Gender And Sexuality Test Bank Answers Ch.11 10th Edition

Test Bank

Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following generally determines whether a fetus will be male or female?

a. Y chromosome

b. egg

c. progesterone

d. indifferent gonad

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Those with Turner syndrome have ______.

a. two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome

b. only one X chromosome

c. XY chromosomes but appear female

d. XX chromosomes but appear male

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following is an example of an intersex condition?

a. PKU

b. AIS

c. DNA

d. HIV

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The presence of ______ is an example of ambiguous genitalia.

a. penis and testes

b. penis and ovaries

c. vagina and ovaries

d. vagina and breasts

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which of the following traits is often associated with masculinity?

a. compassion

b. emotionality

c. passivity

d. aggression

Learning Objective: 11.2: Discuss the complexities of gender as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Complexities of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. What is the relationship between sex and gender?

a. Sex is culturally defined and gender is biological.

b. Sex and gender are the same.

c. Culture attaches gendered meanings to biological sex.

d. Neither gender nor sex are cultural concepts.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Discuss the complexities of gender as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Complexities of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What does the B in the LGBTQ acronym stand for?

a. brain

b. biology

c. bisexual

d. beginner

Learning Objective: 11.3: Discuss the variations of transgender and LGBTQ persons found by anthropologists in different societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Transgender and LGBTQ Individuals

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The term “berdache” was used by Europeans for ______ in Native American communities.

a. polygamous men

b. people regarded as neither male or female

c. gay men

d. genderless people

Learning Objective: 11.3: Discuss the variations of transgender and LGBTQ persons found by anthropologists in different societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Transgender and LGBTQ Individuals

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. One example of socially acceptable homosexuality was found in ancient ______.

a. Greece

b. Egypt

c. Ireland

d. Mexico

Learning Objective: 11.3: Discuss the variations of transgender and LGBTQ persons found by anthropologists in different societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Transgender and LGBTQ Individuals

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Homophobia is ______.

a. natural

b. universal

c. genetic

d. cultural

Learning Objective: 11.3: Discuss the variations of transgender and LGBTQ persons found by anthropologists in different societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Transgender and LGBTQ Individuals

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Gender relations are most egalitarian in which type of societies?

a. foraging

b. horticultural

c. pastoral

d. agricultural

Learning Objective: 11.4: Describe the gender relations in foraging societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Female Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. When the majority of food resources are procured by men, the status of women is more likely to be ______.

a. related to craft production

b. lower than that of men

c. equal to men

d. based on childbearing reverence

Learning Objective: 11.4: Describe the gender relations in foraging societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Female Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Who conducted the first fieldwork study of gender?

a. Franz Boas

b. Ruth Benedict

c. Margaret Mead

d. Sherry Ortner

Learning Objective: 11.5: Discuss the importance of Margaret Mead’s study of gender relations in Papua New Guinea.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender and Enculturation: Margaret Mead’s Study

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. The first ethnographic study of gender in Papua New Guinea illustrated that gender roles are ______.

a. innate

b. biological

c. symbolic

d. cultural

Learning Objective: 11.5: Discuss the importance of Margaret Mead’s study of gender relations in Papua New Guinea.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender and Enculturation: Margaret Mead’s Study

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. There is no anthropological evidence for ______ societies.

a. matriarchal

b. polyandrous

c. matrilineal

d. patrilocal

Learning Objective: 11.6: Describe gender relations and patriarchy in tribal societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Patriarchy in Tribal Societies

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. The status of women in tribal societies decreases when ______.

a. there are more men than women

b. pastoralism emerges

c. resources are plentiful

d. warfare increases

Learning Objective: 11.6: Describe gender relations and patriarchy in tribal societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Patriarchy in Tribal Societies

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. One practice that reflects sexism in some tribal societies is ______.

a. the incest taboo

b. the segregation of menstruating women

c. matriarchal roles of political and economic power

d. avunculocality

Learning Objective: 11.6: Describe gender relations and patriarchy in tribal societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Patriarchy and Sexism in Tribal Societies

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. In matrilineal societies, the ______ has control over economic resources and political power in the family.

a. eldest woman

b. grandmother

c. mother’s brother

d. father

Learning Objective: 11.6: Describe gender relations and patriarchy in tribal societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Female Status in Matrilineal Societies

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following best describes the status of women in matrilineal horticultural societies?

a. Women held the majority of economic and political power.

b. Women had political and economic influence but were subordinate to men.

c. Women were systematically abused and denied food.

d. Women were only as important as their subsistence contributions.

Learning Objective: 11.6: Describe gender relations and patriarchy in tribal societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Haudenosaunee (Formerly Called Iroquois)

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. ______ had significantly higher status in chiefdom societies.

a. Men

b. Women

c. Children

d. Elderly women

Learning Objective: 11.7: Discuss gender in chiefdom societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender in Chiefdom Societies

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. The status of women ______ when subsistence patterns shifted to intensive agriculture.

a. increased

b. decreased

c. depended upon her husband’s rank

d. was based on occupation

Learning Objective: 11.8: Discuss gender and patriarchy in agricultural states.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender, Subsistence, and Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Which of the following statements about women’s activities in agricultural states is true?

a. They were considered more important than those of men.

b. They plowed the fields and harvested the crops.

c. They were limited to the domestic sphere.

d. They included political decision-making.

Learning Objective: 11.8: Discuss gender and patriarchy in agricultural states.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender, Subsistence, and Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. The restriction of women from the public sphere, purdah, and foot binding are all examples of ______.

a. mutilation

b. the view of women as ritually impure

c. matriarchy

d. female seclusion

Learning Objective: 11.8: Discuss gender and patriarchy in agricultural states.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Female Seclusion

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following statements about gender relations in industrial and postindustrial societies is most accurate?

a. They are more egalitarian than those of agricultural societies.

b. They completely egalitarian.

c. They are more unequal than any other type of society.

d. They are the opposite of those in preindustrial societies.

Learning Objective: 11.9: Discuss the changes in gender in industrial and postindustrial societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and the Division of Labor

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. In industrial and postindustrial societies, women spending more time in the workforce leads to which of the following outcomes?

a. They spend less time on domestic activities.

b. They continue to perform the majority of domestic activities.

c. Men spend less time in the workforce.

d. Men have taken over the activities associated with the domestic realm.

Learning Objective: 11.9: Discuss the changes in gender in industrial and postindustrial societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and the Division of Labor

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Which of the following statements about the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States is true?

a. It was added to the Constitution in 1972.

b. It was passed by Congress but never ratified.

c. It was added to the Constitution in 2001.

d. It did not make it through Congress.

Learning Objective: 11.9: Discuss the changes in gender in industrial and postindustrial societies.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Feminism

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Which of the following is an example of a feminist belief?

a. Women are superior to men.

b. Men are superior to women.

c. People deserve equal rights regardless of gender.

d. Men should not serve in political positions.

Learning Objective: 11.9: Discuss the changes in gender in industrial and postindustrial societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Feminism

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Women’s obedience and faithfulness to their husbands is part of ______ in Latin America.

a. infantilism

b. matriarchy

c. feminism

d. machismo

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Machismo in Latin America

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Colonialism led to ______ for women in Africa.

a. decreased status

b. more educational opportunity

c. land ownership

d. job opportunity

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender in Africa

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Educated women in cities in Africa tend to work in ______ jobs.

a. agricultural

b. technology

c. service

d. manufacturing

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Urban African Women

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. An unmarried, childless woman in India is most likely to be treated ______.

a. as though they are worthless

b. better than married women

c. as better potential employees

d. as equal to men

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender and Status in South Asia

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Patriarchal ideals in India tend to persist in ______ even when they are challenged in other parts of the country.

a. cities

b. rural areas

c. places with more Western contact

d. coastal regions

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and Status in South Asia

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. The Communist Chinese marriage laws passed in 1950 had what effect on Chinese women?

a. Women were required to marry the partner chosen for them by the government.

b. Women were able to divorce their husbands without losing their children.

c. Women no longer had to live near their mothers-in-law.

d. Daughters were valued as much as sons.

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender in China

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Polyamorous practices are usually viewed as ______ by the wider society.

a. adaptive

b. honest

c. productive

d. deviant

Learning Objective: 11.11: What have anthropologists learned about sexuality in different societies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Codes of Sexual Behavior

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Restrictive views of sexual behavior often lead to ______.

a. segregation of the sexes

b. a lack of sex within marriages

c. polyamory

d. celibacy

Learning Objective: 11.11: What have anthropologists learned about sexuality in different societies?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Codes of Sexual Behavior

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. People with XY chromosomes will always be born with male external genitalia.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Neuroscientific data indicates that the brain anatomy of transgender people is more like the brains of the gender with which they identify than those of their natal sex.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Discuss the variations of transgender and LGBTQ persons found by anthropologists in different societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Complexities of Gender

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In foraging societies, rigid gender roles dictate that men do the hunting and women the gathering.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Describe the gender relations in foraging societies.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and the Division of Labor

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The Qur’an calls for harsher punishments for women who commit adultery compared with men.

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender in the Middle East

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Middle Eastern countries that have had more contact with the West have eliminated patriarchy.

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender in the Middle East

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Analyze the evidence for and against a binary view of sex.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the complexities of sex as described by anthropologists.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Complexities of Sex

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Discuss the effect of feminism in Japan.

Learning Objective: 11.9: Discuss the changes in gender in industrial and postindustrial societies.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Feminism

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is the relationship between Western contact and feminism in non-Western societies?

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender in Africa, Gender in the Middle East

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is one factor that explains the resilience of the patriarchy in India?

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gender and Status in South Asia

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Compare and contrast life for women in the United States and China.

Learning Objective: 11.10: Discuss gender relations in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Gender in China

Difficulty Level: Hard