Anthropology Exam 1
Anthropology is the study of humans, and is not concerned with the natural environment or the relationships between culture and environment.
False
Cultural relativism is the principal that some cultures are superior to others.
False
Enculturation is the process of refusing to adopt a new culture.
False
Evolution is considered a "theory" because it remains an untested, unconfirmed idea.
False
Gold moved through Great Zimbabwe as a trade good, but was not mined there.
False
Great Zimbabwe was built about 3,500 years ago.
False
In past centuries, European societies displayed a great deal of primitivism. This means that the Europeans viewed their own cultures as inferior, savage, and backward compared to the Indigenous cultures of the Americas and Africa.
False
In science, a theory is an untested explanation for some aspect of the natural world.
False
In science, a theory that has been repeatedly confirmed is considered a fact.
False
Like the theory of evolution, scientific creationism is a scientific explanation of aspects of the natural world. (For this quiz, scientific creationism is defined as "a doctrine holding that the biblical account of creation is supported by scientific evidence."
False
The Anthropocene is the name of the time period when dinosaurs walked the earth
False
The hypothesis that best explains the abandonment of Great Zimbabwe in 15th century is that the site was destroyed by Mongolian invaders.
False
The site of Great Zimbabwe is in excellent condition because the remains have been carefully protected and preserved.
False
According to the assigned reading, a hypothesis is a tentative statement about the natural world that generates testable deductions.
True
American Anthropology has four subfields: Cultural anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Archaeology
True
An ethnography is an in-depth written study of a culture based on fieldwork by a cultural anthropologist.
True
Anthropology explores holism. This word refers to the interrelationships between different parts of a culture.
True
Ethnocentricism is the attitude that one's own culture is superior to other cultures.
True
In 1980, the country was renamed Zimbabwe in honor of the ancient site and people of Great Zimbabwe
True
In science, we improve our knowledge is by testing preexisting explanations. In this way, we build on the work of other researchers.
True
In the 19th century, most Europeans did not believe that indigenous Africans had built the stone wall and other impressive structures at Great Zimbabwe.
True
Much of Great Zimbabwe's wealth came from its control over trade in valuable goods including gold, ivory, and cattle.
True
One goal of anthropology is to describe and understand human sociocultural diversity.
True
Scientific explanations require empirical evidence
True
Scientific progress requires the sharing of information. This enables scientists to test and build on each other's ideas, and thereby improve the accuracy and extent of our knowledge.
True
The remains at Great Zimbabwe include ruins of the mud brick houses where potters, weavers, and other workers lived.
True
