Chapter 1. What is Anthropology

Anthropologists are committed to describing and understanding the diversity of humans and their culture. Which of the following would NOT be considered a research area of anthropology?

determining the relatedness of two different dinosaur species

Which anthropologist was largely responsible for changing many of the misrepresentations of Indigenous people common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Franz Boas

Which term describes an anthropologist who studies the human fossil record, genetics, and evolution to answer questions about human origins?

biological anthropologist

Which term describes the mindset or belief that one's own cultural knowledge, traditions, and beliefs are better than that of another culture?

ethnocentrism

Which term describes the anthropological approach to understanding how the elements of a culture are interconnected?

holism

Which description BEST defines the overall field of anthropology?

the biological and social context of humans in a wide range of environmental and historical contexts

The primary goal of an anthropologist is best described as which of the following?

to ethically and accurately represent a culture through the perspective and worldview of the culture studied