Question 1

Studies of physical differences indicate that:

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A)   chromosomes are the primary determinants of human behavior.
B)   all individuals fall into the two assumed categories of male and female.
C)   women's bodies are not strong enough for heavy labor.
D)   biology drives the division of labor.
E)   human male and female bodies are more similar than different.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Rape of men and women was one of the most brutal and powerful ways that gender stratification was performed in:

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A)   the Zar Cult of Sudan.
B)   Samoa of the 1920s.
C)   factories on the U.S.-Mexico border.
D)   the civil war of El Salvador.
E)   the Trobriand Islands.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Studies on women's participation in the industrialized labor force indicate that:

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A)   social inequality decreased once women gained economic power.
B)   women were unable to resist male dominance once engaged in the global economy.
C)   household labor became more equitable once women began earning a salary.
D)   exploitation of women decreased as women became the majority of managers.
E)   patriarchal relations in the home were repeated in the workplace.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Anne Fausto-Sterling's analysis of biological sexual identity identifies:

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A)   three sexes, including machos.
B)   four sexes, including hijras.
C)   six sexes, including Two-Spirits.
D)   five sexes, including intersexuals.
E)   seven sexes, including berdaches.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following is a way that sports such as T-ball reinforce gender ideals in US children?

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A)   Boys typically receive more playing time than girls.
B)   Boys have fewer opportunities to touch the ball than girls.
C)   Girls spend more time batting than boys.
D)   Parents tend to encourage boys and girls equally.
E)   Girls and boys receive the same amount of praise for playing well.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

For anthropologists, ________ refers to the observable physical differences between male and female human beings, especially the biological differences related to human reproduction.

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A)   gender
B)   sex
C)   reproduction
D)   performance
E)   dimorphismF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Ida Susser's initial research focused on:

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A)   HIV/AIDS prevention in Brazil (South America) .
B)   the student movement at Kent State University (Ohio) .
C)   social change in Brooklyn (New York City) .
D)   the end of apartheid in South Africa.
E)   child mortality in Appalachia (United States) .F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Through the Zar Cult of Sudan, women:

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A)   joined forces to protest violence against women and children.
B)   claimed that spirits moved them when working in factories.
C)   resisted subordination by speaking out while in a trance state.
D)   gained political power by pursuing higher education and literacy.
E)   took up arms to fight alongside men during a bloody civil war.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women who migrate from the global South find work as ________ in industrialized nations.

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A)   gardeners
B)   teachers
C)   nannies
D)   waitresses
E)   prostitutesF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Individuals whose culture identifies them as "neither man nor women" in India are called:

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A)   machos.
B)   hijras.
C)   Two-Spirits.
D)   transgendered.
E)   hermaphrodite.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 11

On average, human men weigh ________ more than women.

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A)   5 percent
B)   15 percent
C)   25 percent
D)   30 percent
E)   50 percentF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

The United States requires that individuals identify legally as:

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A)   either male or female.
B)   male, female, or intersexual.
C)   male, female, or transgender.
D)   male, female, or middle sex.
E)   heterosexual, homosexual, or intersexual.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Discuss ways that women's participation in the migratory process, including their role in "the global care chain," reflects both gender role stereotypes and economic inequalities in the twenty-first century.

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Question 14

In the United States, ________ are those most subject to nonfatal intimate partner violence.

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A)   women over the age of fifty
B)   men and women between the ages of sixty and sixty-five
C)   women between the ages of twenty and twenty-four
D)   men over the age of seventy
E)   women in their thirtiesF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

The phrases "boys will be boys" and "it's a girls' thing" reflect gender:

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A)   stratification.
B)   roles.
C)   stereotypes.
D)   performance.
E)   construction.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Inequalities of wealth, power, privilege, and access to resources, coupled with poor health that impacts victims' lives in painful ways, are known as:

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A)   gender stratification.
B)   structured gender violence.
C)   interpersonal violence.
D)   gender-based torture.
E)   social injustice.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Discuss how the anthropological understanding of the status of individuals of alternate genders in Native American cultures has changed. After defining the terms berdache and "Two-Spirits," explain how scholars' and activists' views of the status and roles of individuals in these alternate genders have changed.

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Question 18

The process through which a sense of gender becomes normative and seems natural is called:

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A)   sexual dimorphism.
B)   gender stratification.
C)   enculturation.
D)   enculturation
E)   hierarchies.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

Victims of gender-based violence are most likely to be assaulted:

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A)   in the streets.
B)   in parks.
C)   in public.
D)   in a residence.
E)   at work.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Explain how physicians' attitudes toward children born intersexed have changed in recent decades in parallel with changes in attitudes toward sexuality. Specifically, what has influenced the American Academy of Pediatrics to allow children to make their own choices once they reach an age where they are able to do so?

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Studies of physical differences indicate that:

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On average, human men weigh ________ more than women.

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Individuals whose culture identifies them as "neither man nor women" in India are called:

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Studies on women's participation in the industrialized labor force indicate that:

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The process through which a sense of gender becomes normative and seems natural is called:

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For anthropologists, ________ refers to the observable physical differences between male and female human beings, especially the biological differences related to human reproduction.

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According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women who migrate from the global South find work as ________ in industrialized nations.

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Victims of gender-based violence are most likely to be assaulted:

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Which of the following is a way that sports such as T-ball reinforce gender ideals in US children?

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Inequalities of wealth, power, privilege, and access to resources, coupled with poor health that impacts victims' lives in painful ways, are known as:

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