Language Thought and Culture Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) PDF Download - 168

According to anthropologists to share interest in diversity in time and space is called

1. Communication
2. Linguistic anthropology
3. Language
4. All of the above

The capitalist world economy is what Wallenstein (1974) would call a 'world system' this term refers to

1. A means of transporting money between different areas of a country
2. An empire with a bureaucratic administration but no political centre
3. An awareness of risks and dangers that affect the environment as a whole
4. A unit with a division of labor that extends across ethnic and cultural groups

According to anthropology which of the following is an example of adhocracy?

1. Network
2. Collegial form
3. Strategies
4. Rational planning

According to anthropologists our culture and culture changes affect the ways in which we perceive nature, human nature and the

1. Artificial things
2. Natural things
3. Human made
4. None of the above

According to anthropologists all cultures have medico and magic religious specialists which is called

1. Shaman
2. Witch doctors
3. Foraging
4. All of the above