Question 1

Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or similarities occur between groups is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) ethnography. 
B) biography. 
C) ethnology. 
D) ethnohistory. 
E) ethnoarchaeology. 
A) ethnography. 
B) biography. 
C) ethnology. 
D) ethnohistory. 
E) ethnoarchaeology. C

Question 2

From skeletal remains,the forensic anthropologist cannot establish which of following?

Accepted Answer

A) Stature 
B) Race 
C) Sex 
D) Marital status 
E) Age 
A) Stature 
B) Race 
C) Sex 
D) Marital status 
E) Age D

Question 3

A doctrine is a type of scientific theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The Garbage Project in Tucson demonstrated that what people say and what they do can differ dramatically.For instance,investigators found that:

Accepted Answer

A) no one claimed to use hair coloring,but many empty packages of hair dye were found in the trash. 
B) people claimed to take vitamins daily,but the number of empty vitamin bottles did not support this claim. 
C) women who said they bought no new clothes in the last month in fact had discarded tags and sales slips from clothing stores in their trash. 
D) no one said they drank Scotch,but several empty Johnny Walker bottles were found in the trash. 
E) the amount of beer consumed,according to empty cans in the trash,was far higher than people claimed. 
A) no one claimed to use hair coloring,but many empty packages of hair dye were found in the trash. 
B) people claimed to take vitamins daily,but the number of empty vitamin bottles did not support this claim. 
C) women who said they bought no new clothes in the last month in fact had discarded tags and sales slips from clothing stores in their trash. 
D) no one said they drank Scotch,but several empty Johnny Walker bottles were found in the trash. 
E) the amount of beer consumed,according to empty cans in the trash,was far higher than people claimed.

Question 5

Anthropology is different from other disciplines that study humans because it is very focused on singular aspects of a culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The hallmark of ethnographic fieldwork is:

Accepted Answer

A) participant observation. 
B) formal interviews. 
C) fieldnotes. 
D) applied anthropology. 
E) holism. 
A) participant observation. 
B) formal interviews. 
C) fieldnotes. 
D) applied anthropology. 
E) holism.

Question 7

Physical anthropologists are only concerned with the past evolutionary development of the human animal and the biological variations with the species that occurred in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The plight of the Rohingya Muslims is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) how governments take care of their people. 
B) how local and global issues intertwine. 
C) how the United Nations lacks basic information on the Rohingya. 
D) how citizenship is a clearly defined idea. 
E) how international migration problems seem to be mainly solved. 
A) how governments take care of their people. 
B) how local and global issues intertwine. 
C) how the United Nations lacks basic information on the Rohingya. 
D) how citizenship is a clearly defined idea. 
E) how international migration problems seem to be mainly solved.

Question 9

An archaeologist has a research project involving the analysis of an old campsite of a people who relied primarily on foraging for wild foods about 500,000 years ago.This project would be considered:

Accepted Answer

A) Arctic. 
B) prehistoric. 
C) futuristic. 
D) historical. 
E) culture-bound. 
A) Arctic. 
B) prehistoric. 
C) futuristic. 
D) historical. 
E) culture-bound.

Question 10

The current Code of Ethics for anthropology is devised and implemented by the American Association of Practicing Anthropologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The hallmark of all anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following services is not one that forensic anthropologists routinely are called upon by the police and other authorities to identify?

Accepted Answer

A) Potential archaeological sites 
B) The remains of murder victims 
C) Missing persons 
D) People who have died in disasters 
E) Victims of genocide 
A) Potential archaeological sites 
B) The remains of murder victims 
C) Missing persons 
D) People who have died in disasters 
E) Victims of genocide

Question 13

Anthropology has been called the most human of the sciences for all of the following reasons except:

Accepted Answer

A) it has developed a systemic,cross-cultural approach to understanding human behavior. 
B) it takes human beings as its subject matter ("the study of humankind"). 
C) it develops hypotheses and theories about the organization of language,values,and art in culture. 
D) it tackles culture as a human experience or system of meaning in which the anthropologist must involve himself/herself in order to develop adequate explanations of what is being observed. 
E) it has discovered which cultures are most efficient and has encouraged those less privileged to progress. 
A) it has developed a systemic,cross-cultural approach to understanding human behavior. 
B) it takes human beings as its subject matter ("the study of humankind"). 
C) it develops hypotheses and theories about the organization of language,values,and art in culture. 
D) it tackles culture as a human experience or system of meaning in which the anthropologist must involve himself/herself in order to develop adequate explanations of what is being observed. 
E) it has discovered which cultures are most efficient and has encouraged those less privileged to progress.

Question 14

Biological anthropology eschews work in genetics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The belief that one's own culture is superior to another is called:

Accepted Answer

A) discrimination. 
B) holism. 
C) ethnology. 
D) ethnography. 
E) ethnocentrism. 
A) discrimination. 
B) holism. 
C) ethnology. 
D) ethnography. 
E) ethnocentrism.

Question 16

Cultural and economic upheavals born of globalization have nothing to do with the rising levels of ethnic and religious conflict throughout the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cultural anthropology is the study of patterns of human behavior.These standards:

Accepted Answer

A) are biologically inherited. 
B) operate only when people are unconscious. 
C) can be studied only by sociologists. 
D) focus on humans as culture producing and re-producing creatures. 
E) are inherited and are studied initially by physical anthropologists. 
A) are biologically inherited. 
B) operate only when people are unconscious. 
C) can be studied only by sociologists. 
D) focus on humans as culture producing and re-producing creatures. 
E) are inherited and are studied initially by physical anthropologists.

Question 18

In-depth descriptive studies of specific cultures are called:

Accepted Answer

A) ethnologies. 
B) ethnobotanies. 
C) biologies. 
D) ethnographies. 
E) anthropologies. 
A) ethnologies. 
B) ethnobotanies. 
C) biologies. 
D) ethnographies. 
E) anthropologies.

Question 19

All of the following are powerful forces that drive globalization except:

Accepted Answer

A) increased trade between countries. 
B) cost differences between countries. 
C) financial autonomy between countries. 
D) faster knowledge transfers. 
E) technological innovations. 
A) increased trade between countries. 
B) cost differences between countries. 
C) financial autonomy between countries. 
D) faster knowledge transfers. 
E) technological innovations.

Question 20

The term that refers to worldwide interconnectedness,signified by global movements of natural resources,trade goods,human labor,finance capital,information,and infectious diseases is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) nationalization. 
B) internationalization. 
C) pandemonium. 
D) globalization. 
E) holism. 
A) nationalization. 
B) internationalization. 
C) pandemonium. 
D) globalization. 
E) holism.

Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or similarities occur between groups is known as:

From skeletal remains,the forensic anthropologist cannot establish which of following?

A doctrine is a type of scientific theory.

The Garbage Project in Tucson demonstrated that what people say and what they do can differ dramatically.For instance,investigators found that:

Anthropology is different from other disciplines that study humans because it is very focused on singular aspects of a culture.

The hallmark of ethnographic fieldwork is:

Physical anthropologists are only concerned with the past evolutionary development of the human animal and the biological variations with the species that occurred in the past.

The plight of the Rohingya Muslims is an example of:

An archaeologist has a research project involving the analysis of an old campsite of a people who relied primarily on foraging for wild foods about 500,000 years ago.This project would be considered:

The current Code of Ethics for anthropology is devised and implemented by the American Association of Practicing Anthropologists.

The hallmark of all anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Which of the following services is not one that forensic anthropologists routinely are called upon by the police and other authorities to identify?

Anthropology has been called the most human of the sciences for all of the following reasons except:

Biological anthropology eschews work in genetics.

The belief that one's own culture is superior to another is called:

Cultural and economic upheavals born of globalization have nothing to do with the rising levels of ethnic and religious conflict throughout the world.

Cultural anthropology is the study of patterns of human behavior.These standards:

In-depth descriptive studies of specific cultures are called:

All of the following are powerful forces that drive globalization except:

The term that refers to worldwide interconnectedness,signified by global movements of natural resources,trade goods,human labor,finance capital,information,and infectious diseases is known as:

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 1: The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or similarities occur between groups is known as:

From skeletal remains,the forensic anthropologist cannot establish which of following?

A doctrine is a type of scientific theory.

The Garbage Project in Tucson demonstrated that what people say and what they do can differ dramatically.For instance,investigators found that:

Anthropology is different from other disciplines that study humans because it is very focused on singular aspects of a culture.

The hallmark of ethnographic fieldwork is:

Physical anthropologists are only concerned with the past evolutionary development of the human animal and the biological variations with the species that occurred in the past.

The plight of the Rohingya Muslims is an example of:

An archaeologist has a research project involving the analysis of an old campsite of a people who relied primarily on foraging for wild foods about 500,000 years ago.This project would be considered:

The current Code of Ethics for anthropology is devised and implemented by the American Association of Practicing Anthropologists.

The hallmark of all anthropological fieldwork is participant observation.

Which of the following services is not one that forensic anthropologists routinely are called upon by the police and other authorities to identify?

Anthropology has been called the most human of the sciences for all of the following reasons except:

Biological anthropology eschews work in genetics.

The belief that one's own culture is superior to another is called:

Cultural and economic upheavals born of globalization have nothing to do with the rising levels of ethnic and religious conflict throughout the world.

Cultural anthropology is the study of patterns of human behavior.These standards:

In-depth descriptive studies of specific cultures are called:

All of the following are powerful forces that drive globalization except:

The term that refers to worldwide interconnectedness,signified by global movements of natural resources,trade goods,human labor,finance capital,information,and infectious diseases is known as:

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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