1. Ethnography is
A. the firsthand, personal study of local settings.
B. the process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations.
C. the study of interrelationships among all living things in an environment.
D. a policy aimed at removing groups that are culturally different from a country.
E. the cross-cultural comparison of cultural data.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
2. Anthropology's comparative, biocultural perspective
A. allows the inclusion of both biological and cultural approaches to comment on or solve a
particular issue or problem.
B. is the reason it has traditionally studied nonindustrialized societies.
C. is insignificant, since evolution is studied by biological anthropologists, while culture is
studied by cultural anthropologists.
D. is a product of the participant observation approach.
E. places it in the humanities.
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Learning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
3. Ethnology is
A. the study of human speech sounds.
B. the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.
C. the most important subfield of anthropology.
D. the study of ancient ethnic groups.
E. a synonym for ethnography.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
4. The four main subdisciplines of anthropology consist of
A. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology.
B. archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology.
C. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.
D. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and linguistic
anthropology.
E. primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
5. Archaeologists study
A. language.
B. race.
C. biological adaptation.
D. modern cultural diversity.
E. material remains.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
6. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of four-field anthropology?
A. its holistic approach
B. broad cross-cultural comparisons
C. the study of human biology, culture, and language
D. both scientific and humanistic dimensions
E. an exclusive focus on contemporary cultures
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
7. Biological anthropologists study all of the following EXCEPT
A. ancient languages.
B. human biological plasticity.
C. primates.
D. human evolution.
E. human genetics.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
8. The study of interactions among past living things in a past environment is
A. paleoanthropology.
B. paleoecology.
C. garbology.
D. social archaeology.
E. adaptive anthropology.
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Learning Objective: List the four subfields of anthropology, and distinguish between ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
9. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Anthropology is the exploration of human diversity in time and space.
B. Anthropology studies the whole of the human condition.
C. Anthropologists focus in part on the diversity that arises through human adaptability.
D. Anthropology's biocultural approach entails finding evolutionary explanations for all
human behaviors.
E. Anthropology offers a comparative, cross-cultural perspective to the study of the human
condition.
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Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
10. Which of the following statements is a distinction between culture and society?
A. Culture is the result of higher education, whereas society is shared by all people.
B. People share society with other animals, but culture is distinctly human.
C. Culture is genetically programmed, whereas society is transmitted through social learning.
D. People attain culture through international travel, but society is the social environment of
their native land.
E. Society rests more upon certain features of human biology than does culture.
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Learning Objective: Explain what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
11. ________ defines the processes by which organisms cope with environmental forces and
stresses.
A. Ethnology
B. Ethnography
C. Cultural resource management
D. Adaptation
E. Phenotype
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