UCI Anthropology Concepts Questions and Essay

Instructions: Choose 8 of the 10 terms below. Define the term in our own words and then identify an example from the book, lectures, readings, or films that can be used as an example of that term. Answers should be between 100-300 words in length. (5 points per question: 2 points for the definition, 3 points for the response)

Terms:

1. Endogamy
2. Unilineal Evolution
3. Magic
4. Third Gender
5. Ethnicity
6. Cultural Relativism
7. Ethnoscape
8. Settler Colonialism
9. Gender Role
10. Race

Part 2: Short Answers (40 pts)

Instructions: Read each question carefully and write a short response that answers each part of the question. Answers should be between 100 and 300 words in length. (10 points each)

1. Match each of the four actions below to the form of reciprocity or exchange it best demonstrates. Explain how you know. 
   1. Actions:
      1. Leaving a restaurant without paying the bill
      2. Paying your bill at a restaurant with money you earned from your job at the grocery store
      3. Buying your friend’s meal at a restaurant because they bought yours the last time you ate together
      4. A parent buying their child dinner at a restaurant
   2. Forms of reciprocity
      1. Market exchange
      2. Balanced reciprocity
      3. Negative reciprocity
      4. Generalized reciprocity
2. Recall the short film about the longevity of designs intended to communicate danger through symbols (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEqzt36JEM&t=1s). What is the major problem engineers, designers, and philosophers are trying to resolve? What does this tell us about the relationship between symbols and culture?
3. Describe two reasons why an anthropologist studying race in America might want to incorporate the concept of intersectionality into their research?
4. Use the concept of gender roles to explain the logical problems with the ‘man the hunter, woman the gatherer’ hypothesis. 

Part 3: Essay (20 points) (200-500 words)

Throughout the semester we have returned to the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in each of our discussions, both about our own culture(s) as well as the cultures of the diverse peoples we have encountered in our readings and films. In this essay first define, in your own terms, cultural relativism and ethnocentrism (5 points). Next, provide examples from the readings/textbook/films (5 points). Finally, explain the relationship between reflexivity and cultural relativism in anthropological research (10 points).