Chapter 1 Antho
Applied anthropologists work in which of these fields?
All of the above
Which perspective makes cultural anthropology distinctive from other social sciences?
All of the above
What is the anthropological subfield that studies human language called?
Anthropological linguistics
Which of these would NOT be considered an important contribution of anthropology?
Anthropology promotes the stance of moral relativism, arguing there is no universal right or wrong.
3. The excavation of material remains from the remote past is a task for what subfield of anthropology?
Archaeology
Anthropologists who study human variation due to genetic or hereditary factors are part of which subfield?
Biological anthropologists
Which subfield within anthropology is most likely to examine the causes and consequences of cultural change?
Cultural anthropology
Which of the following is an anthropological attitude essential for objectivity?
Cultural relativism
What is the term for the belief that one's own cultural values are superior to those of another culture?
Ethnocentrism
What is a written account of how a single population lives called?
Ethnography
Which of these is most likely to be a subject for study by anthropological linguists?
Examining how different forms of the same language are used in different social contexts
Which of these would historic archaeologists study?
Factories and plantations
Anthropology has how many subfields
Five
Whose job is it to identify skeletal remains?
Forensic anthropology
What is the term for the process by which different peoples of the world are interconnected
Globalization
What do primatologists study?
Monkeys and apes
What do paleoanthropologists study?
Our fossil ancestors
What is the difference between prehistoric and historic archaeology?
Prehistoric archaeology is the study of peoples who had no writing system.
Jane Goodall is famous for her pioneering work in which field?
Primatology
Which of the following is NOT a subfield of anthropology?
Sociological
What do ethnologists do?
Study contemporary cultures
Anthropology
The study of human beings, their biology, their prehistory and histories, and their changing languages, cultures, and social institutions.
Cultural Anthropology
The study of the social lives of living communities.
What type of work do development anthropologists do?
They provide information to assist agencies adapt projects to local needs and conditions.
What is the main focus of the subfield of cultural anthropology?
To study the customs and beliefs of some human group
In what way do the interconnections among the people of the nations of the world today differ from interconnections of 50 years ago?
Today the interconnections are between entire continents; in the past interconnections were only local.
The more that physical anthropologists discover, the more complicated the evolutionary history of humanity becomes.
True
The subfield of anthropology that studies human diversity, beliefs, and practices is called
anthropology
An ethnography is a record of the sound patterns of a particular language.
false
Applied anthropology is found within the subfield of cultural anthropology almost exclusively.
false
People evolved from chimpanzees.
false
The reconstruction of life in ancient Jerusalem is a job for
historic archaeologists.
n order to understand any aspect of a culture, it must be explored in terms of its relationship to other aspects of culture. This perspective within anthropology is called
holistic
According to the text, perhaps the most unique characteristic of the discipline of anthropology is
its scope
22. Anthropologists who help hospitals deliver health care services are called
medical anthropologists.
The primary goal of archaeological excavations is
to understand how people lived long ago.
Some physical anthropologists identify human skeletal remains.
true
The physical and genetic similarities among the people of the world far outweigh the differences.
true
Today, almost all anthropologists specialize in only one of the four primary subfields.
true
