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Chapter (1 to 24)
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CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
CHAPTER 2: CULTURE
CHAPTER 3: APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY
CHAPTER 4: DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
CHAPTER 5: EVOLUTION AND GENETICS
CHAPTER 6: HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION
CHAPTER 7: THE PRIMATES
CHAPTER 8: EARLY HOMININS
CHAPTER 9: THE GENUS HOMO
CHAPTER 10: THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS
CHAPTER 11: THE FIRST FARMERS
CHAPTER 12: THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES
CHAPTER 13: METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
CHAPTER 14: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 15: ETHNICITY AND RACE
CHAPTER 16: MAKING A LIVING
CHAPTER 17: POLITICAL SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 18: GENDER
CHAPTER 19: FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT
CHAPTER 20: MARRIAGE
CHAPTER 21: RELIGION
CHAPTER 22: ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS
CHAPTER 23: THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY
CHAPTER 24: ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
,CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. What is anthropology?
A. the art of ethnography
B. the study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. the study of the stages of social evolution
D. the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. the study of humans around the world and through time
Answer: E
Learning Objective: Understand what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the
holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
2. A holistic and comparative perspective
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad of one to apply to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology when compared to other disciplines that study
humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology.
Answer: D
, Learning Objective: Understand what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the
holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
3. As humans organize their lives and adapt to different environments, our abilities to
learn, think symbolically, use language, and employ tools and other products
A. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture itself a biological
phenomenon.
B. have made some human groups more cultured than others.
C. prove that only fully developed adults have the capacity for culture; children lack the
capacity for culture until they mature.
D. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture, which is not itself
biological, possible.
E. are shared with other animals capable of organized group life—such as baboons,
wolves, and even ants.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: Understand what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the
holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
4. Which of the following is NOT true about culture?
A. Culture is a key aspect of human adaptability and success.
B. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations.
C. Cultural forces consistently mold and shape human biology and behavior.
D. Culture guides the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to it.
E. Culture is passed on from generation to generation.
Answer: B
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