1. Audrey Richards conducted a detailed ethnography of the coming-of-age rituals of the Bemba, and is
often credited with opening the door to the study of health and nutrition among women and children.
Which of the four fields of anthropology was Richards working in?
a. archaeology c. historic ethnology
b. biological anthropology d. cultural anthropology
ANS: D DIF: Moderate OBJ: 1.1 What is anthropology?
MSC: Understanding
2. Which concept refers to anthropology’s commitment to looking at the full scope of human diversity
and experience, including cultural, biological, historical, and linguistic aspects?
a. ethnology c. holism
b. fieldwork d. inclusivity
ANS: C DIF: Easy OBJ: 1.1 What is anthropology?
MSC: Understanding
3. Anthropology has long studied the marginalized and remote segments of human society. Recently, a lot
of research has begun to look at the upper segments of society, which can help us understand how the
other marginalized groups come into being and exist at all. What is this process called?
a. studying up c. deep ethnography
b. marginalization d. thick description
ANS: A DIF: Moderate OBJ: 1.1 What is anthropology?
MSC: Understanding
4. Archaeology, the study of cultures in the human past, focuses on what?
a. human adaptation to the environment in the past
b. human evolution from the fossil record
c. any human material remains
d. any human burial sites
ANS: C DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Understanding
5. What type of anthropologist focuses on how humans have adapted to their environments over time?
a. physical anthropologist c. paleoanthropologist
b. descriptive linguist d. cultural anthropologist
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Remembering
6. Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time. This kind of study
requires a(n):
a. belief that other cultures are normal
b. belief that one’s own culture is normal
c. belief in the power of globalization
d. ability to evaluate others on the basis of one’s own beliefs
, ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Analyzing
7. Which subfield of anthropology traces the history of human evolution in fossils?
a. prehistoric archaeology c. evolutionary archaeology
b. primatology d. paleoanthropology
ANS: D DIF: Easy
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Remembering
8. Both historic archaeologists and prehistoric archaeologists study the past through the analysis of
artifacts. What do historic archeologists have access to that prehistoric archaeologists do not?
a. larger numbers of artifacts c. works of art
b. written records d. burial sites
ANS: B DIF: Difficult
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Understanding
9. What is considered the most distinctive feature of being human?
a. tool use c. bipedal locomotion
b. an opposable thumb d. language
ANS: D DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Remembering
10. Cultural anthropologists employ the process of ethnology to:
a. challenge ethnocentrism.
b. challenge ethnographic authority.
c. ethnographically document other cultures.
d. compare cultures.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Understanding
11. Material remains help prehistoric archaeologists reconstruct:
a. human behavior. c. garbage dumps.
, b. written records. d. burial sites.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Understanding
12. What do garbage dumps offer to both anthropologists and archaeologists?
a. understanding burial practices
b. analysis of nutritional intake
c. a deeper understanding of climate change
d. understanding cultural practices
ANS: D DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Applying
13. The so-called “N-word” would be most likely studied for its origins, uses, and meaning by a(n):
a. descriptive linguist. c. biological anthropologist.
b. historic linguist. d. sociolinguist.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Analyzing
14. In order to gain a complete understanding of any aspect of human behavior, the field of anthropology
adopts what strategy?
a. four-field approach c. physical anthropology
b. cultural evolution d. ethnobiology
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Understanding
15. In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration, many scholars and government officials
privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe, such as Italians and
Greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race
with primitive ways. This is an example of:
a. holism. c. genocide.
b. ethnocentrism. d. ethnocide.
ANS: B DIF: Difficult
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Applying
16. Pablo is an anthropologist studying the Japanese tea ceremony. He considers Japanese religion and
history, as well as social relations, the politics of gender, and the language used to talk about the tea
ceremony. Pablo’s approach to studying the Japanese tea ceremony is an example of what aspect of
anthropology?
a. participant observation c. four-field approach
b. physical anthropology d. holism
ANS: D DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1.2 Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human cultures?
MSC: Applying
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