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Cultural Anthropology Final Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
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Anthropology is usually divided into four fields, but some people claim that a fifth, known
as ________, should be included. - Applied anthropology

Biological anthropologists focus on _____. - Human evolution and contemporary human
variation.

Archaeologists use which of the following as research materials? - old pottery, stone
tools, ruined houses, contemporary garbage heaps.

The field of anthropology that studies human language and communication is called
______. - linguistic anthropology

The cultural materialist interpretation of the Hindu belief in sacred cows points to _____.
- their economic and environmental value.

A major theoretical debate exists in cultural anthropology today between _______. -
cultural materialists and interpretivist anthropologists.

According to the text, micro cultures can be formed on the basis of____. - age, class,
race, and gender

People who have a longstanding connection with their home territory predating
colonialism are referred to as _____. - indigenous people

The tendency to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of
people raised in other cultures is known as - cultural universalism

The main goal of cultural anthropology is to - understand why people behave and think
the way they do

The theoretical approach which is the view that powerful structures such as economics,
politics, and media shape cultures and create entrenched systems of inequality and
oppression is referred to in the text as - structurism

Most nonhuman primate species are - arboreal, quadrupedal and diurnal

The earliest known primitive hominid is - Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Current paleoanthropological evidence indicates that the human ancestral line diverged
from that of the living great apes - 4-8 million years ago

, Tapeworm infections in archaic homo likely indicate - eating meat

Archaeologist Ian Gilligan differentiates between what two types of clothing and their
thermal effectiveness in situations of extreme cold in explaining Neanderthal extinction?
- simple and complex

The most recently discovered species of Homo, a dwarfed from found on an island in
the Pacific has been named______. - Florensiensis

Most known Neanderthal sites in W. Europe are located in ______. - in caves and rock
shelters

Evidence suggests that the first hominids left Africa - around 2 million years ago

The fossil Lucy fits in the category of - early hominins

Gorillas live in what type of social group - single-male, multi-female

Modern humans are not part of the primate order - False

Like humans, most primate species are highly social - True

One thing about which most cultural anthropologists agree is - the importance of
fieldwork

On the basis of his experience in the Trobriand Islands during WWI, Malinowski is
generally considered to be - the "father" of participant observation

Given current globalization and the rarity of small, isolated cultures, many contemporary
cultural anthropologists have abandoned - participant observation

In the Trobriand Islands, the British colonialists substituted which activity for local
warfare - Cricket

Compared to Malinowski's research in the Trobriands, Weiner's restudy addressed -
women's lives

When doing fieldwork, establishing rapport - usually happens during the first week

Research that is guided by a hypothesis is - deductive

Interpretivist anthropologists tend to favor which kind of research approach? - Etic

An emit approach focuses on - all of the above.

People's naming of places is called - toponymy

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