Question 1

According to Hann and Hart, neoclassical economic theory

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A)   replaced the classical view of economic value as an objective property of produced commodities.
B)   rejected the subjective calculations of individuals seeking to maximize their own utility.
C)   was developed by Adam Smith.
D)   focused on the economic views of Marcel Mauss.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C) D

Question 2

A reciprocal situation in which neither the time nor the value of return is specified is identified by anthropologists as a form of

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A)   generalized reciprocity.
B)   balanced reciprocity.
C)   negative reciprocity.
D)   redistribution.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above A

Question 3

The activity linking human social groups to the material world around them is referred to as

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A)   labor.
B)   production.
C)   distribution.
D)   exchange.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

An economic system dominated by the supply-demand-price mechanism called the "market" is

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A)   capitalism.
B)   communism.
C)   market exchange.
D)   redistribution.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Describe the different modes of exchange operating in the society of the United States. What are their interrelationships with one another? Provide examples for each mode of exchange. How do they interact with each other?

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. In the early twentieth century, for ex...

Question 6

Ranked groups within a hierarchically stratified society whose membership is defined primarily in terms of wealth, occupation, or other economic criteria are called

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A)   classes.
B)   modes of production.
C)   kin.
D)   statuses.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Analyze what is meant by the claim that consumption needs are culturally shaped. Illustrate your analysis with examples.

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We have seen that human beings (along wi...

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The three major phases of economic activity are production, distribution, and consumption.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe and discuss the elements in Marshall Sahlins's argument about "the original affluent society." How do these elements compare and contrast with your own society? What does this mean for production, distribution, and consumption in the contemporary world?

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Marshall Sahlins coined the expression "...

Question 10

Anthropologist I. M. Lewis compared the social organization of the northern Somalis and the Boran Galla, who live next to each other in semiarid scrubland and herd the same animals. His comparison showed that

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A)   environment determines social structure.
B)   the Somali and Boran are quite different in social structure.
C)   the Somali and the Boran speak the same language and are intermarried.
D)   the Somali and the Boran work for each other in turn.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

In the early twentieth century, food production in Tuscany corresponded to which of the following?

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A)   An egalitarian model
B)   No division of labor between men and women
C)   A model based on large landholdings worked by peasant laborers
D)   Coca-ColaE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

The economic theory which represented a formal attempt to explain the workings of capitalist enterprise and paid particular attention to distribution is

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A)   distribution theory.
B)   neoclassical economic theory.
C)   Marxist economic theory.
D)   commodity exchange.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

The patterning of human interdependence in a given society through the actions and decisions of its members is called

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A)   social hierarchy.
B)   social equality.
C)   social organization.
D)   social stratification.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The tools, skills, organization, and knowledge used to extract energy from nature are the

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A)   means of production
B)   mode of production
C)   relation of production
D)   subsistence strategyE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Define the concept of mode of production, and describe and discuss the three major modes of production outlined by Eric Wolf.

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Wolf's three modes of production have been particularly important in human history: (1) a kin-ordered mode (Figure 11.5(in the text ), in which social labor is deployed on the basis of kinship relations (e.g., husbands/fathers clear the fields, the whole family plants, mothers/wives weed, children keep animals out of the field); (2) a tributary mode, "in which the primary producer, whether cultivator or herdsman, is allowed access to the means of production while tribute [a payment of goods or labor] is exacted from him by political or military means" (Wolf 1982, 79); and (3) the capitalist mode, which has three main features: the means of production are private property owned by members of the capitalist class, workers must sell their labor power to the capitalists to survive, and surpluses of wealth are produced that capitalists may retain as profit or reinvest in production, to increase output and generate further surpluses and higher profits.

Question 16

According to Wilk and Cliggett, which model of human nature is based on the assumption that people's motivations are shaped by culturally specific belief systems and values guided by a culturally patterned view of the universe and the human place within it?

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A)   The self-interested model
B)   The social model
C)   The moral model
D)   The religious modelE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

According to Wilk and Cliggett, the development of neoclassical economic theory was a key turning point in the history of economics because it

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A)   produced a unified position about human nature that resolved disputes that used to divide those who analyzed economic systems.
B)   realized Adam Smith's original views which had previously been suppressed.
C)   gave rise to the divergent theoretical positions on human nature about which economic anthropologists continue to disagree.
D)   finally paid attention to the economic views of Marcel Mauss.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Discuss the consumption of Western market commodities throughout the world in our current era of globalization. In your answer, pay attention to how commodities are used, as well as to the effects of contemporary economic institutions on most of the world's population.

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Consumption usually refers to the using ...

Question 19

The distributive process known as exchange is central to the functioning of capitalist free enterprise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Wilk and Cliggett, which model of human nature originated during the Enlightenment and is based on the assumption that individuals are first and foremost interested in their own well-being?

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A)   The self-interested model
B)   The social model
C)   The moral model
D)   The religious modelE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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