture.

The term ________ refers to the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to the sexes.

The term intersex describes

Gender stratification processes

Homosexual practices of the Etoro

A discrepancy between external and internal genitals

A castrated man

Sexual practices of chimpanzees

Which of these statements is NOT true?

"Anthropologists view sexual orientation as learned, malleable, and culturally constructed."

"Culture plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm."

"Individuals differ in every society on the nature, range, and intensity of their sexual interests."

"Sexual orientation is genetically predetermined; culture plays no role in its expression."

"Four forms of sexual orientation—heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality—are found throughout the world."

________ have arisen in colonial situations in which local people have regular contact with outsiders but lack their wealth, technology, and living standards.

________ involves the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it.

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