ANHTH. Practice 1.2

Which of the following is true about anthropology? a) It usually is preferable to do anthropological research alone rather than with a team of researchers. b) Anthropology as an academic discipline is comparatively young. Its roots go back to the intellectual Enlightenment of the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America. c) Most anthropologists today are generalists--they master all of the fields of anthropology. d) All professional anthropologists now work in colleges, universities, or museums.

b) Anthropology as an academic discipline is comparatively young. Its roots go back to the intellectual Enlightenment of the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America.

Which field of anthropology is primarily concerned with the non-cultural aspects of humans and near-humans? a) archaeology b) biological anthropology c) linguistic anthropology d) cultural anthropology e) none of the above

b) biological anthropology

What do anthropologists mean when they refer to the concept of "integration" in regards to cultures? a) Different kinds of people should learn to live together in peace. b) Any successful behavior, strategy, or technique for obtaining food and surviving in a new environment provides a selective advantage in the competition for survival with other creatures. c) The best way to study another culture is by working with a team of researchers from different academic disciplines. d) All aspects of a culture are interrelated

d) All aspects of a culture are interrelated

Which of the following is a characteristic of anthropology? a) It is concerned with both human biology and culture. b) It is concerned with human variation, evolution, and adaptation. c) It focuses only on prehistoric societies. d) a and b

d) a and b

Culture is: a) entirely learned during our lifetimes. b) the full range of learned behavior patterns and knowledge acquired by people as members of a society. c) what made it possible for humans to transform themselves from relatively insignificant plant and dead animal scavengers in Africa to a truly global species capable of controlling the fate of all other species. d) all of the above

d) all of the above

Which of the following kinds of work would applied anthropology include? a) cultural resource management b) medical anthropology c) ethnobotany d) all of the above

d) all of the above

Which field of anthropology is primarily interested in the prehistory and early history of societies and their cultures? a) archaeology b) forensics c) ethnobotany d) cultural anthropology e) none of the above

a) archaeology

Which field of anthropology would most likely be interested in the marriage patterns and kinship systems of different societies around the world? a) cultural anthropology b) linguistic anthropology c) zooarchaeology d) all of the above

a) cultural anthropology

Which of the following best describe how anthropologists primarily learn new information about humans? a) field work b) laboratory experiments c) reading travelers accounts d) none of the above

a) field work

Inherent in the holistic approach to learning about humans is the realization that: a) All people are fully and equally human. b) Ethnocentric beliefs are biologically inherited. c) People cannot be understood by studying either their biological makeup or their cultural background alone. It is necessary to take into consideration both genetically inherited and learned traits in trying to explain how we have become the people we are. d) all of the above

c) People cannot be understood by studying either their biological makeup or their cultural background alone. It is necessary to take into consideration both genetically inherited and learned traits in trying to explain how we have become the people we are.

Which of the following is not one of the 4 main fields of anthropology? a) archaeology b) biological anthropology c) cartography d) cultural anthropology e) all of the above are main fields of anthropology

c) cartography

Which field of archaeology would mostly likely be interested in ancient pre-literate societies around the world including those of most early North American Indians? a) classical archaeology b) historical archaeology c) prehistoric archaeology d) primatology e) none of the above

c) prehistoric archaeology

Paleoanthropologists are mostly interested in learning about: a) the cultures of living people b) sub-cultures of modern, large-scale societies c) ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt d) the fossil record of human evolution e) none of the above

d) the fossil record of human evolution

Biological anthropology includes the study of which of the following topics? a) non-human primates b) fossil record of human evolution c) human variation d) mechanisms of evolution e) all of the above

e) all of the above