Question 1

People must eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how

Accepted Answer

A)  biology dominates culture. 
B)  individuals are powerless to alter the strong relationship between nature and culture. 
C)  "human nature" is a cultural construction, an idea we have in our minds that has nothing to do with true nature. 
D)  we are all just uncultured animals. 
E)  culture takes the natural biological urges we share with other animals and teaches us how to express them in particular ways. 
A)  biology dominates culture. 
B)  individuals are powerless to alter the strong relationship between nature and culture. 
C)  "human nature" is a cultural construction, an idea we have in our minds that has nothing to do with true nature. 
D)  we are all just uncultured animals. 
E)  culture takes the natural biological urges we share with other animals and teaches us how to express them in particular ways. E

Question 2

Language is one of the distinctive possessions of Homo sapiens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Methodological relativism does not preclude making moral judgments or taking action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following are evidence of the tendency to view culture as a process EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  interest in how acts of resistance can make and remake culture. 
B)  practice theory. 
C)  attention to agency in anthropological analysis. 
D)  analyses that attempt to establish boundaries between cultures. 
E)  interest in public, collective, and individual dimensions of day-to-day life. 
A)  interest in how acts of resistance can make and remake culture. 
B)  practice theory. 
C)  attention to agency in anthropological analysis. 
D)  analyses that attempt to establish boundaries between cultures. 
E)  interest in public, collective, and individual dimensions of day-to-day life.

Question 6

Although culture is one of the principal means humans use to adapt to their environment, some cultural traits can be harmful to a group's survival.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What do anthropologists mean when they say culture is shared?

Accepted Answer

A)  Passive enculturation is accomplished by more than one person. 
B)  Culture is universally regarded as more important than the concept of the individual. 
C)  Culture is what ensures that all people raised in the same society have the same opinions. 
D)  Culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups. 
E)  Culture is an attribute of particular individuals. 
A)  Passive enculturation is accomplished by more than one person. 
B)  Culture is universally regarded as more important than the concept of the individual. 
C)  Culture is what ensures that all people raised in the same society have the same opinions. 
D)  Culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups. 
E)  Culture is an attribute of particular individuals.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about culture is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has an evolutionary basis. 
B)  It is acquired by all humans, as members of society, through enculturation. 
C)  It encompasses rule-governed, shared, symbol-based, learned behavior, as well as beliefs transmitted across the generations. 
D)  It is transmitted genetically. 
E)  Everyone is cultured. 
A)  It has an evolutionary basis. 
B)  It is acquired by all humans, as members of society, through enculturation. 
C)  It encompasses rule-governed, shared, symbol-based, learned behavior, as well as beliefs transmitted across the generations. 
D)  It is transmitted genetically. 
E)  Everyone is cultured.

Question 9

Although humans do employ tools much more than any other animal does, tool use also turns up among several nonhuman species, including birds, beavers, sea otters, and apes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Many human traits reflect the fact that our primate ancestors lived in trees. These traits include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  grasping ability. 
B)  depth and color vision. 
C)  echolocation, made possible by overlapping visual fields. 
D)  learning ability based on a large brain. 
E)  substantial parental investment in a limited number of offspring. 
A)  grasping ability. 
B)  depth and color vision. 
C)  echolocation, made possible by overlapping visual fields. 
D)  learning ability based on a large brain. 
E)  substantial parental investment in a limited number of offspring.

Question 11

Globalization has led to new forms of cultural expression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What process is most responsible for the existence of international culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural relativism 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  dendritic acculturation 
D)  gene flow 
E)  cultural diffusion 
A)  cultural relativism 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  dendritic acculturation 
D)  gene flow 
E)  cultural diffusion

Question 13

Cultural particularities are unique to certain cultures, while cultural generalities are common to several (but not all) cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is a cultural generality?

Accepted Answer

A)  exogamy 
B)  the use of fire 
C)  the nuclear family 
D)  the incest taboo 
E)  the use of symbols 
A)  exogamy 
B)  the use of fire 
C)  the nuclear family 
D)  the incest taboo 
E)  the use of symbols

Question 15

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It developed among nonhuman primates around 10,000 years ago. 
B)  It is being destroyed by electronic media. 
C)  It is more developed in industrial nations than among hunters and gatherers. 
D)  It is acquired by humans as members of society through the process of enculturation. 
E)  It is the exclusive domain of the elite. 
A)  It developed among nonhuman primates around 10,000 years ago. 
B)  It is being destroyed by electronic media. 
C)  It is more developed in industrial nations than among hunters and gatherers. 
D)  It is acquired by humans as members of society through the process of enculturation. 
E)  It is the exclusive domain of the elite.

Question 16

Why does this chapter on culture include a section that describes similarities and differences between humans and apes, our closest relatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  to illustrate how evolution is just a theory 
B)  to better define culture as a capacity that distinguishes members of the zoological family Hominidae from anatomically modern humans 
C)  to emphasize culture's evolutionary basis 
D)  to stress that there is no such thing as human nature 
E)  to promote the study of primatology, which has nothing to do with human culture 
A)  to illustrate how evolution is just a theory 
B)  to better define culture as a capacity that distinguishes members of the zoological family Hominidae from anatomically modern humans 
C)  to emphasize culture's evolutionary basis 
D)  to stress that there is no such thing as human nature 
E)  to promote the study of primatology, which has nothing to do with human culture

Question 17

The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back perhaps 3 million years. This date corresponds to

Accepted Answer

A)  early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. 
B)  a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity. 
C)  the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. 
D)  the advent of anatomically modern primates. 
E)  evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats. 
A)  early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. 
B)  a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity. 
C)  the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. 
D)  the advent of anatomically modern primates. 
E)  evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats.

Question 18

People in the United States sometimes have trouble understanding the power of culture because of the value that American culture places on the idea of the individual. Yet in American culture,

Accepted Answer

A)  individualism is something people talk about but don't practice, because it is not really part of their culture. 
B)  individualism is a distinctive shared value, a result of genetic enculturation. 
C)  individualism is a distinctive shared value, a feature of culture. 
D)  individualism is a distinctive commercial value, a feature of capitalist culture shared only by the business elite. 
E)  the cult of individualism is truly shared only by the country's atheist minority. 
A)  individualism is something people talk about but don't practice, because it is not really part of their culture. 
B)  individualism is a distinctive shared value, a result of genetic enculturation. 
C)  individualism is a distinctive shared value, a feature of culture. 
D)  individualism is a distinctive commercial value, a feature of capitalist culture shared only by the business elite. 
E)  the cult of individualism is truly shared only by the country's atheist minority.

Question 19

What are cultural particularities?

Accepted Answer

A)  traits isolated from other traits in the same culture 
B)  cultural traits of individuals rather than of groups 
C)  different levels of culture 
D)  the most general aspect of culture patterns 
E)  traits unique to a given culture, not shared with others 
A)  traits isolated from other traits in the same culture 
B)  cultural traits of individuals rather than of groups 
C)  different levels of culture 
D)  the most general aspect of culture patterns 
E)  traits unique to a given culture, not shared with others

Question 20

Cultures are integrated, patterned systems in which, if one part of the system is changed, other parts may also change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

People must eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how

Language is one of the distinctive possessions of Homo sapiens.

Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Methodological relativism does not preclude making moral judgments or taking action.

All of the following are evidence of the tendency to view culture as a process EXCEPT

Although culture is one of the principal means humans use to adapt to their environment, some cultural traits can be harmful to a group's survival.

What do anthropologists mean when they say culture is shared?

Which of the following statements about culture is FALSE?

Although humans do employ tools much more than any other animal does, tool use also turns up among several nonhuman species, including birds, beavers, sea otters, and apes.

Many human traits reflect the fact that our primate ancestors lived in trees. These traits include all of the following EXCEPT

Globalization has led to new forms of cultural expression.

What process is most responsible for the existence of international culture?

Cultural particularities are unique to certain cultures, while cultural generalities are common to several (but not all) cultures.

Which of the following is a cultural generality?

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

Why does this chapter on culture include a section that describes similarities and differences between humans and apes, our closest relatives?

The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back perhaps 3 million years. This date corresponds to

People in the United States sometimes have trouble understanding the power of culture because of the value that American culture places on the idea of the individual. Yet in American culture,

What are cultural particularities?

Cultures are integrated, patterned systems in which, if one part of the system is changed, other parts may also change.

What Is Anthropology

Doing Anthropology

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 2: Culture

People must eat, but culture teaches us what, when, and how to do so. This is an example of how

Language is one of the distinctive possessions of Homo sapiens.

Although there are many different levels of culture, an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Methodological relativism does not preclude making moral judgments or taking action.

All of the following are evidence of the tendency to view culture as a process EXCEPT

Although culture is one of the principal means humans use to adapt to their environment, some cultural traits can be harmful to a group's survival.

What do anthropologists mean when they say culture is shared?

Which of the following statements about culture is FALSE?

Although humans do employ tools much more than any other animal does, tool use also turns up among several nonhuman species, including birds, beavers, sea otters, and apes.

Many human traits reflect the fact that our primate ancestors lived in trees. These traits include all of the following EXCEPT

Globalization has led to new forms of cultural expression.

What process is most responsible for the existence of international culture?

Cultural particularities are unique to certain cultures, while cultural generalities are common to several (but not all) cultures.

Which of the following is a cultural generality?

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

Why does this chapter on culture include a section that describes similarities and differences between humans and apes, our closest relatives?

The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back perhaps 3 million years. This date corresponds to

People in the United States sometimes have trouble understanding the power of culture because of the value that American culture places on the idea of the individual. Yet in American culture,

What are cultural particularities?

Cultures are integrated, patterned systems in which, if one part of the system is changed, other parts may also change.

What Is Anthropology

Doing Anthropology

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