Question 1

Describe the operation of the sistema de castas in colonial Oaxaca. What does the history of this system of social organization tell us about social categories in human societies?

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Question 2

What are the dangers of nationalism in the contemporary world? Please use examples in your discussion.

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Question 3

After World War II, the biological anthropology had what features?

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A)   It was influenced by the modern evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s.
B)   It incorporated population genetics.
C)   It addressed questions about patterns of biological variation within the human species as a whole.
D)   It had all of the above features.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

An ideal political unit in which national identity and political territory coincide is known as a

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A)   Nationality.
B)   Transnational culture.
C)   Nation-state.
D)   Stratified society.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Roger Lancaster points out that in Nicaragua, the system of color terms

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A)   Presupposes white superiority and black inferiority.
B)   Is not repressive.
C)   Takes account of the lower levels of racism in Nicaragua.
D)   Is being replaced by a classification system that ignores color differences.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

What is "colorism" in Nicaragua as Roger Lancaster uses the term? What is its connection to racism?

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Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of caste relations that has become less significant over time?

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A)   The ritual status associated with different jatis has become less important.
B)   Members of middle-ranking jatis have increasingly treated one another as equals outside ritual contexts.
C)   Politics in India has become increasingly associated with the relationship between upper and lower jatis.
D)   Middle-ranking jatis are willing to use violence to block economic mobility by low-ranking jatis.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The economic status of any particular jati in Gopalpur

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A)   Is the same as the status of that jati on the scale of purity and pollution.
B)   Has no direct correlation with the status of that jati on the scale of purity and pollution.
C)   Depends on its ties to local Brahmins.
D)   Is unusual in India, in that all jatis are prosperous and remarkably independent of the influence of local landlords.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

A system of social identities negotiated situationally along a continuum between white and black is called

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A)   Colorism.
B)   Racism.
C)   Castification.
D)   Social races.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

In the Hindu ranking of jatis in terms of purity and pollution, which of the following activities is the least polluting?

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A)   A vegetarian diet.
B)   Eating sheep and goats.
C)   Butchering animals.
D)   Washing dirty clothing.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Why is ethnicity sometimes racialized?

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Question 12

The social category of race is

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A)   A category that derives from human biology.
B)   A relatively recent invention.
C)   An achieved status that goes back to the ancient Greeks.
D)   Based on other forms of biological classification.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

What are the similarities and differences between caste in India and caste among the Marghi of western Africa?

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The caste system in India and the caste ...

Question 14

Which of the following is true about clines?

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A)   Clines are not groups.
B)   Clinal distributions of different traits do not match up neatly with the distributions of other physical traits in human populations.
C)   Clines for a particular phenotypic trait like dark skin color can be represented on maps that show the patterns of distribution of such a trait over the inhabited world.
D)   All of the above are true.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

According to Robert Tonkinson, which of the following have developed since the Mabo decision?

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A)   The ratification of the legitimacy of Aboriginal land rights.
B)   The stimulation of the exploration of Aboriginal cultural expression.
C)   The creation of programs that bring urban Aboriginals together with rural Aboriginal people.
D)   All of the above.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Hierarchically arranged social groups defined on economic grounds are called

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A)   Classes.
B)   Castes.
C)   Clientage.
D)   Ethnic groups.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 17

According to Robert Tonkinson, most of Australia's Aboriginal people will be barred from making land claims as a result of the Mabo decision because

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A)   The Mabo decision reaffirmed the doctrine of terra nullius.
B)   The Mabo decision only affects Torres Straits Islanders.
C)   Most Aboriginals live in Australia's large towns and cities and have for generations been separated from the land of their ancestors.
D)   White Australians opposed to the Mabo decision were able to get it reversed.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

The doctrine of terra nullius argues that land ownership is demonstrated by

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A)   Permanent settlement.
B)   "Improvement" of the land.
C)   Planting crops or grazing animals on it.
D)   All of the above.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following were conclusions reached by the new physical anthropology concerning the biological race concept?

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A)   Humankind is not divided into a series of genetically distinct units.
B)   "Races" have been culturally imposed on shifting and unstable clusters of alleles.
C)   The distribution of some physical traits in human populations does not match the distributions of other traits.
D)   All of the above are true.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Some anthropologists argue that ethnicity becomes racialized under certain circumstances. Why?

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A)   To mark and stigmatize certain peoples as essentially different.
B)   To take account of the way in which long-term intermarriage within an ethnic group can lead to the formation of a race.
C)   To enable members to take advantage of the stronger position that membership in a race provides them.
D)   All of the above.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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What are the similarities and differences between caste in India and caste among the Marghi of western Africa?

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Which of the following is NOT a dimension of caste relations that has become less significant over time?

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What is "colorism" in Nicaragua as Roger Lancaster uses the term? What is its connection to racism?

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What are the dangers of nationalism in the contemporary world? Please use examples in your discussion.

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An ideal political unit in which national identity and political territory coincide is known as a

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In the Hindu ranking of jatis in terms of purity and pollution, which of the following activities is the least polluting?

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Why is ethnicity sometimes racialized?

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Hierarchically arranged social groups defined on economic grounds are called

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Which of the following is true about clines?

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