Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What do anthropologists mean when they say culture is shared?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

There are two meanings of globalization: globalization as fact and process,and globalization as ideology and contested policy.What is the primary and neutral meaning of globalization as it is applicable to anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  promotion of the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of farmers and workers 
B)  the efforts by international financial powers to create a global free market for goods and services 
C)  the impact of the world on the rest of the universe 
D)  the spread and connectedness of production, communication, and technologies across the world 
E)  opposition to global free trade 
A)  promotion of the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of farmers and workers 
B)  the efforts by international financial powers to create a global free market for goods and services 
C)  the impact of the world on the rest of the universe 
D)  the spread and connectedness of production, communication, and technologies across the world 
E)  opposition to global free trade D

Question 4

Which of the following statements about culture is NOT true?

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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)  Everyone is cultured. 
E)  It is transmitted genetically. 
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)  Everyone is cultured. 
E)  It is transmitted genetically.

Question 5

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

Question 6

Hunting is a distinctive human activity not shared with the apes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following LEAST explains the existence of cultural generalities?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural borrowing 
B)  globalization 
C)  colonialism 
D)  isolationism 
E)  trade 
A)  cultural borrowing 
B)  globalization 
C)  colonialism 
D)  isolationism 
E)  trade

Question 8

What does it mean to say that there are levels of culture? What are they? How do cultural traits extend to a broader geographic area?

Accepted Answer

Saying that there are levels of culture

Question 9

In anthropology,cultural relativism is not a moral position but a methodological one.It states that

Accepted Answer

A)  because cultural values vary between cultures, they cannot be analyzed and compared. 
B)  some cultures are relatively better than others. 
C)  to understand another culture fully, we must try to understand how the people in that culture see things. 
D)  to understand another culture, we must use tactics to try to jar people so that their true views are revealed. 
E)  to bring about desired cultural change, anthropologists should act as emissaries of the most evolved cultural values. 
A)  because cultural values vary between cultures, they cannot be analyzed and compared. 
B)  some cultures are relatively better than others. 
C)  to understand another culture fully, we must try to understand how the people in that culture see things. 
D)  to understand another culture, we must use tactics to try to jar people so that their true views are revealed. 
E)  to bring about desired cultural change, anthropologists should act as emissaries of the most evolved cultural values.

Question 10

The Makah,a tribe that lives near the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Olympic Peninsula,see themselves as whalers and continue to identify themselves spiritually with whales.Their ongoing struggle to maintain their traditional way of life,which involves whale hunting,demonstrates how

Accepted Answer

A)  some indigenous communities are able to isolate themselves from national and international politics despite continuous threat from outsiders. 
B)  indigenous communities do not understand the threat their activities pose to endangered species. 
C)  contemporary law is useless in solving disputes with indigenous communities. 
D)  contemporary indigenous groups have to grapple with multiple levels of culture, contestation, and political regulation. 
E)  animals do not have rights. 
A)  some indigenous communities are able to isolate themselves from national and international politics despite continuous threat from outsiders. 
B)  indigenous communities do not understand the threat their activities pose to endangered species. 
C)  contemporary law is useless in solving disputes with indigenous communities. 
D)  contemporary indigenous groups have to grapple with multiple levels of culture, contestation, and political regulation. 
E)  animals do not have rights.

Question 11

Practice theory recognizes that the study of anthropology takes a lot of practice before resulting in accurate descriptions of a culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What archaeological evidence suggests that humans were hunting by at least 2.6 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  cave paintings 
B)  the fossil record 
C)  stone meat-cutting tools 
D)  generational enculturation 
E)  contents of trash pits 
A)  cave paintings 
B)  the fossil record 
C)  stone meat-cutting tools 
D)  generational enculturation 
E)  contents of trash pits

Question 13

What are the different kinds of learning? On which kind (or kinds)of learning is culture based? How is culture transmitted across generations?

Accepted Answer

There are several different kinds of lea

Question 14

What are cultural particularities?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

Which of the following statements about subcultures is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subcultures exemplify "levels of culture." 
B)  Subcultures have different learning experiences. 
C)  Subcultures have shared learning experiences. 
D)  Subcultures may originate in ethnicity, class, region, or religion. 
E)  Subcultures are mutually exclusive; individuals may not participate in more than one subculture. 
A)  Subcultures exemplify "levels of culture." 
B)  Subcultures have different learning experiences. 
C)  Subcultures have shared learning experiences. 
D)  Subcultures may originate in ethnicity, class, region, or religion. 
E)  Subcultures are mutually exclusive; individuals may not participate in more than one subculture.

Question 17

Only people living in the industrialized,capitalist countries of Europe and the United States are ethnocentric.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Anthropology is characterized by a methodological rather than moral relativism; in order to understand another culture fully,anthropologists try to understand its members' beliefs and motivations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Exam 2: Culture

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

What do anthropologists mean when they say culture is shared?

There are two meanings of globalization: globalization as fact and process,and globalization as ideology and contested policy.What is the primary and neutral meaning of globalization as it is applicable to anthropology?

Which of the following statements about culture is NOT true?

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

Hunting is a distinctive human activity not shared with the apes.

Which of the following LEAST explains the existence of cultural generalities?

What does it mean to say that there are levels of culture? What are they? How do cultural traits extend to a broader geographic area?

In anthropology,cultural relativism is not a moral position but a methodological one.It states that

The Makah,a tribe that lives near the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Olympic Peninsula,see themselves as whalers and continue to identify themselves spiritually with whales.Their ongoing struggle to maintain their traditional way of life,which involves whale hunting,demonstrates how

Practice theory recognizes that the study of anthropology takes a lot of practice before resulting in accurate descriptions of a culture.

What archaeological evidence suggests that humans were hunting by at least 2.6 million years ago?

What are the different kinds of learning? On which kind (or kinds)of learning is culture based? How is culture transmitted across generations?

What are cultural particularities?

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,

Which of the following statements about subcultures is NOT true?

Only people living in the industrialized,capitalist countries of Europe and the United States are ethnocentric.

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

Anthropology is characterized by a methodological rather than moral relativism; in order to understand another culture fully,anthropologists try to understand its members' beliefs and motivations.

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

What Is Anthropology

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Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

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The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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