Question 1

Roughly what proportion of the American public rejects evolutionary theory:

Accepted Answer

A)  one-tenth 
B)  one-fifth 
C)  one-half 
D)  three-quarters 
E)  four-fifths 
A)  one-tenth 
B)  one-fifth 
C)  one-half 
D)  three-quarters 
E)  four-fifths

Question 2

One of the seven essential questions cited by M. Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley on their critical thinking checklist is "How good is the evidence for the information"?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Case 9.3 about causes of female infanticide suggests that:

Accepted Answer

A)  it exists because women do not hunt in hunter/gatherer societies 
B)  it exists merely as a manifestation of the gender violence typical of all societies 
C)  it enables simple societies to control their populations 
D)  it exists because critical thinking was not invented until post-industrial society 
E)  critical thinking skills are required to assess anthropological materials found online 
A)  it exists because women do not hunt in hunter/gatherer societies 
B)  it exists merely as a manifestation of the gender violence typical of all societies 
C)  it enables simple societies to control their populations 
D)  it exists because critical thinking was not invented until post-industrial society 
E)  critical thinking skills are required to assess anthropological materials found online

Question 4

Today claims to _________concerning archeological digs emanate from field scholars, descendants of relic owners, property owners, and the general public.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural patrimony 
B)  cultural diversity 
C)  familial patrimony 
D)  familiar diversity 
E)  cultural relativism 
A)  cultural patrimony 
B)  cultural diversity 
C)  familial patrimony 
D)  familiar diversity 
E)  cultural relativism

Question 5

The racial classification system devised in 1735 by Carolus Linnaeus contained 13 different classes that were based on geographical considerations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Pope John Paul II is a conservative Pope who, in the 1990s, clarified the Church's position as condemnatory of the scientific theory of evolution as inconsistent with Biblical accounts of creation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match between columns
                        Premises: Developed binomial nomenclature
Discoverer of Homo australopithecine skeletons
Provided forensic evidence against murderer John Wayne Gacy
Mentored first wave of cultural anthropologists at Columbia U.
Critical thinking guidelines
Says hunter/gatherers were healthier than settlers
Scientific rival of Charles Darwin
Inter-disciplinary proponent
Religion and science inherently incompatible
DNA researcher: African origins for modern humans

Accepted Answer

The Answer of M. Browne & S. Keeley and Franz is...

Question 8

Genetic mobility results from interbreeding in the process called gene flow.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Primates first appear in the fossil record beginning 15 million years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Creationists in the U.S. achieved a major victory in their efforts to oppose the teaching of evolution in public schools in the Supreme court case of Edwards v. Aguilard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

All mutations are invariably inheritable by subsequent offspring.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The high incidence of retinitis pigmentosa on the island of Tristan da Cunha illustrates which principle in operation?

Accepted Answer

A)  macro-evolution 
B)  micro-evolution 
C)  genetic drift 
D)  genotype 
E)  phenotype 
A)  macro-evolution 
B)  micro-evolution 
C)  genetic drift 
D)  genotype 
E)  phenotype

Question 13

Different theories concerning the origins of modern humans vie for acceptance, but the one that has gained greater support in recent years is referred to as the "Out-of-Africa" model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The anthropological sub-field in which the utilization of artifacts play their most crucial role is the sub-field of cultural anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Roughly what proportion of the American public rejects evolutionary theory:

One of the seven essential questions cited by M. Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley on their critical thinking checklist is "How good is the evidence for the information"?

Case 9.3 about causes of female infanticide suggests that:

Today claims to _________concerning archeological digs emanate from field scholars, descendants of relic owners, property owners, and the general public.

The racial classification system devised in 1735 by Carolus Linnaeus contained 13 different classes that were based on geographical considerations.

Pope John Paul II is a conservative Pope who, in the 1990s, clarified the Church's position as condemnatory of the scientific theory of evolution as inconsistent with Biblical accounts of creation.

Genetic mobility results from interbreeding in the process called gene flow.

Primates first appear in the fossil record beginning 15 million years ago.

Creationists in the U.S. achieved a major victory in their efforts to oppose the teaching of evolution in public schools in the Supreme court case of Edwards v. Aguilard.

All mutations are invariably inheritable by subsequent offspring.

The high incidence of retinitis pigmentosa on the island of Tristan da Cunha illustrates which principle in operation?

Different theories concerning the origins of modern humans vie for acceptance, but the one that has gained greater support in recent years is referred to as the "Out-of-Africa" model.

The anthropological sub-field in which the utilization of artifacts play their most crucial role is the sub-field of cultural anthropology.

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Exam 9: Anthropology and Humans As Bio-Cultural Beings

Roughly what proportion of the American public rejects evolutionary theory:

One of the seven essential questions cited by M. Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley on their critical thinking checklist is "How good is the evidence for the information"?

Case 9.3 about causes of female infanticide suggests that:

Today claims to _________concerning archeological digs emanate from field scholars, descendants of relic owners, property owners, and the general public.

The racial classification system devised in 1735 by Carolus Linnaeus contained 13 different classes that were based on geographical considerations.

Pope John Paul II is a conservative Pope who, in the 1990s, clarified the Church's position as condemnatory of the scientific theory of evolution as inconsistent with Biblical accounts of creation.

Genetic mobility results from interbreeding in the process called gene flow.

Primates first appear in the fossil record beginning 15 million years ago.

Creationists in the U.S. achieved a major victory in their efforts to oppose the teaching of evolution in public schools in the Supreme court case of Edwards v. Aguilard.

All mutations are invariably inheritable by subsequent offspring.

The high incidence of retinitis pigmentosa on the island of Tristan da Cunha illustrates which principle in operation?

Different theories concerning the origins of modern humans vie for acceptance, but the one that has gained greater support in recent years is referred to as the "Out-of-Africa" model.

The anthropological sub-field in which the utilization of artifacts play their most crucial role is the sub-field of cultural anthropology.

Globalization

Social Science Philosophy and Methods

Geography and Spatial Analysis

Global Ecological Problems

Solving Ecological Problems

Identity Amid Human Diversity

Psychology and Human Motivation

Global Ethics and Human Rights

Sociology and Human Social Activity

Comparative Cultures

Political Science: Who Gets What, When, and How

The State Challenged by New Actors

Macroeconomics and Us Economic Hegemony

International Economics

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