Exam 1: The Essence of Anthropology

Anthropologist Elizabeth Guillette's study of the effects of pesticide exposure on children's performance of normal childhood activities in a Yaqui village in northern Mexico is an example of applied medical anthropology.

Physical remains dating to _____ million years ago are found with associated cultural remains.

A tentative explanation is known as a/an: _______________.

What is the primary advantage of using a comparative approach in anthropology?

Participant observation:

What is Cultural Resource Management?

Which of the following characteristics uniquely defines the anthropological approach?

Which of the following is not a perspective of anthropology?

What are the basic ingredients of science according to the authors?

Which of the following is not a federal act that provided the basis for Cultural Resource Management work in archaeology?

Archaeology deals with a much greater time span than the other subfields of the discipline.

The detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork is called:

Biologically, humans are considered to be __________.

After reading Forensic Anthropology: Voices for the Dead, how can anthropology contribute to the study of human rights abuses? Outside of forensic anthropology, how might anthropologists from other subfields contribute to the study of human rights, genocide prevention, and/or war crimes?

The study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior is known as _______________.

The period of time before the advent of the written record is known as _______________.

A midden is a _______________.

The datum point is established in relation to the:

What does it mean to say that "Anthropology is an empirical science"?

The prehistoric refuse mounds found along coastal areas in North America were known as: