ATH 103 Midterm Exam True/False

Activities that are biologically based, such as eating and sleeping, are universally practiced in the same way for all humans.

False

All humans are born with some culture.

False

Anthropologists believe that the "native point of view" is better than their own. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

False

Anthropologists do not consider unstructured, casual conversations to be data. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

False

Anthropologists generally believe in one unified theory of culture. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

False

Contemporary cultural anthropologists rank societies along an evolutionary scale from "primitive" to "advanced" to categorize human diversity.

False

Countries find it relatively easy to decide what language its citizens will speak. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

False

In order to study culture one must travel to distant, far-off places.

False

Languages always change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

False

Some languages are superior to others.

False

A genetic mutation is required for human adults to be able to digest milk. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

True

According to some anthropologists, culture consists of the collective processes that make the artificial seem natural. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

True

Culture can be transmitted virtually through the Internet in addition to face-to-face interaction. Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

True

Diversity, defined anthropologically, refers to both multiplicity and variety, which is not the same thing as "difference." Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

True

In many parts of the world food is a very important way of communicating social identity.

True