ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 EXAM 3 NAME Xiyu Yin PART I EACH ANSWER IS WORTH 3 POINTS 1 Where are the Maasai from a Kenya b Australia c Egypt d The American Southwest 2 From the article Religious Perspectives in Anthropology what is Weltanschaung a The end of the world b The belief that the sacred does not exist c Worldview d The belief that the power of the sacred lies in nature 3 Which would be part of The Time of Creation and Perfection a A Singularity b Chaos c The Dreaming d Totems 4 What is life out of balance a Chaos b Koyannisquasti c Time of Corruption d Oroborous 5 The Dreaming is part of which culture a Maasai b Celtic Irish c Australian Aboriginal d Inuit 6 Which is the creator spirit of the Inuit a The Inuit have no Creator Spirit b Father Raven c Kiannisquatsi d Quetzalcoatl 7 Giving human characteristics to that which is not human is a Idolatry b Anthropomorphism c Anthropophagy d Mana 8 What is the Rumspringa a Amish Rite of Passage b Creator Spirit of the Aztecs c A form of Mana d The Celtic New Years Eve 9 From Voodoo Logic what was buried at Yankee Stadium a A Red Sox jersey b A Yankee baseball player from the 19th Century c A baseball d Nothing 10 From invitation to the Dance what is ecstatic ritual a Witchcraft b Divination c Cannibalism d Singing and chanting to exhaustion a AIDS b Cancer c Covid 19 d Tuberculosis a Superstition b Mysticism c Animism d Myth 12 The belief that the sacred lies in nature is 13 What is the MAIN purpose of a Rite of Passage a Cultures reproducing themselves by passing on the core values of the culture b So that children can become adults c So that people will fit into their cultures d To connect the living with the dead 11 From Vampire Lore Rooted In New England which disease may have stoked fears of the undead 14 Mana is a Part of the Hopi Snake Ceremony b Creator Spirit of the Aztecs c Inanimate object which have the power of the sacred d Cannibalism 15 The Tolai are from a Australia b Mexico c Papua New Guinea d Kenya 16 What is Myth a Superstition b A cultural expression of social values c A misunderstanding of natural reality d Primitive religions a They were cannibals b Part of their brain was missing c They were from lower races d They were not completely human a The end of a way of life b That a person belongs somewhere c Respect for the dead d A belief in the Sacred a Birds b Snakes c Elephants d Turtles a Australian Aboriginals b The Apache c The Tolai d The Celts 19 From Animals which animal carries the earth and or heavens on their back 20 The Rainbow Serpent if the creator Spirit for which culture 17 From Invitation to The Dance how did Frederick Davenport explain the bizarre behavior of primitives 18 From Why Disposing of the Dead Matters To The Living as in ceremonies of birth and marriage what do funerals signify PART II EACH ANSWER IS WORTH SIX POINTS 1 What are the Three Essential Elements of The Sacred NOT Durkheim 1 Supernatural reality 2 Has power power to help or power to punish those who were bad 3 We can access that power 2 List the three stages of an Origin Myth 1 Time before time 2 Time of creation or perfection 3 Time of corruption or end of time 3 List the three stages of a Rite of Passage 1 Separation Removed from their old life and taken away and placed in a sacred place 2 Transition Taught knowledge 3 Re aggregation brought back into the community as a new person 4 What are three reasons why Anthropologists study funeral practices 1 Universal apart from the atheist believers we find them throughout the world 2 Tell us about the living values of the living looking at them and what they believe of the dead Understand what is important to them in the living 3 Death becomes bases for the belief in the reality of the sacred we are all going to face it at point of another it is a reality we are mortal 5 What are the two ethnocentric attitudes of Anthropologists concerning the religion of the other 1 The religion of primitive is only superstition 2 Only science can explain natural reality Many people would use religion to explain weather but the only way to do so is to use science PART III PLEASE CHOOSE ONE ANSWER IS WORTH 10 POINTS 1 Choose a Rite of passage and discuss its three stages What core values it represents and what happens to those who fail 2 Discuss the burial rituals of the Kikuyu and the Maasai and the core values they represent 3 What is the connection between Geronimo Skull and Bones The Dead Other Freshkills Landfill and those who died on September 11 2001 1 The rite of passage I choose The making of individuals moving from one social role to the another like puberty rite The core values To reproduce the culture boys and girls become men and women and they can now marry and reproduce Three stages Separation Removed from their old life and taken away and placed in a sacred place Transition Taught knowledge Re aggregation Brought back into the community as a new person