UNIT 4- P1- THE SOCIETY-7.0 - PART 1 LISTENING EXERCISE

In a gift economy, gifts are given to foster a system of _________.

• Mutual support
• Economic growth
• Social ties
• Financial gain
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In contrast to market economies, a gift economy focuses on relationships between the _________.

• Governments
• People
• Corporations
• Countries
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Anthropologists Bronislaw Malinowski and Marcel Mauss studied the _________ of the Trobriand islands.

• Geography
• Culture
• Natives
• Economy
• -

The Trobriand islanders would make journeys to exchange shell necklaces and arm bands in a practice called the _________.

• Barter system
• Kula ring
• Trade routes
• Island hopping
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The items in the kula ring are significant due to their ________owners.

• Monetary value
• Original

• Material quality
• Age
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In the potlatch feast, chiefs gain prestige by giving away items like ________and blankets

• Jewelry
• Livestock
• Gold
• Blankets
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Participants in a gift economy aim to accumulate _________ wealth rather than material wealth.

• Social
• Economic
• Tangible
• Inherited
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A key difference in a gift economy is that gifts are given without any _________.

• Preconditions
• Delay
• Expectation
• Cost
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The social norm in a gift economy that obligates reciprocation is known as _________.

• Charity
• Exchange
• Reciprocity
• Donation
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An act in a gift economy that could be misinterpreted as severing a relationship.

• Toraja People of Indonesia
• Potlatch Feast
• Burning Man
• Bronislaw Malinowski and Marcel Mauss
• Not explicitly mentioned in the script