Sociology
Which theorist defined history in terms of class struggle, giving rise to conflict theory approaches?
Karl Marx
What are the three primary fields of economics?
Microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.
Which famous Canadian coined the phrase “the medium is the message”?
Marshall McLuhan
Which of these is not a branch of linguistics?
A) Phonetics
B) Vocal Osteology
C) Syntax
D) Morphology
B) Vocal Osteology
Which subfield of anthropology focuses on the excavation and analysis of material remains to understand past human societies?
Archaeology
A company has hired many employees who are black men and many employees who are white women – but it keeps rejecting applications from black women. What principle was used to analyze this real-life court case?
Intersectionality
The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, and the Federal Reserve are all examples of what financial institutions?
Central banks
True or False: China is a member of the G7
False
How many active linguistics labs are there at the university of Alberta?
A) 10
B) 3
C) 5
D) 8
D) 8
This central principle of anthropology suggests that cultural practices and beliefs should be understood within their own cultural context rather than judged by the standards of another culture.
Cultural Relativism
Which sociologist wrote about social capital, cultural capital, and economic capital?
Pierre Bourdieu
Give two reasons for why published unemployment figures may inaccurately represent the true extent of unemployment within the economy.
Underemployed workers, discouraged workers.
Karl Marx is the father of which philosophy?
Communism
What year did the most recent research lab open in the linguistics department?
A) 2008
B) 2024
C) 1999
D) 2019
D) 2019
What is the name for the study of human evolution, including the biological and behavioral aspects of human ancestors and related primates?
Physical anthropology
Max Weber argued that the ethics of ascetic Protestantism contributed to the emergence of modern _____?
Modern capitalism
If you tax an economy less and receive greater tax revenues as a government, you are said to be in what region of the Laffer curve?
Downwards sloping region.
How many prime ministers did Britain have in 2022?
(Double points if you can name all three!)
Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak
What is the nickname commonly given to undergraduate Linguistics students?
A) ULA kids
B) Ling Babies
C) Underlings
D) The Wugs
C) Underlings
This thinker is often considered the father of American anthropology for his groundbreaking research on cultural relativism and his advocacy for rigorous ethnographic fieldwork.
Franz Boa
What term did Edward Said use to describe the process by which Western scholars and artists created a distorted image of the Middle East “domesticated for European use”?
Orientalism
What was the year-over-year inflation rate for Canada in February 2024?
2.8%
What is the name of the chair of the Political Science department?
Cressida Hayes
Where is the department of linguistics primarily located on campus?
A) Assiniboia Hall
B) Fourth floor of CCIS
C) The Daily Grind
D) Old Arts
A) Assiniboia Hall
Credited primarily to archaeologists, this story from Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey was suspected to have actually happened in history.
The Trojan War