Chapter 1
The study of non-human primates is of special interest to which sub-discipline of anthropology?
Biological anthropology
An AGRICULTURAL approach refers to the inclusion and combination of both biological and cultural perspectives and approaches to comment on, or solve, a particular issue or problem.
False
ETHNOLOGY provides an account of field work in a particular community, society, or culture.
False
Which of the following terms is defined as a suggested but yet unverified explanation for observed things and events?
Hypothesis
Which of the following most characterizes anthropology among disciplines that study humans?
It is holistic and comparative.
APPLIED anthropology encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four sub-fields of anthropology to identify, assess, and solve practical problems. More and more anthropologists increasingly work in this dimension of the discipline.
True
Anthropology is unique among other social sciences in its emphasis on both HOLISTIC and cross cultural perspectives.
True
The SCIENTIFIC METHOD characterizes any anthropological endeavour that formulates research questions and gathers or uses systematic data to test hypotheses.
True
The fact that anthropology focuses on both culture and biology
allows it to address how culture influences biological traits and vice versa.
In the video clip about the Batak, when farming, the Batak used:
environmentally friendly techniques
In the video clip about the Batak, the conservationist group Hariban Palawan wanted to link conservation and human rights by helping the Batak to:
gain exclusive land rights
In the video clip about the Batak, conservationist groups were attracted to the Batak because they:
shared the Batak's concern for the forest
In the video clip about the Batak, what type of kaingens (farming plots) did the Batak usually make?
small, scattered ones
In the video clip about the Batak, the Batak suggested that the "Christianos" do not believe in the:
spirits of the forest
Four-field anthropology
was largely shaped by early American anthropologists' interest in Native Americans.