Test Bank for Anthropology, 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember, Peter N. Peregrine
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Anthropology,
Institución
Anthropology,
Complete Test Bank for Anthropology, 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember, Peter N. Peregrine ; ISBN13: 9780134732879. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 26)....1. What Is Anthropology 2. Research Methods in Anthropology 3. Genetics and Evolution 4. Human Variation and Adaptation 5. Pr...
1. Anthropology is literally the study of __________.
A) humans
B) fossils
C) history
D) religion
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the general definition and purpose of anthropology.
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Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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2. Which type of culture was the traditional focus for anthropologists?
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A) Western cultures
B) extinct cultures
C) non-Western cultures
D) post-industrialized cultures
Answer: C IS
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the scope of anthropology.
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Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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3. The anthropological curiosity is primarily interested in __________.
A) abnormal characteristics within a population
B) differences in individual behavior
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C) behavioral changes over time
D) typical characteristics of populations
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Answer: D
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Learning Objective: 1.4 Explain anthropology’s distinctive curiosity.
Topic: Anthropological Curiosity
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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4. What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?
A) biological and cultural
B) contemporary and ancient
C) Western and non-Western
D) theoretical and practical
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
,5. Which of the following can encompass any of the four main subfields of anthropology?
A) biological anthropology
B) applied anthropology
C) anthropological linguistics
D) archaeology
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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6. Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order __________.
A) Primates
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B) Humans
C) Homo sapiens
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D) Mammals
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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7. What is culture?
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A) the religion, language, and values of a population
B) the customary ways that a particular population or society thinks and behaves
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C) advanced knowledge of literature and fine arts
D) traditional beliefs that have been unchanged over generations
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Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
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Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The study of how languages change through time and how they may be related is called
__________.
A) structural linguistics
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B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) historical linguistics
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. A __________ might study speech patterns in varying social contexts.
A) sociolinguist
, B) anthropological linguist
C) historical linguist
D) ethnologist
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. A cultural anthropologist who spends a year or so living with, talking to, and observing people
whose customs he or she is studying is known as a(n) __________.
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A) linguistic anthropologist
B) ethnographer
C) archaeologist
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D) ethnohistorian
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Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. The goal of applied anthropology is to __________.
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A) understand human evolution
B) limit anthropology to an academic setting
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C) make anthropological knowledge useful
D) focus solely on Western cultures
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Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
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Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
C
Difficulty Level: Easy
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12. Anthropology is a comparatively young discipline. It was only in the late __________ that
anthropologists began to go to live with people in faraway places.
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
C) 1600s
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D) 1900s
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.7 Communicate the relevance of anthropology.
Topic: The Relevance of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Why is it incomplete to simply call anthropology “the study of humans”?
A) The focus of anthropology is on pre-human organisms.
B) Many other disciplines also study humans.
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