Study Guide for Cultural Anthropology, Final Exam*

I. Multiple Choice Some of these are similar to those that have appeared on your quizzes, but questions will also cover readings assigned that I did not quiz you over, as well as material from class presentations. Most, if not all, of your exam will be multiple choice and perhaps True/False.

II. Matching and Identifications. There may be some terms that you will match to their definitions, perhaps a few you will identify, while others will appear in multiple choice, True/False questions. The terms will come from this list:

achieved status ascribed status caste system class system

closed system conflict theory functionalism life chances

open system power prestige social mobility

wealth achieved/ascribed status age sets age grade

mediation Kpelle moot leadership legitimate power

political ideology political process hegemony illegitimate power

government law stratified society rebellion

revolution egalitarian society factions complementary opposition

chiefdom citizenship compensation segmentary lineage system

political organization social diffentiation social complexity tribe

authority band bigman anthropomorphic

anthropopsychic antistructure cleric communitas

contagious magic cosmology divination Ghost Dance

god imitative magic liminal magic

mana messianic millenarian Native American Church

nativism monotheism naturalistic neopagan

oricha peyote Peyote Road pharmacopoeia

polytheism prayer priest reincorporation

religion revitalization movement rite of intensification rite of passage

ritual sacred narratives sacrifice scapulomancy

separation shaman sorcery syncretism

totem totemism trickster vision quest

vitalism Wiccan witchcraft zoomorphic

Sir James Frazier art deep play Nathaniel Barrow

folk art orientalism colonialism corvée labor

development Heeren XVII industrialization Dutch East India Company

joint stock company maquiladores modernization theory monoculture plantation

multinational corporation peonage percapita GNP pillage

vassalage VOC voluntary associations World Bank

assimilationist model ethnic boundaries ethnic groups ethnic identity

ethnicity indigenous people melting pot model mosaic model

nation-state transnationailsm the Kaluli of Papua New Guinea

III. Short Answers. There may be a few questions which can be answered by a phrase or word. These will come from Chapters 12-17 in the text; and from classroom presentations. The following outline may possibly help you organize your notes:

I. Political Systems

A. Bands and Tribes B. Chiefdoms C. States D. Types of Conflict Resolution

II. Stratification

A. Criteria: Power, Wealth, Prestige B. Ascription and Achievement C. Class, Caste, and Race

III. Ethnicity

A. Perspectives on Ethnicity

B. Ethnicity and the Nation State C. Indigenous Peoples D. Cultural Diversity in the U.S.

IV. Belief Systems: Religion and World View

A. Magic, Science, and Religion

B. Means of addressing the supernatural: prayer, sacrifice, magic, divination

C. Religious Practitioners: priests and shamans

D. Witchcraft and Sorcery

V. The Arts

A. Anthropological Perspectives B. Functions of Art

C. Deep Play D. Identity and Art

E. Fine Art and Folk Art: Nathaniel Barrow’s art F. Art and Marketing Strategies

VI. Cultural Change

A. The World in 1400 B. European Expansion: Motives and Methods C. Colonialism

D. Independence and Development: multinational corporations and the Kaluli of Papua New Guinea E. Globalization

*Check your syllabus to verify the time and place of your final exam. Failure to take the exam at the designated time automatically results in a course grade of “F.”