Who is known for his studies of Native American tribes and his groundbreaking work “Argonauts of the Western Pacific?
a) Franz Boas
b) Clifford Geertz
c) Margaret Mead
d) Bronisław Malinowski
Answer: d) Bronisław Malinowski
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Zuni people and introduced the concept of cultural relativism?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Clifford Geertz
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Franz Boas
Who studied the Kwakiutl tribe in British Columbia and introduced the idea of “participant observation” in ethnographic research?
a) Bronisław Malinowski
b) Clifford Geertz
c) Margaret Mead
d) Franz Boas
Answer: a) Bronisław Malinowski
Which American ethnographer conducted fieldwork among the Samoan people and is known for her work on gender and culture?
a) Margaret Mead
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Bronisław Malinowski
Answer: a) Margaret Mead
Who is recognized for his studies of Balinese culture and his influential concept of “thick description” in ethnographic analysis?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Clifford Geertz
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: b) Clifford Geertz
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Pueblo people of New Mexico and introduced the concept of “cultural configurations”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Franz Boas
c) Margaret Mead
d) Clifford Geertz
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who is known for his studies of Native American tribes, particularly the Kwakiutl and the Plains Indians?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Answer: d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Which American ethnographer focused on the cultural anthropology of American Indian tribes and wrote “The Mind of Primitive Man”?
a) Margaret Mead
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Franz Boas
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: d) Edward Sapir
Who conducted ethnographic research among the Navajo people and made significant contributions to linguistic anthropology?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: d) Edward Sapir
Which American ethnographer studied the culture of the Kwakiutl people and introduced the concept of “culture and personality”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Margaret Mead
c) Edward Sapir
d) Franz Boas
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who conducted fieldwork among the Zuni and Pueblo tribes and wrote “Patterns of Culture”?
a) Margaret Mead
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Franz Boas
d) Clifford Geertz
Answer: b) Ruth Benedict
Which American ethnographer focused on African American culture and folklore, collecting and preserving oral traditions?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Franz Boas
c) Margaret Mead
d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Answer: a) Zora Neale Hurston
Who is known for his studies of Native American tribes and his influential work in the Boasian tradition of anthropology?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Franz Boas
c) Margaret Mead
d) Melville Herskovits
Answer: b) Franz Boas
Which American ethnographer conducted research among the Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli people in New Guinea?
a) Margaret Mead
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Franz Boas
d) Bronisław Malinowski
Answer: a) Margaret Mead
Who is recognized for his studies of Native American tribes and his work on cultural diffusion and historical particularism?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Julian Steward
Answer: a) Franz Boas
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Plains Indians, emphasizing the influence of the environment on culture?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Julian Steward
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: b) Julian Steward
Who focused on the study of American Indian cultures and introduced the concept of “cultural ecology”?
a) Julian Steward
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Julian Steward
Which American ethnographer conducted research on Native American tribes, emphasizing the analysis of cultural systems and institutions?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Julian Steward
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: c) Julian Steward
Who is known for his studies of African and African American cultures and his concept of “cultural relativism” in cultural analysis?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Franz Boas
c) Melville Herskovits
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: c) Melville Herskovits
Which American ethnographer conducted research on Caribbean and Afro-American cultures, highlighting cultural retention and syncretism?
a) Franz Boas
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Margaret Mead
d) Ruth Benedict
Answer: b) Zora Neale Hurston
Who is recognized for his studies of Native American tribes and his contributions to linguistic anthropology, particularly in language classification?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Edward Sapir
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: c) Edward Sapir
Which American ethnographer focused on African and African American cultures, exploring the influence of African heritage on American culture?
a) Melville Herskovits
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Melville Herskovits
Who conducted research on American Indian cultures, emphasizing the concept of “cultural area” and the diffusion of cultural traits?
a) Julian Steward
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Julian Steward
Which American ethnographer studied the African diaspora and contributed to the understanding of African retentions in the Americas?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Melville Herskovits
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: b) Melville Herskovits
Who is known for his studies of Native American tribes and his emphasis on the interrelationship between culture and environment?
a) Julian Steward
b) Franz Boas
c) Edward Sapir
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Julian Steward
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Crow Indians and introduced the concept of “cultural consonance”?
a) Julian Steward
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: a) Julian Steward
Who focused on the study of African American folklore, music, and cultural expressions, contributing to the understanding of African retentions?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Melville Herskovits
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Zora Neale Hurston
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Kwakiutl tribe and introduced the concept of “culture at a distance?
a) Franz Boas
b) Margaret Mead
c) Edward Sapir
d) Zora Neale Hurston
Answer: b) Margaret Mead
Who is known for her studies of African American culture and her work on folklore, storytelling, and the blues tradition?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Melville Herskovits
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Zora Neale Hurston
Which American ethnographer conducted research on Native American tribes, focusing on kinship systems and social organization?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: a) Franz Boas
Who is recognized for his studies of African and African American cultures and his concept of “negritude”?
a) Melville Herskovits
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Melville Herskovits
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Hopi and Zuni tribes, focusing on the study of rituals and symbolic systems?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Margaret Mead
c) Franz Boas
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who focused on the study of Native American tribes and their mythologies, particularly the myth-ritual complex?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: b) Ruth Benedict
Which American ethnographer conducted research on African American folklore, particularly the Br’er Rabbit stories?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Melville Herskovits
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Zora Neale Hurston
Who is known for his studies of Native American tribes and his work on kinship terminologies and linguistic classifications?
a) Franz Boas
b) Edward Sapir
c) Margaret Mead
d) Melville Herskovits
Answer: b) Edward Sapir
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Acoma Pueblo people and introduced the concept of “phonemic analysis” in linguistics?
a) Edward Sapir
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Edward Sapir
Who is recognized for his studies of African American cultures and his focus on the study of African retentions in the Americas?
a) Melville Herskovits
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Melville Herskovits
Which American ethnographer conducted research on American Indian tribes, particularly the Kwakiutl and the Nootka?
a) Franz Boas
b) Margaret Mead
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: a) Franz Boas
Who focused on the study of African American culture and its retention of African linguistic and cultural features?
a) Melville Herskovits
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Melville Herskovits
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the culture and social structure of the Nuer people in Sudan?
a) E. E. Evans-Pritchard
b) Franz Boas
c) Margaret Mead
d) Ruth Benedict
Answer: a) E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Who is known for his ethnographic work on Native American tribes and his focus on kinship, social structure, and political organization?
a) Franz Boas
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Answer: d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Hopi and introduced the concept of “culture and personality”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Margaret Mead
c) Franz Boas
d) Edward Sapir
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who focused on the study of African American culture, particularly the Gullah people of the Sea Islands, and their linguistic and cultural heritage?
a) Melville Herskovits
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: b) Zora Neale Hurston
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Zuni and introduced the concept of “culture at a distance”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) Margaret Mead
c) Edward Sapir
d) Elsie Clews Parsons
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who is recognized for her studies of African American folklore and her collection of stories, songs, and cultural expressions?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Melville Herskovits
c) Franz Boas
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) Zora Neale Hurston
Which American ethnographer conducted research on Native American tribes and introduced the concept of “functionalism” in anthropology?
a) A. L. Kroeber
b) Ruth Benedict
c) Margaret Mead
d) Franz Boas
Answer: a) A. L. Kroeber
Who focused on the study of Native American cultures, particularly the Yurok people, and his work on cultural diffusion and historical reconstruction?
a) A. L. Kroeber
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) A. L. Kroeber
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Kwakiutl and introduced the concept of “culture and personality”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) A. L. Kroeber
c) Margaret Mead
d) Franz Boas
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
Who is recognized for his studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and the Pueblo people?
a) A. L. Kroeber
b) Franz Boas
c) Ruth Benedict
d) Margaret Mead
Answer: a) A. L. Kroeber
Which American ethnographer conducted research on the Hopi and introduced the concept of “cultural relativism”?
a) Ruth Benedict
b) A. L. Kroeber
c) Margaret Mead
d) Franz Boas
Answer: a) Ruth Benedict
