Test Bank for Anthropology: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition by Scupin
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Anthropology
Institution
Anthropology
Test Bank for Anthropology: A Global Perspective 9e 9th Edition by Raymond Urban Scupin, Christopher Raymond DeCorse.
ISBN-13: 3165
Full Chapters test bank included
Introduction to Anthropology
The Record of the Past
Evolution
The Primates
Hominin Evolution
Human Variation
The Paleo...
1. Anthropologists who specialize in ______ anthropology are most likely to study
evolution.
A. linguistic
B. cultural
C. biological
D. archaeological
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Biological Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Biological anthropology is most closely aligned with which type of study?
A. natural science
B. social science
C. humanities
D. arts
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Biological Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. A primatologist would be most likely to conduct which of the following studies?
A. analysis of fossil samples
B. observational analysis of chimpanzee social structure
C. DNA analysis of hair samples from two prehistoric sites
D. isotopic analysis of a human bone
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Biological Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Osteological studies involve the analysis of the human ______.
A. ancestor
B. language
C. genome
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D. skeleton
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Biological Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Which type of anthropologist studies past cultures through analysis of their material
culture?
A. archaeologists
B. biological anthropologists
C. cultural anthropologists
D. linguists
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Archaeology
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Pottery, stone tools, and jewelry are examples of ______ studied by archaeologists.
A. ecofacts
B. excavations
C. artifacts
D. middens
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Archaeology
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. What do archaeologists find when they excavate middens?
A. jewels and other spectacular artifacts
B. trash left by ancient people
C. evidence for ancient rituals
D. remains of walls, postholes, and other architectural elements
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Archaeology
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. A classical archaeologist would be most likely to excavate ______.
A. a French library
B. a Celtic hillfort
C. a Hopi pueblo
D. an ancient Greek temple
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Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Archaeology
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. A prehistoric archaeologist would be most likely to excavate ______.
A. a Roman curse tablet
B. a codex written in Maya hieroglyphics
C. a wall painting from Çatalhöyük
D. an Egyptian obelisk
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Archaeology
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. The ______ anthropologist is most likely to explore whether people who speak
different languages think in different ways.
A. linguistic
B. archaeological
C. biological
D. cultural
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Linguistic Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Which type of linguistics examines the different versions of language spoken by
different groups within a particular culture?
A. structural linguistics
B. sociolinguistics
C. historical linguistics
D. psycholinguistics
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Linguistic Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which type of anthropologist conducts participant observation fieldwork among
present-day societies?
A. linguist
B. archaeologist
C. biological anthropologist
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D. cultural anthropologist
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Cultural Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Which methodology allows anthropologists to write about cultures other than their
own as insiders?
A. participant observation
B. excavation
C. radiocarbon dating
D. ethnography
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Cultural Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. When your professor assigns you a reading about a particular culture, the reading is
called a/an ______.
A. ethnology
B. ethnography
C. participant observation
D. field report
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cultural Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. When your professor assigns you a reading on a particular subject that includes
many cultures around the world, the reading is called a/an ______.
A. ethnology
B. ethnography
C. cultural report
D. universal
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Compare and contrast the four major subfields of anthropology.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cultural Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. When a biological anthropologist is hired by a police department to create an image
of a murder victim based on a few fragments of the skull, they are participating in
______ anthropology.
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