Question 1

What difference did Margaret Lock find between Japanese and North American perceptions of death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead 
B)  North Americans are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead 
C)  Japanese do not use human organ transplants 
D)  North Americans do not classify people as brain dead 
A)  Japanese are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead 
B)  North Americans are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead 
C)  Japanese do not use human organ transplants 
D)  North Americans do not classify people as brain dead

Question 2

Which of the following is a relative date?

Accepted Answer

A)  seriation 
B)  potassium argon 
C)  uranium series 
D)  radiocarbon 
A)  seriation 
B)  potassium argon 
C)  uranium series 
D)  radiocarbon

Question 3

Only apes have a language as complex as human language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The holistic anthropological perspective is expansive and inclusive and involves the study of human beings as:

Accepted Answer

A)  complex biological and cultural organisms 
B)  interdependent cultural and social organisms 
C)  interdependent psychological and biological organisms 
D)  interconnected psychological and philosophical organisms 
A)  complex biological and cultural organisms 
B)  interdependent cultural and social organisms 
C)  interdependent psychological and biological organisms 
D)  interconnected psychological and philosophical organisms

Question 5

Individuals within all four subfields of Anthropology practice:

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnological anthropology 
B)  applied anthropology 
C)  development anthropology 
D)  molecular anthropology 
A)  ethnological anthropology 
B)  applied anthropology 
C)  development anthropology 
D)  molecular anthropology

Question 6

Location research is also known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural resource management 
B)  ethnology 
C)  fieldwork 
D)  site research 
A)  cultural resource management 
B)  ethnology 
C)  fieldwork 
D)  site research

Question 7

An ethnographer may work among stock brokers in New York City.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What perspective best helps guard most against culture-bound theories?

Accepted Answer

A)  a cross-cultural perspective 
B)  a cross-cultural and long-term evolutionary perspective 
C)  a long-term evolutionary and philosophical perspective 
D)  all perspectives guard against culture-bound theories 
A)  a cross-cultural perspective 
B)  a cross-cultural and long-term evolutionary perspective 
C)  a long-term evolutionary and philosophical perspective 
D)  all perspectives guard against culture-bound theories

Question 9

If you cannot determine the exact age of an artifact, but you know by its composition that it is older than a known date, the dating technique used is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  chronometric dating 
B)  relative dating 
C)  superimposition 
D)  absolute dating 
A)  chronometric dating 
B)  relative dating 
C)  superimposition 
D)  absolute dating

Question 10

The relationships between a forensic anthropologist and a forensic archaeologist can be likened to that between:

Accepted Answer

A)  a coroner and a pathologist 
B)  a forensic crime investigator and a funeral director 
C)  a forensic pathologist and a crime scene investigator 
D)  a police investigator and a crime scene investigator 
A)  a coroner and a pathologist 
B)  a forensic crime investigator and a funeral director 
C)  a forensic pathologist and a crime scene investigator 
D)  a police investigator and a crime scene investigator

Question 11

Which of the following is not studied by primatologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  living and fossil primates 
B)  socio-economic status 
C)  primate anatomy 
D)  tool use 
A)  living and fossil primates 
B)  socio-economic status 
C)  primate anatomy 
D)  tool use

Question 12

Shallow, restricted concentrations of charcoal commonly indicate:

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting sites 
B)  food processing sites 
C)  farming sites 
D)  religious sites 
A)  hunting sites 
B)  food processing sites 
C)  farming sites 
D)  religious sites

Question 13

Any object made by humans is classified as an artifact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following best describes ethnology?

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-cultural comparative research 
B)  detailed description of a particular culture 
C)  study of customary patterns in human behavior 
D)  participant observation research 
A)  cross-cultural comparative research 
B)  detailed description of a particular culture 
C)  study of customary patterns in human behavior 
D)  participant observation research

Question 15

Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Any object fashioned by humans is known as a(n) _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Any object fashioned by humans is known...

Question 17

The process of ethnology allows anthropologists to explain why certain similarities and differences exist among various culture groups. Using your own life, possible travels abroad, or interactions with other cultures, what are some similarities and differences between your culture and another? What is the importance of finding similarities between different culture groups?

Accepted Answer

As an anthropologist, I have had the opp

What difference did Margaret Lock find between Japanese and North American perceptions of death?

Which of the following is a relative date?

Only apes have a language as complex as human language.

The holistic anthropological perspective is expansive and inclusive and involves the study of human beings as:

Individuals within all four subfields of Anthropology practice:

Location research is also known as:

An ethnographer may work among stock brokers in New York City.

What perspective best helps guard most against culture-bound theories?

If you cannot determine the exact age of an artifact, but you know by its composition that it is older than a known date, the dating technique used is called:

The relationships between a forensic anthropologist and a forensic archaeologist can be likened to that between:

Which of the following is not studied by primatologists?

Shallow, restricted concentrations of charcoal commonly indicate:

Any object made by humans is classified as an artifact.

Which of the following best describes ethnology?

Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers.

Any object fashioned by humans is known as a(n) _______________.

Biology and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Neolithic Revolution: The Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

The Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity, Personality, and Gender

Subsistence and Exchange

Sex, Marriage, and Family

Kinship and Other Methods of Grouping

Politics, Power, and Violence

Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 1: The Essence of Anthropology

What difference did Margaret Lock find between Japanese and North American perceptions of death?

Which of the following is a relative date?

Only apes have a language as complex as human language.

The holistic anthropological perspective is expansive and inclusive and involves the study of human beings as:

Individuals within all four subfields of Anthropology practice:

Location research is also known as:

An ethnographer may work among stock brokers in New York City.

What perspective best helps guard most against culture-bound theories?

If you cannot determine the exact age of an artifact, but you know by its composition that it is older than a known date, the dating technique used is called:

The relationships between a forensic anthropologist and a forensic archaeologist can be likened to that between:

Which of the following is not studied by primatologists?

Shallow, restricted concentrations of charcoal commonly indicate:

Any object made by humans is classified as an artifact.

Which of the following best describes ethnology?

Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers.

Any object fashioned by humans is known as a(n) _______________.

Biology and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Neolithic Revolution: The Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

The Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity, Personality, and Gender

Subsistence and Exchange

Sex, Marriage, and Family

Kinship and Other Methods of Grouping

Politics, Power, and Violence

Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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