Anthropology Quiz

Who is often called the founder of modern anthropology?

• Franz Boas

• Margaret Mead

• Ruth Benedict

• Claude Lévi-Strauss

Which university did Franz Boas work at as a professor of anthropology?

• Harvard University

• Columbia University

• Yale University

• Stanford University

What concept did Bronisław Malinowski describe in his work on the Trobriand Islands?

• Potlatch

• Kula ring

• Thick description

• Binary oppositions

Which anthropologist is associated with the structuralist methods of Ferdinand de Saussure?

• Claude Lévi-Strauss

• Margaret Mead

• Ruth Benedict

• Clifford Geertz

What is the title of Clifford Geertz's book on symbolic anthropology?

• The Interpretation of Cultures

• Patterns of Culture

• The Raw and the Cooked

• Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Which anthropologist's work included 'The Mind of Primitive Man'?

• Franz Boas

• Margaret Mead

• Ruth Benedict

• Claude Lévi-Strauss

What did Clifford Geertz introduce in his book 'The Interpretation of Cultures'?

• Kula ring

• Thick description

• Potlatch

• Binary oppositions

Which anthropologist's work includes 'The Raw and the Cooked'?

• Claude Lévi-Strauss

• Bronisław Malinowski

• Ruth Benedict

• Clifford Geertz

Who is considered the founder of structural functionalism in anthropology?

• Alfred Radcliffe-Brown

• James Frazer

• Thor Heyerdahl

• Jane Goodall

Where did Alfred Radcliffe-Brown conduct his early fieldwork?

• Andaman Islands and Western Australia

• Tuamotu Islands

• Gombe Stream National Park

• Olduvai Gorge