1. Practice Quiz #1 Objectives of this quiz Review and overview of Anthropology Review the history of gender studies in Anthropology. Review a few key people within the history of GS in Anth. Review a few key concepts and shifts in the way the study of gender has been conceived and approached within the history of anthropology.

2. What is anthropology? Select one: a. The study of the rise of sciences b. The comparative study of cultures in different places in the world and different time periods c. the study of anthropods d. The study animals

3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture? Select one: a. Culture involves groups of people. b. Culture is invented. c. Culture is biologically inherited. d. Culture is shared.

4. What does the term "innate" refer to? Select one: a. a characteristic of human nature that is nocturnal. b. a characteristic of human nature that is biological. c. a characteristic of human nature that is internal. d. a characteristic of human nature that is cultural.

5. What is participant-observation? Select one: a. A research method that involves interviewing human beings. b. A research method that involves mapping the movement of human beings. c. A research method that involves the researcher putting him/herself in the shoes of the people being studied by participating in their lives and observing how humans interact. d. A research method that involves watching human behavior through a glass window so the researcher's identity remains hidden.

6. Who is Margaret Mead? A. The mother of Anthropology B. A famous riveter C. The author of The Feminine Mystique

7. Who is Betty Friedan? A. The mother of Anthropology B. A famous riveter C. The author of The Feminine Mystique

8. Why is the Virginia Slims ad "You've Come a Long Way Baby" ironic? Select one: a. Women haven't actually come a long way. b. It is ironic because smoking is not actually an accomplishment. c. It is interesting to see ads that comment on social progress as s means to dupe consumers into buying products. d. All of the above are ironies created by the Virginia Slims ad

9. The history of gender studies in anthropology is conceived in terms of how many "waves" of development? Select one: a. 2 b. 3 c. 1 d. 4

10. What does the term "androcentric" refer to? Select one: a. Discussions of gender were very ambiguous and tended to highlight androgyny in diverse cultures. b. All of the above are statements that reflect the meaning of androcentrism. c. Ethnographies were very mechanical and robotic d. Ethnographies largely focused on male behavior; research in anthropology was largely conducted by men.

11. Which is a characteristic of the second wave of gender studies in anthropology? Select one: a. The second wave highlighted that women in nonwestern societies, such as southern Africa, often lived lives and had greater control over their own wealth than women in the United States. b. The second wave is associated with efforts to fill in the ethnographic record with studies that exclusively focused on the roles and status of women in diverse societies c. The second wave of gender studies is associated with the 1970s and the rise of the feminist movement in the U.S. d. All of the above statements characterize the second wave of gender studies in the United States.

12. What did the study of the San people in Southern Africa in the 1960s contribute to gender studies? Select one: a. It showed that women all over the world are subordinate to men. b. It showed that women in Africa have fewer rights and less power than women in the U.S. c. It showed that African women needed high levels of technology in order to achieve high levels of power. d. It showed that San women's ongoing collection of nuts and berries provided more calories and nourishment to their communities than hunting which was predominantly done by men. In other words, women contributed in significant ways to economy and diet of the community

13. What does the expression "The Woman Question" refer to in anthropology? Select one: a. It refers to the observation that descriptions of women's activities and roles in societies were missing from the ethnographic record. Researchers asked, "Where are the women?" b. It refers to discussions of marriage in various cultures, and the process of males choosing a mate. c. It refers to strategies that are needed to discipline unruly women. Women need to be questioned. d. It refers to the notion that a post-gender society has arrived. Questions about equality for women had been answered.

14. Why is the title of our course, "Women, Sex Roles, and Culture" a dead giveaway that the course was created in the 1970s? Select one: a. In the 70's anthropologists studied women's roles and status in isolation of men; today we study how women's lives are shaped by power relations with men--and how men's lives are shaped by power relations with women; therefore, we study "gender" and not just "women.." b. The title is not a dead giveaway of the ‘70s; it could have easily been authored in the 2000s. c. Because people felt it was important to explore the relationship between women, sex roles in culture in the '70s. We now live in a post-gender society, and there is no reason to study these relationships anymore.

15. Who is Rosie the riveter? Select one: a. A feminist, political activist who worked with Betty Friedan in the 1970s to rock the nation. b. An icon who symbolized changing gender roles in American society in the 1940s when men went to war and women were drawn into factory work to manufacture ammunition and other equipment for the war. c. An anthropologist who produced riveting studies of gender in the 1970s. d. A television character in the 1950s who highlighted the need for women to give up their factory jobs to men who were returning back home after the war.

16. What does the term "intersectional perspective" refer to in gender studies? Select one: a. The notion that by the 1980s anthropologists had reached a crossroads, or intersection of intellectual questions. b. the notion that gender is influenced by an intersection of race, class, religion, among other social markers c. the notion that intersections between women and men were causing conflicts and new situations for anthropologists to examine. d. the notion that gender studies were becoming interdisciplinary.

17. What are the characteristics of the third wave of gender studies? a. studies in this wave look more closely at how macro processes (i.e., changes in the political economy, globalization, urbanization) influence everyday experiences of gender b. the intersectional perspective is a part of the third wave of gender studies c. the question of who controls women's bodies led to an increased focus on sexuality in anthropological studies in the third wave d. All of the above characterize the third wave of gender studies

18. What dilemma has emerged as a result of the third wave of gender studies? Select one: a. Studies have stopped focusing on women and now focus only on men. b. Third wave gender studies emphasize women's "agency" and right to control their own bodies. If some women argue that it is their right to participate in pornography and prostitution because theses forms of work are a means to take action and control one's own life, it no longer is possible to critique the negative consequences of pornography and prostitution. c. anthropologists are so focused on characterizing macro and micro social processes that they have lost sight of the biological aspects of gender

19. Think, pair, share What is Ortner talking about in her essay (i.e., what is the topic?) and what is her main message about this topic (i.e., what is her main argument)? Why is she making this argument? What evidence does Ortner bring to bare to make her argument? What is one strength and one limitation to Ortner’s argument?