Question 1

Archaeology is a sub field of

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural anthropology. 
B)  linguistics. 
C)  primatology. 
D)  history. 
A)  cultural anthropology. 
B)  linguistics. 
C)  primatology. 
D)  history.

Question 2

Applied anthropologists practice

Accepted Answer

A)  in the field of cultural anthropology. 
B)  in the field of ethnology. 
C)  in the field of paleontology. 
D)  in all sub fields of anthropology. 
A)  in the field of cultural anthropology. 
B)  in the field of ethnology. 
C)  in the field of paleontology. 
D)  in all sub fields of anthropology.

Question 3

Anthropologists doing fieldwork would sometimes encounter cultures with no written language. What would they then do?

Accepted Answer

A)  construct dictionaries and rules of grammar to understand the language 
B)  stop their work and go to work in another culture 
C)  force the population to write their words down 
D)  change the language to best suit the creation of a written form 
A)  construct dictionaries and rules of grammar to understand the language 
B)  stop their work and go to work in another culture 
C)  force the population to write their words down 
D)  change the language to best suit the creation of a written form

Question 4

Why do some people feel it is impossible to study human behavior scientifically?

Accepted Answer

A)  our actions and beliefs are too individualistic 
B)  humans are only understandable in other worldly terms 
C)  some people do not believe in scientific principles 
D)  all the above 
A)  our actions and beliefs are too individualistic 
B)  humans are only understandable in other worldly terms 
C)  some people do not believe in scientific principles 
D)  all the above

Question 5

Compared to anthropologists of previous years, an anthropologist today is more likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  specialize in one certain topic or area. 
B)  investigate many different aspects of life of the people studied. 
C)  study a more geographically distant society. 
D)  do fieldwork alone. 
A)  specialize in one certain topic or area. 
B)  investigate many different aspects of life of the people studied. 
C)  study a more geographically distant society. 
D)  do fieldwork alone.

Question 6

Why should we bother studying prehistory?

Accepted Answer

A)  it allows us to make interesting movies about the subject matter. 
B)  humans lived then and knowledge of their way of life can help us today. 
C)  the time before written records is not important, but we should try to be interested. 
D)  to prove that nothing of value happened before written records. 
A)  it allows us to make interesting movies about the subject matter. 
B)  humans lived then and knowledge of their way of life can help us today. 
C)  the time before written records is not important, but we should try to be interested. 
D)  to prove that nothing of value happened before written records.

Question 7

What did Elizabeth M. Brumfield discover about the standard of living of local people after the Aztec Empire had absorbed them?

Accepted Answer

A)  It got much better. 
B)  It got much worse. 
C)  There was little improvement. 
D)  It stayed the same. 
A)  It got much better. 
B)  It got much worse. 
C)  There was little improvement. 
D)  It stayed the same.

Question 8

What explanation did American educators give when they discovered African American schoolchildren rarely drank milk?

Accepted Answer

A)  milk intolerance 
B)  a lack of money or education 
C)  a dislike for the flavor of milk 
D)  milk was only drank at home 
A)  milk intolerance 
B)  a lack of money or education 
C)  a dislike for the flavor of milk 
D)  milk was only drank at home

Archaeology is a sub field of

Applied anthropologists practice

Anthropologists doing fieldwork would sometimes encounter cultures with no written language. What would they then do?

Why do some people feel it is impossible to study human behavior scientifically?

Compared to anthropologists of previous years, an anthropologist today is more likely to

Why should we bother studying prehistory?

What did Elizabeth M. Brumfield discover about the standard of living of local people after the Aztec Empire had absorbed them?

What explanation did American educators give when they discovered African American schoolchildren rarely drank milk?

History of Anthropological Theory

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

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Exam 1: What Is Anthropology

Archaeology is a sub field of

Applied anthropologists practice

Anthropologists doing fieldwork would sometimes encounter cultures with no written language. What would they then do?

Why do some people feel it is impossible to study human behavior scientifically?

Compared to anthropologists of previous years, an anthropologist today is more likely to

Why should we bother studying prehistory?

What did Elizabeth M. Brumfield discover about the standard of living of local people after the Aztec Empire had absorbed them?

What explanation did American educators give when they discovered African American schoolchildren rarely drank milk?

History of Anthropological Theory

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

Filters