Question 1

The utility of stratigraphy for dating purposes is based on the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  soil strata are uncluttered by bones, stones, and artifacts. 
B)  once in the soil, there are very few things that can damage or disturb bones. 
C)  all environmental forces leave behind the same kind of soil deposit. 
D)  the depth and order of undisturbed soil strata reflect the age of their deposition. 
E)  higher strata are usually older than lower strata in undisturbed soil. 
A)  soil strata are uncluttered by bones, stones, and artifacts. 
B)  once in the soil, there are very few things that can damage or disturb bones. 
C)  all environmental forces leave behind the same kind of soil deposit. 
D)  the depth and order of undisturbed soil strata reflect the age of their deposition. 
E)  higher strata are usually older than lower strata in undisturbed soil.

Question 2

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is applicable only to research being conducted in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Paleopathology is the study of disease and injury in skeletons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In an example of how microscopic evidence in studying the past can yield surprising results that may overturn long-held assumptions, Williamson's analysis of microscopic residues stuck to the edges of cutting tools found at a cave site in South Africa revealed that

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A)  30 percent of the residues were from human flesh, suggesting cannibalism. 
B)  50 percent of the residues were from plants, contradicting the prevailing assumption that such tools were used mainly to hunt and butcher animals. 
C)  all of the residues were from butchered animals, but most of the butchering had been performed by women and not by men. 
D)  30 percent of the residues were from plants, suggesting a slow transition from vegetarian to carnivorous diets. 
E)  50 percent of the residues were from domesticated plants, pushing back the date of plant domestication from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago. 
A)  30 percent of the residues were from human flesh, suggesting cannibalism. 
B)  50 percent of the residues were from plants, contradicting the prevailing assumption that such tools were used mainly to hunt and butcher animals. 
C)  all of the residues were from butchered animals, but most of the butchering had been performed by women and not by men. 
D)  30 percent of the residues were from plants, suggesting a slow transition from vegetarian to carnivorous diets. 
E)  50 percent of the residues were from domesticated plants, pushing back the date of plant domestication from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.

Question 5

All of the following are characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer EXCEPT

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A)  longitudinal analysis of data sets gathered from state-sponsored statistical agencies. 
B)  problem-oriented research. 
C)  in-depth interviewing, often leading to the collection of life histories. 
D)  detailed work with key consultants. 
E)  direct, firsthand observation of behavior, including participant observation. 
A)  longitudinal analysis of data sets gathered from state-sponsored statistical agencies. 
B)  problem-oriented research. 
C)  in-depth interviewing, often leading to the collection of life histories. 
D)  detailed work with key consultants. 
E)  direct, firsthand observation of behavior, including participant observation.

Question 6

In survey research, what term is used to refer to the attributes that vary among the members of a population?

Accepted Answer

A)  questionnaires 
B)  interviews 
C)  unknowns 
D)  random samples 
E)  variables 
A)  questionnaires 
B)  interviews 
C)  unknowns 
D)  random samples 
E)  variables

Question 7

Palynology is the study of ancient animals through fossil remains.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Informed consent refers to people's agreement to take part in research after they have been fully informed about its purpose, nature, funding, procedures, and potential impact on them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Biological anthropology and archaeology both involve multidisciplinary approaches to research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer are participant observation, the genealogical method, and in-depth interviewing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Absolute dating uses stratigraphy to establish a time frame in relation to other strata.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists

Accepted Answer

A)  have caused a reevaluation of the fossil record since their 1991 development. 
B)  work only for nonhuman primates, because the genus Homo had culture. 
C)  do not work well for hominin fossils, because such fossils are too young for the effective range of the techniques. 
D)  can only be used to date inorganic materials that are more than 1 million years old. 
E)  establish a probable date for fossils by calculating radioactive decay in the specimen found or the rocks surrounding it. 
A)  have caused a reevaluation of the fossil record since their 1991 development. 
B)  work only for nonhuman primates, because the genus Homo had culture. 
C)  do not work well for hominin fossils, because such fossils are too young for the effective range of the techniques. 
D)  can only be used to date inorganic materials that are more than 1 million years old. 
E)  establish a probable date for fossils by calculating radioactive decay in the specimen found or the rocks surrounding it.

Question 13

Data collected using systematic surveys do NOT typically address which of the following questions?

Accepted Answer

A)  How big are the sites in a given region? 
B)  How old are the sites? 
C)  Where are the archaeological sites located? 
D)  What is the relative chronology of the layers exposed during excavation? 
E)  What kinds of buildings existed in a given region? 
A)  How big are the sites in a given region? 
B)  How old are the sites? 
C)  Where are the archaeological sites located? 
D)  What is the relative chronology of the layers exposed during excavation? 
E)  What kinds of buildings existed in a given region?

Question 14

The so-called Piltdown man was once considered an unusual and perplexing human ancestor, but it turned out to be the jaw of a young orangutan attached to a Homo sapiens skull. What dating technique exposed the Piltdown fraud?

Accepted Answer

A)  carbon-14 
B)  fluorine absorption analysis 
C)  thermoluminescence 
D)  potassium-argon 
E)  electron spin resonance 
A)  carbon-14 
B)  fluorine absorption analysis 
C)  thermoluminescence 
D)  potassium-argon 
E)  electron spin resonance

Question 15

Longitudinal research is the long-term study of a community, region, society, culture, or other unit, usually based on repeated visits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Anthropometry is the study of human culture using satellite imagery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The legal and scientific debates that arose after the discovery in 1996 of a skeleton dubbed Kennewick Man illustrates all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the often-complicated ethical implications of unearthing human remains and attempting to reconstruct their physical and cultural identities. 
B)  the ineffectiveness of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which has no real legal or political recognition. 
C)  that sometimes questions of ownership of and access to physical and archaeological remains place anthropologists and indigenous people in opposing camps. 
D)  that scientific knowledge is not politically or culturally neutral. 
E)  the fact that not everyone appreciates anthropology all the time. 
A)  the often-complicated ethical implications of unearthing human remains and attempting to reconstruct their physical and cultural identities. 
B)  the ineffectiveness of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which has no real legal or political recognition. 
C)  that sometimes questions of ownership of and access to physical and archaeological remains place anthropologists and indigenous people in opposing camps. 
D)  that scientific knowledge is not politically or culturally neutral. 
E)  the fact that not everyone appreciates anthropology all the time.

Question 18

Which of the following researchers is LEAST likely to be part of a paleoanthropological research team?

Accepted Answer

A)  palynologist 
B)  psychotherapist 
C)  paleoecologist 
D)  chemist 
E)  geologist 
A)  palynologist 
B)  psychotherapist 
C)  paleoecologist 
D)  chemist 
E)  geologist

Question 19

Anthropologists who study the past do not have to worry so much about ethical concerns, since their studies do not involve living people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Remote sensing refers to carrying out excavations in distant locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The utility of stratigraphy for dating purposes is based on the fact that

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is applicable only to research being conducted in the United States.

Paleopathology is the study of disease and injury in skeletons.

In an example of how microscopic evidence in studying the past can yield surprising results that may overturn long-held assumptions, Williamson's analysis of microscopic residues stuck to the edges of cutting tools found at a cave site in South Africa revealed that

All of the following are characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer EXCEPT

In survey research, what term is used to refer to the attributes that vary among the members of a population?

Palynology is the study of ancient animals through fossil remains.

Informed consent refers to people's agreement to take part in research after they have been fully informed about its purpose, nature, funding, procedures, and potential impact on them.

Biological anthropology and archaeology both involve multidisciplinary approaches to research.

The characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer are participant observation, the genealogical method, and in-depth interviewing.

Absolute dating uses stratigraphy to establish a time frame in relation to other strata.

Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists

Data collected using systematic surveys do NOT typically address which of the following questions?

The so-called Piltdown man was once considered an unusual and perplexing human ancestor, but it turned out to be the jaw of a young orangutan attached to a Homo sapiens skull. What dating technique exposed the Piltdown fraud?

Longitudinal research is the long-term study of a community, region, society, culture, or other unit, usually based on repeated visits.

Anthropometry is the study of human culture using satellite imagery.

The legal and scientific debates that arose after the discovery in 1996 of a skeleton dubbed Kennewick Man illustrates all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following researchers is LEAST likely to be part of a paleoanthropological research team?

Anthropologists who study the past do not have to worry so much about ethical concerns, since their studies do not involve living people.

Remote sensing refers to carrying out excavations in distant locations.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 3: Doing Anthropology

The utility of stratigraphy for dating purposes is based on the fact that

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is applicable only to research being conducted in the United States.

Paleopathology is the study of disease and injury in skeletons.

In an example of how microscopic evidence in studying the past can yield surprising results that may overturn long-held assumptions, Williamson's analysis of microscopic residues stuck to the edges of cutting tools found at a cave site in South Africa revealed that

All of the following are characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer EXCEPT

In survey research, what term is used to refer to the attributes that vary among the members of a population?

Palynology is the study of ancient animals through fossil remains.

Informed consent refers to people's agreement to take part in research after they have been fully informed about its purpose, nature, funding, procedures, and potential impact on them.

Biological anthropology and archaeology both involve multidisciplinary approaches to research.

The characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer are participant observation, the genealogical method, and in-depth interviewing.

Absolute dating uses stratigraphy to establish a time frame in relation to other strata.

Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists

Data collected using systematic surveys do NOT typically address which of the following questions?

The so-called Piltdown man was once considered an unusual and perplexing human ancestor, but it turned out to be the jaw of a young orangutan attached to a Homo sapiens skull. What dating technique exposed the Piltdown fraud?

Longitudinal research is the long-term study of a community, region, society, culture, or other unit, usually based on repeated visits.

Anthropometry is the study of human culture using satellite imagery.

The legal and scientific debates that arose after the discovery in 1996 of a skeleton dubbed Kennewick Man illustrates all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following researchers is LEAST likely to be part of a paleoanthropological research team?

Anthropologists who study the past do not have to worry so much about ethical concerns, since their studies do not involve living people.

Remote sensing refers to carrying out excavations in distant locations.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters