In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute

a. Honor is an important factor in bargaining.
b. Paying too low a price could mark one as poor.
c. Selling high can mark one as stingy.
d. Both the buyer and seller attempt to maximize their immediate material benefit.
5. Which of the following is true of ownership?
a. It is a synonym for use rights.
b. It implies the right to use a resource and to deny its use to other.
c. It is based on social status such as rank, age, or sex.
d. It implies the right to deny its use to others who have use rights.
6. Which of the following is true of division of labor in bands?
a. Specialization is based on one’s birth family.
b. Voluntary differences based on the differing interests of individuals.
c. Age and gender are the fundamental criteria for specialization.
d. Kinship roles determine the specializations of individuals.
7. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic systems of distribution?
a. reciprocity
b. redistribution
c. markets
d. barter
8. Which of the following best characterizes reciprocity?
a. direct exchange
b. gift giving
c. bargaining
d. barter
9. Which of the following is necessarily true of money?
a. Its value is based on its usefulness as a commodity.
b. It is always valuable in its own right.
c. Its value is based on mutual agreement.
d. It is of no value in and of itself.
10. Which of the following is true of subsistence economies?
a. They usually give rise to major differences in wealth.
b. The work of food producers is the basis for calculating the wealth of non-food commodities.
c. They involve producing primarily for one’s own consumption.
d. They are least common in bands