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1
As related in "A Dispute in Donggo," author Peter Just's fieldwork among the Dou Donggo led to his interest in the anthropology of:
A)religion.
B)war.
C)commerce.
D)law.
2
As defined in "A Dispute in Donggo," the practice by some ethnographers of using the "ethnographic present" meant that they described the communities they studied as though:
A)the inhabitants acted as expected in order to please those studying them.
B)customs from the distant past were still practiced.
C)the communities were frozen in time.
D)all ethnographic studies were done during the same decade, the 1960s.
3
As quoted in "A Dispute in Donggo," one of the villagers in Doro Ntika concluded about the assault case in which la Ninde was accused of striking ina Mone that "What la Ninde was convicted of was more true than what really happened."
A)True
B)False
4
According to "Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö," the author found the Yanomamö:
A)impossible to understand.
B)very similar in their society to himself.
C)difficult to work among.
D)living a life very different from ours.
5
As described in "Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö," the Yanomamö people are:
A)peaceful animal herders.
B)aggressive people connected by intricate kinship relationships.
C)craftspeople who live by trading.
D)nomadic hunters and gatherers who change the location of their villages in accordance with the seasons.
6
As noted in "Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö" the author was introduced to the tribe by a missionary who had lived with them.
A)True
B)False
7
As explained in "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari," Richard Borshay Lee found that:
A)an outsider should not visit the Bushmen without bringing a gift.
B)Bushmen do not welcome visitors at holidays.
C)it is considered incorrect to insult guests within the Bushmen society.
D)the response of people to a gift can be instructive about their culture.
8
In "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari," author Richard Borshay Lee claims that it is a general custom among the !Kung Bushmen to insult the animal that a man has tracked down and killed and that he intends to share with the rest of the tribe because they:
A)are amused by malicious jokes.
B)are genuinely dissatisfied and hope he will do better next time.
C)want to enforce general humility and prevent that man from boasting and thinking of the tribe as his servants or inferiors.
D)always have plenty of food on hand and rarely require any additional contribution.
9
In "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari," it is reported that the !Kung Bushmen only insult boastful outsiders, never members of their own tribe.
A)True
B)False
10
As asserted in "Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," the women in the project all resisted the notion that:
A)they might be selling themselves.
B)prostitution is not acceptable in polite society.
C)the government will look out for them.
D)protected sex will protect them.
11
As cited in "Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," one of the first challenges the researcher faced was:
A)finding safe shelter.
B)identifying locations where street prostitution took place.
C)securing payment for time spent on the research.
D)differentiating the good social workers from the bad.
12
As mentioned in "Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS," being an unknown woman in an area known for prostitution may cause people to notice or stare at you, but it fails to yield many verbal interactions.
A)True
B)False
13
As described in "Can White Men Jump?", today's Kenyan runners are not superhumans with super-genes, but rather they are participants in:
A)good old-fashioned ambition for success.
B)a military-like regimen of training.
C)a culture of the extreme.
D)a revolution against nineteenth-century stereotypes.
14
According to "Can White Men Jump?", after the 2008 Summer Olympics, the immediate suspicion was that the Jamaicans who were so dominant in track and field succeeded because of:
A)steroid use.
B)a protein produced by a special gene variant called ACTN3.
C)their high-protein, high-carb diet.
D)an intensive training program.
15
The authors of "Can White Men Jump?" note that when British runner Roger Bannister became the first human to run the four-minute mile, it was years before other runners achieved the same feat.
A)True
B)False
16
As identified in "Whose Speech is Better?" the varieties in human speech involve all of the following, except:
A)syntax (the way we phrase things).
B)lexicon vocabulary (the words we use).
C)etiquette (the mannerisms we demonstrate).
D)phonology (sound rules).
17
As explained in "Whose Speech is Better?" the use of "anymore" in the statement "I hate lobsters anymore" makes perfect sense to people from:
A)the Bronx, New York.
B)the South Midland.
C)New England.
D)the Pacific Northwest.
18
As mentioned in "Whose Speech is Better?" standard French today is virtually the same as the Parisian dialect of 1790.
A)True
B)False
19
As discussed in "Do You Speak American?", educators in Oakland tried in the late 1990s to get black English recognized not as a dialect but as:
A)slang that was unacceptable in a classroom setting.
B)the predecessor of modern English.
C)the source of a uniquely American national literature.
D)a separate language called Ebonics.
20
As explained in "Do You Speak American?", colored dots on a map showing different areas of pronunciation allowed linguists to create the:
A)Atlas of North American English.
B)pronunciation guide most commonly used in college dictionaries.
C)evidence for the influence of accent-neutral national newscasters.
D)Academy of American English.
21
According to "Do You Speak American?", the growing homogenization of language in the United States is a myth.
A)True
B)False
22
As profiled in "Fighting for Our Lives," the author's interest in the topic of opposition in public discourse intensified following the:
A)Vietnam War.
B)2000 U.S. presidential election.
C)publication of her book about communication between men and women.
D)2003 divorce from her husband.
23
As noted in "Fighting for Our Lives," the author uses the word agonism to denote an automatic warlike stance; the word is derived from agonia, a Greek word meaning:
A)agony.
B)offensive.
C)involuntary.
D)contest.
24
As quoted in "Fighting for Our Lives," philosopher John Dewey said, "Democracy begins in debate."
A)True
B)False
25
As noted in "Shakespeare in the Bush," the author's experience validates the conclusion that:
A)great literature transcends cultural barriers.
B)character motivations in literature are not easily understandable by all cultures.
C)literature is a universal language.
D)new audiences find Shakespeare more understandable after drinking beer.
26
As she explains in "Shakespeare in the Bush," Laura Bohannan encountered a major translation problem in telling the story of "Hamlet" to the Tiv, because they had no word or concept for:
A)death.
B)ghost.
C)suicide.
D)jealousy.
27
Storytelling is a skilled art among the Tiv, as noted in "Shakespeare in the Bush."
A)True
B)False
28
The author of "Macho Origin Myths" posits that humans probably never waged war on a grand scale until they:
A)accumulated wealth through agriculture.
B)coalesced into nation-states.
C)encountered other ethnic groups and developed a fear of "otherness."
D)developed relatively efficient weapons.
29
As quoted in "Macho Origin Myths," the historical figure who asserted that "The story of the human race is War" was:
A)Alexander the Great.
B)Napoleon Bonaparte.
C)Winston Churchill.
D)Adolf Hitler.
30
As mentioned in "Macho Origin Myths," the author, despite the evidence of skyscrapers and parliaments, believes that humans are animals.
A)True
B)False
31
As detailed in "How Cooking Frees Men," the main reason that it took so long for people to obtain the necessary calories for survival in pre-cooking humans was the amount of time it took:
A)to hunt large animals.
B)to gather enough vegetable and fruit matter for a day's caloric needs.
C)for people to chew a raw diet.
D)to gather foods not only for the day's needs but to store for the winters.
32
As described in "How Cooking Frees Men," the Hadza are modern-day people in most respects, but they are also one of the few remaining peoples who:
A)continue to eat an entirely raw diet.
B)survive almost entirely by eating large animals that they hunt.
C)reverse traditional roles, so that the men do most of the gathering and the women do most of the hunting.
D)obtain the majority of their food by foraging in a woodland.
33
According to "How Cooking Frees Men," even though gender-specific roles may vary from one society to another, the gendered division of labor is a human universal.
A)True
B)False
34
As concluded in "When Cousins Do More than Kiss," perhaps the primary reason we still hang on to incest taboos today is that they still benefit us:
A)psychologically.
B)biologically.
C)socially.
D)spiritually.
35
As reported in "When Cousins Do More than Kiss," historically, royal siblings were expected to marry each other and produce an heir to prevent diluting the royal bloodline in:
A)Sumeria, Phoenicia, and Egypt.
B)Egypt, Hawaii, and Peru.
C)Peru, Carthage, and Persia.
D)Persia, Cyprus, and Macedonia.
36
According to "When Cousins Do More than Kiss," incest taboos in most societies share agreement about which relationships are taboo.
A)True
B)False
37
As identified in "Meet the Alloparents," shared infant care combined with extensive alloparental provisioning, similar to that seen in humans, is found only among:
A)marmosets and tamarins.
B)sloths and wolves.
C)manatees and lynx.
D)jackals and hyenas.
38
As related in the opening paragraphs of "Meet the Alloparents," a modern situation in which people often display empathy with others is:
A)mourners at a funeral gathering to support the deceased's family.
B)teenaged girls discussing the failed romance of one of their group.
C)fliers on a plane empathizing with the mother of a crying baby.
D)shoppers in a supermarket empathizing with the mother of a toddler having a tantrum.
39
In the opinion of the author of "Meet the Alloparents," alloparenting care and provisioning set the stage for long childhoods and dependency, which in turn led to the evolution of larger brains.
A)True
B)False
40
As indicated in "The Inuit Paradox," no one, not even residents of the northernmost villages on Earth:
A)eats an entirely traditional northern diet anymore.
B)cares about proper nutrition.
C)listens to their cardiologists about nutrition.
D)emphasizes diet in his or her life plans.
41
As shown in "The Inuit Paradox," the Eskimo did well on:
A)low protein and low fat diets.
B)high protein and high fat diets.
C)minimal carbohydrates.
D)excessive carbohydrates.
42
As related in "The Inuit Paradox," the closer people live to towns and the more access they have to stores and cash-paying jobs, the more likely they are to have Westernized their eating.
A)True
B)False
43
As explained in "Ties that Bind," often, when two cultures make contact:
A)new bonds are immediately formed.
B)deep misunderstandings can arise.
C)peace negotiations are harmonious.
D)language differences provide an immediate barrier.
44
As noted in "Ties that Bind," the Hopi typically divide their work according to:
A)age.
B)skill level.
C)gender.
D)interest.
45
As related in "Ties that Bind," work done by men among the Hopi such as farming and harvesting of crops, is perceived as a gift to the women.
A)True
B)False
46
As presented in "Sick of Poverty," the "socioeconomic status (SES) gradient" refers to the:
A)income spectrum in a society, from the wealthiest individuals to the poorest.
B)correlation between income and health.
C)difference between white male health in a society and that of everyone else.
D)difference between U.S. income and that of other nations.
47
As noted in "Sick of Poverty," a study of British civil-service employees with relation to position, income, and health found that:
A)health conditions were similar, regardless of income, due to universal health insurance.
B)those who made use of available medical care were healthier than those who did not.
C)those in lower-paying jobs had higher mortality rates, regardless of healthcare access.
D)lifestyle choices, such as smoking and drinking, determined illness and mortality rates.
48
As claimed in "Sick of Poverty," there is a significant relationship between the wealth of a country and the health of its citizens.
A)True
B)False
49
According to "When Brothers Share a Wife," polyandry in Tibet:
A)is considered detrimental to social structure.
B)is based on the need for population growth.
C)consists of brothers marrying the same woman.
D)causes early death for many women.
50
According to "When Brothers Share a Wife," in a polyandrous marriage:
A)the wife always shows favor to the youngest brother.
B)children can tell who their real father is and address him by a special title.
C)there is only one set of heirs in a generation.
D)if one brother decides to leave the wife is returned to her own family.
51
MelvynGoldstein states in "When Brothers Share a Wife" that the practice of fraternal polyandry is practiced in Tibet because of the shortage of females caused by female infanticide.
A)True
B)False
52
As noted in "Death Without Weeping," the high infant-mortality rate in Brazil:
A)is due to maternal indifference.
B)leads to changing patterns of maternal nurturing.
C)is related to climate conditions.
D)is consistent throughout the country.
53
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, the author of "Death Without Weeping," found it possible to rescue infants and toddlers from death by diarrhea and dehydration with a simple solution, which included all of the following EXCEPT:
A)sugar.
B)salt.
C)water.
D)milk.
54
Most infant victims in Brazil, as revealed in "Death Without Weeping," are buried with a minimum of ceremony.
A)True
B)False
55
According to "Arranging a Marriage in India," the practice of arranged marriages in India:
A)is largely a phenomenon of the past.
B)is preferred by some young Indians.
C)is an unmitigated disaster for women.
D)has no redeeming value as a mode of selecting life partners.
56
The author of "Arranging a Marriage in India" speculates that the practice of arranged marriages has resulted in young Indian women:
A)resenting their parents' influence on their lives.
B)becoming self-confident and charming since they did not have to worry about their popularity with the opposite sex.
C)becoming shy and hesitant in social interactions.
D)seeking to marry men from other cultures to avoid arranged marriages.
57
As noted in "Arranging a Marriage in India," the practice of giving a dowry is still legal but rarely occurs these days in India.
A)True
B)False
58
According to "Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don't" the divorce rate in Japan:
A)is the highest in the industrialized world.
B)is due to incompatible spouses.
C)rises as love matches rise.
D)is low because of harsh property settlement laws.
59
As reported in "Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don't" Japanese couples divorce infrequently because:
A)they are not allowed to marry under tradition until they have lived together for 10 years.
B)they have low expectations for marriages and because there are cultural stigmas toward divorce.
C)extramarital affairs are expected because of the former need to vary the gene pools of the populations of historically isolated villages.
D)the court fees are typically twice the annual incomes of the spouses.
60
According to "Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don't" the religious concept of "gaman", or predetermined fate, is a major reason many Japanese women remain in abusive marriages.
A)True
B)False
61
According to "The Berdache Tradition," American Indians believe that when a person becomes a berdache:
A)it is because of his mother's influence.
B)he should leave the community.
C)it is his own choice.
D)a supernatural force is responsible.
62
As reported in "The Berdache Tradition," tribes that esteem the berdache include all of the following EXCEPT the:
A)Kamia.
B)Pima.
C)Zuni.
D)Navaho.
63
As noted in "The Berdache Tradition," in American Indian religion, the spirit of a human is superior to all animal spirits.
A)True
B)False
64
According to "Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty," a stay in the fattening room in Nigeria is:
A)essential to every youth's cultural education in parts of Nigeria.
B)undertaken between the ages of five and seven.
C)a rite of passage between maidenhood and womanhood.
D)traditional for Nigerian brides.
65
As detailed in "Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty," during a traditional wedding ceremony, an Efik bride sits on a:
A)specially built wooden throne.
B)wooden stool.
C)plantain leaf.
D)straight-back chair.
66
As related in "Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty," while in the fattening room, girls receive tips on how to be a successful wife and mother.
A)True
B)False
67
As shown in ". . . But What If It's a Girl?", the PNDT Act gives officials in India the authority to seize:
A)medical records.
B)doctors who perform abortions.
C)unwanted infant girls.
D)ultrasound machines.
68
As cited in ". . . But What If It's a Girl?", as imbalanced as the female to male ratio has become in India, the picture is even bleaker in:
A)Japan and Thailand.
B)China and South Korea.
C)Malaysia and Indonesia.
D)North Korea and Turkey.
69
As reported in " . . . But What If It's a Girl?", a recent study by the Lancet found that the less educated the mother, the less likely she was to give birth to a second child who was a girl.
A)True
B)False
70
As quoted in "Missing Girls," Bedi, a specialist in fetal medicine in India, says that the first demand for female feticide comes from the:
A)father.
B)paternal grandmother.
C)government.
D)mother.
71
As explained in "Missing Girls," prosperous families in India are rejecting daughters because of the:
A)expense of college educations.
B)growth of dowries.
C)need for sons to take over the family business.
D)social stigma of having more daughters than sons.
72
As noted in "Missing Girls," despite widespread criticism of the practice, sex-determination tests are not illegal in India.
A)True
B)False
73
As reported in "Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India," many of the victims of dowry murder are killed, and the murder explained as accident or suicide, by:
A)poison.
B)being doused in kerosene and set alight.
C)drowning.
D)gunshots.
74
As revealed in "Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India," the most sought after grooms in India are doctors, chartered accountants, and:
A)lawyers.
B)businessmen.
C)university professors.
D)engineers.
75
As stated in "Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India," domestic violence was not punishable by law in India until 1983.
A)True
B)False
76
As presented in "Shamanism," the most familiar view of the shaman is as a:
A)half-man/half-woman.
B)religious practitioner who has direct contact with the supernatural.
C)mighty warrior.
D)god.
77
As noted in "Shamanism," the study of shamans and shamanisms has been plagued with the:
A)opposition of Christian theologians.
B)variations in shamanistic practices.
C)difficulty in creating a satisfactory standardized definition.
D)many languages required to study the field.
78
As pointed out in "Shamanism," Siberian and Arctic shamanism has recently evolved and is descended from New World shamanism.
A)True
B)False
79
As stated in "The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual," every known culture practices some form of:
A)religion.
B)ostracism.
C)economic exploitation.
D)ritual sacrifice.
80
As maintained in "The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual," rituals promote group cohesion by:
A)involving all members of the group regardless of rank.
B)requiring members to engage in behavior that is too costly to fake.
C)convincing individuals that their survival is at stake.
D)showing that the results of participation are more rewarding than nonparticipation.
81
As surmised in "The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual," religion has probably always served to enhance the union of its practitioners.
A)True
B)False
82
As noted in "Understanding Islam," within its mainstream traditions, Islam teaches all of the following except:
A)piety.
B)jihad.
C)virtue.
D)tolerance.
83
As given in "Understanding Islam," Islam is the world's
A)largest religion.
B)smallest major religion.
C)second-largest religion.
D)most liberal religion.
84
As described in "Understanding Islam," Islam views religion and politics as inseparable.
A)True
B)False
85
As noted in "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," voodoo is used to:
A)rule by intimidation and fear.
B)prevent religious conversion to Christianity.
C)solve complex social problems.
D)regulate social behavior.
86
In "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," voodoo is described as:
A)a sophisticated religion with African roots.
B)superstition.
C)folklore.
D)a complex religious code developed by and specific to Haitians.
87
There has never been a documented case of a person declared dead returning to life, according to "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead."
A)True
B)False
88
According to "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," the Nacirema people:
A)enjoy suffering.
B)are dominated by their religious leaders.
C)are inordinately preoccupied with their bodies.
D)have a natural bent to self-mortification.
89
In "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," all of the following characteristics are attributed to the culture's ceremonial treatment of the human body EXCEPT:
A)a belief that the human body is ugly.
B)rituals that are free or inexpensive and provided for all regardless of wealth.
C)rituals that are private and secret.
D)continued faith and participation in these rituals even though they are frequently not effective.
90
A fundamental belief of the Nacirema, as described in "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," is that the body has a natural tendency toward disease.
A)True
B)False
91
As stated in "Baseball Magic," the practice of magic by baseball players:
A)is a sign of mental instability.
B)is an affectation.
C)has no affect on the practitioners.
D)creates feelings of confidence and control.
92
According to "Baseball Magic," players engage in apparently irrational behavior because:
A)it is actually rational behavior with a causal connection to the desired result.
B)they are, as a group, less intelligent than the general population.
C)the rules of the game require it.
D)it gives them a sense of control and confidence.
93
As reported in "Baseball Magic," a ritual may become so important to a player that it will override practicality.
A)True
B)False
94
According to "Why Can't People Feed Themselves?" the hunger problem in the world today is due to:
A)overpopulation.
B)ongoing historical processes.
C)poor use of land resources.
D)communism.
95
The authors of "Why Can't People Feed Themselves?" argue that the only way to approach a solution to world hunger is to:
A)concentrate on developing underdeveloped countries.
B)concentrate on changing the system that continues to undermine native self-sufficiency.
C)identify the conspiratorial nature of the colonial system.
D)export surplus agricultural products from the United States to countries in need.
96
According to "Why Can't People Feed Themselves?" the "problem" of world hunger is a myth.
A)True
B)False
97
As listed in "The Tractor Invasion," in addition to sugarcane and eucalyptus wood, the main crop grown by agribusiness in the Cerrado is:
A)tobacco.
B)rice.
C)corn.
D)soybeans.
98
As depicted in "The Tractor Invasion," a state governor in Brazil, Blairo Maggi, is known as both "the King of Soy" and:
A)"Big Daddy."
B)"the King of Deforestation."
C)"the King of Rice."
D)"friend of the Indigenous People."
99
As revealed in "The Tractor Invasion," there are many cases in which ranchers and farmers refuse to leave lands belonging to indigenous peoples even after the government has compensated them for having to move.
A)True
B)False
100
According to the author of "Yanomamo," one of the most outstanding attributes of the Yanomami culture and a reason for their survival is:
A)strength.
B)reciprocity.
C)polygamy.
D)adaptability.
101
As noted in "Yanomamo," when compared with the other languages of South America, the Yanomami language was found to be related to:
A)Spanish.
B)Omurano.
C)Cunza.
D)no other language.
102
As portrayed in "Yanomamo," the Yanomami typically live as nuclear families in two-room huts grouped around a central square.
A)True
B)False
103
According to "The Arrow of Disease," after the arrival of Europeans in the New World, the Indian population was reduced by 95 percent by:
A)of diseases contracted from animals.
B)intertribal warfare.
C)diseases brought by Europeans.
D)conflicts with the Europeans over Indian land.
104
As explained in "The Arrow of Disease," the Spanish victories over the native American peoples was due to:
A)superior military tactics.
B)the effect of smallpox on the pre-Columbian populations.
C)numerical advantage being held by the Spanish army in several decisive battles.
D)the spread of syphilis among the Native Americans.
105
As presented in "The Arrow of Disease," it is estimated that diseases brought by Europeans killed about 95 percent of the native American population that existed before the arrival of Columbus.
A)True
B)False
106
As discussed in "The Americanization of Mental Illness," Dr. Sing Lee, a psychiatrist and researcher in Hong Kong, watched the Westernization of one illness in particular, which appeared to replace a culturally specific form of the disease; the disease was:
A)schizophrenia.
B)clinical depression.
C)obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D)anorexia nervosa.
107
As noted in "The Americanization of Mental Illness," illnesses such as koro, amok, and zar are found in the DSM under the heading:
A)psychiatric exotica.
B)culture-bound syndromes.
C)non-Western diagnoses.
D)ephemera.
108
As related in "The Americanization of Mental Illness," endorsing biological factors as the cause of schizophrenia was associated with greater social acceptance and a lessening of the need for distance among those surveyed.
A)True
B)False
109
Conclusions about economic progress and its effect on tribal peoples reported in "The Price of Progress" include that:
A)modern medicine has ameliorated health problems caused by dietary changes.
B)increases in tribal warfare are caused by economic competition.
C)environmental deterioration tends to accompany progress.
D)improved standards of living result from progress.
110
As reported in "The Price of Progress," the correlation between dental health and economic progress seems to be that:
A)undisturbed tribal populations tend to lose their teeth while young.
B)dental caries are especially prominent among Eskimos eating traditional foods.
C)modernization is accompanied by declines in dental health.
D)introduction of new foods strengthens teeth.
111
As stated in "The Price of Progress," malnutrition has been linked clinically with mental retardation in both Africa and Latin America.
A)True
B)False
112
As stressed in "Seeing Conservation through the Global Lens":
A)notions of conservation and globalization are interlinked.
B)sustainability is not practical.
C)developing countries cannot be expected to be stewards of the environment.
D)conservation is paramount and may require that globalization be abandoned.
113
As concluded in "Seeing Conservation through the Global Lens," the implicit assumption of globalization is that:
A)the most-developed countries will adapt the practices of the least-developed.
B)it will transform other people in the world to become more like the West.
C)ultimately, the most populous countries will dominate the others.
D)there will never be enough food to feed the world's population.
114
As noted in "Seeing Conservation through the Global Lens," almost all indigenous peoples engage in sustainable resource management practices.
A)True
B)False
115
As set forth in "Der Indianer," when John Blackbird, a Canadian, went to Germany, he was treated as:
A)an unwanted minority.
B)a Spanish speaker from Central America.
C)a celebrity.
D)if he were any tourist from North America.
116
As reported in "Der Indianer," the bestselling German author of all time, Karl May, wrote books about:
A)Native American myths and legends.
B)Germanic tribes in pre-Roman times.
C)an Aztec princess and her fearless protector.
D)an Apache warrior and his German blood-brother.
117
As put forth in "Der Indianer," Native Americans object less to hobbyists holding powwows, compared with using a sweat lodge or holding a naming ceremony, because a powwow is not a religious or spiritual ceremony.
A)True
B)False
118
As cited in "What Native Peoples Deserve," the Figueiredo Report included the judgment that the tortures suffered by Brazil's Indians:
A)have been too poorly documented to substantiate.
B)were minor compared to those suffered by the Portuguese settlers in the sixteenth century.
C)have been highly exaggerated by the media.
D)are similar in horror to those of such Nazi camps as Treblinka and Dachau.
119
As stated in "What Native Peoples Deserve," the Indians of Brazil:
A)were granted full citizenship in 1974.
B)are the only people allowed to mine the lands they occupy.
C)are governed by their own constitution.
D)have the status not of citizens, but of a protected species.
120
As pointed out in "What Native Peoples Deserve," the primary cause of the recent violence in Roosevelt Indian Reservation is the greed for gold.
A)True
B)False
121
In the view of the author of "Being Indigenous in the 21st Century," indigenous people everywhere are connected both by their values and by their:
A)blood.
B)traditions.
C)oppression.
D)lands.
122
As reported in "Being Indigenous in the 21st Century," after 30 years of advocacy by indigenous peoples, in 2008:
A)the U.S. government made reparation payments for land taken from Native Americans.
B)Native American contributions during World War II were recognized with Medals of Honor.
C)tribal treaties from the nineteenth century were recognized by the U.S. government.
D)the United Nations passed a declaration supporting their distinct human rights.
123
According to "Being Indigenous in the 21st Century," the Cherokee people of Oklahoma started some of the first schools west of the Mississippi.
A)True
B)False





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