AN 120 Peoples of the World
Final Exam Study Guide
About the exam:The exam consists of a mix of multiple choice and true/false questions, 60 total.Multiple choice questions will be worth 2 points each; true/false questions will be worth 1 point each.
Material covered:The exam draws upon the lectures, readings, web page (visuals used in lectures), films, and recitation sections.There will be questions based on material and films from before the midterm as well as since the midterm.
Extra Note About Films and Lectures:Film notes are not referred to here—it is expected that you have notes from the films to refer to.Not all material covered in lecture is referred to here either:Although the final exam will draw substantially from lecture material, it is expected that you have adequate notes.
Emphasis:There will be factual questions to test whether you read readings, attended films and lectures.Besides this, there will a number of questions which test whether you understand the concepts conveyed in this course.
Sample Test Questions:See the midterm study guide for samples
Study Questions:The following questions are meant to be a guide—they do not summarize what will be on the test.Refer to the midterm study guide and your memory of questions from the midterm exam for material up to the midterm.[Remember tools, social org, marriage, kinship, language, metaphors.]
1)What are important lessons to take away from Never in Anger?What are some primary themes and messages conveyed in No Sweat?What is Hoskins’ Biographical Objects about?What is Neither Men Nor Women about?What are hijras?What are important roles for hijras?
2)What is gender?How does it differ in different societies?What is the relationship between sex and gender? How are understandings of them created in different societies?
3)What is transgender?How does it relate to an understanding of gender and sex?What is intersex, how common is it and how does it relate to an understanding of gender and sex?
4)What is inequality, stratification?What are some basic forms of inequality?What are some forms inequality and stratification take in various kinds of societies including our own?How are inequality and stratification justified?
5)What are the integrationist and exploitative theories of stratification? What was Marx’s thought on capitalism, stratification, and inequality?
6)What are the principles and forms of exchange and reciprocity?
7)What are the social origins and consequences of collective violence?What is the relationship between gender and violence?
8)What is applied anthropology?What are some examples from lecture and Robbins’ text of the applied anthropology?