Window on Humanity A Concise Introduction to General Anthropology 8th Edition Conrad Kottak – Test Bank

Window on Humanity A Concise Introduction to General Anthropology 8th Edition Conrad Kottak – Test Bank

Chapter 01 What is Anthropology? 

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethnography isA. the firsthand, personal study of local settings.B. the process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations.C. the study of interrelationships among all living things in an environment.D. a policy aimed at removing groups that are culturally different from a country.E. the cross-cultural comparison of cultural data.

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2. Anthropology’s comparative, biocultural perspectiveA. allows the inclusion of both biological and cultural approaches to comment on or solve a particular issue or problem.B. is the reason it has traditionally studied nonindustrialized societies.C. is insignificant, since evolution is studied by biological anthropologists, while culture is studied by cultural anthropologists.D. is a product of the participant observation approach.E. places it in the humanities.

Accessibility: Keyboard NavigationBloom’s: UnderstandLearning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.Topic: Defining anthropology

3. Ethnology isA. the study of human speech sounds.B. the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.C. the most important subfield of anthropology.D. the study of ancient ethnic groups.E. a synonym for ethnography.

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4. The four main subdisciplines of anthropology consist ofA. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology.B. archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology.C. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.D. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.E. primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology.

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5. Archaeologists studyA. language.B. race.C. biological adaptation.D. modern cultural diversity.E. material remains.

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6. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of four-field anthropology?A. its holistic approachB. broad cross-cultural comparisonsC. the study of human biology, culture, and languageD. both scientific and humanistic dimensionsE. an exclusive focus on contemporary cultures

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7. Biological anthropologists study all of the following EXCEPTA. ancient languages.B. human biological plasticity.C. primates.D. human evolution.E. human genetics.

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8. The study of interactions among past living things in a past environment isA. paleoanthropology.B. paleoecology.C. garbology.D. social archaeology.E. adaptive anthropology.

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9. Which of the following statements is FALSE?A.  Anthropology is the exploration of human diversity in time and space.B.  Anthropology studies the whole of the human condition.C.  Anthropologists focus in part on the diversity that arises through human adaptability.D.  Anthropology’s biocultural approach entails finding evolutionary explanations for all human behaviors.E.  Anthropology offers a comparative, cross-cultural perspective to the study of the human condition.

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10. Which of the following statements is a distinction between culture and society?A.  Culture is the result of higher education, whereas society is shared by all people.B.  People share society with other animals, but culture is distinctly human.C.  Culture is genetically programmed, whereas society is transmitted through social learning.D.  People attain culture through international travel, but society is the social environment of their native land.E.  Society rests more upon certain features of human biology than does culture.

Accessibility: Keyboard NavigationBloom’s: UnderstandLearning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.Topic: Defining anthropology