Introduction to Anthropology MCQ

The language widely spoken by people in more nations of the world than any other is ________

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Correct Answer: English.

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The objects seen here can provide _________ date for an archaeological site.

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Correct Answer: Relative

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The parthenon is an example of a ____________. hindu temple megaron greek temple great stupa

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Correct Answer: Scenae front

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The kill hole in pottery from the _______ culture allowed the objects spirit to be released

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Correct Answer: Mimbres

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Allen and beatrice gardner taught a chimpanzee to _________.

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Correct Answer: Use sign language

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If we say that a galaxy has a lookback time of 1 billion years, we mean that _________.

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Correct Answer: Its light traveled through space for 1 billion years to reach us

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Collisions between galaxies typically unfold over a period of ______.

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Correct Answer:

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As we go outward from io to ganymede, the density of the moons _____.

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Correct Answer: Decreases

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After a supernova explosion, the remains of the stellar core ________.

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Correct Answer: May be either a neutron star or a black hole

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Early hominin meat-eaters might have obtained their meat by __________.

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Correct Answer: A mixture of hunting and scavenging techniques

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Darwin believed that ________________ was the primary cause of evolution.

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Correct Answer: Natural selection

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Ethnoarchaeology is a(n) __________ approach to understanding the archaeological record

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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___________ is the most abundant and the most geographically widespread of the fossil fuels.

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Correct Answer: Coal

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________ refers to the manipulation of the supernatural to accomplish specific goals.

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Correct Answer: Magic

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________ is the most important factor in determining an individual's power and prestige in a state.

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Correct Answer: Socioeconomic class

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Variation in gender contribution to primary subsistence relates directly to the type of __________.

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Correct Answer: Food-getting

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Ethnomusicological research is most strongly influenced by ______ and ______.

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Correct Answer: Anthropology, musicology

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The story of climate change during the cenozoic is generally one of __________.

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Correct Answer: Cooling and drying

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Social scientists use the term ________ to refer to the socially approved use of power.

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Correct Answer: Authority

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Chemical analysis of the _________ can provide information on diets and habitats.

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Correct Answer: Bones and teeth

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Australopithecines show __________.

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Correct Answer: Some reduction of the canine and partial reduction or absence of the diastema

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At present, archaeologists define the neolithic in terms of the presence of __________.

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Correct Answer: Domesticated plants and animals

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Anthropology offers a ______ perspective on the human condition

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Correct Answer: Holism perspective

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Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is __________.

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Correct Answer: Learned and shared

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An air mass originating in the gulf of mexico should be labeled ________.

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Correct Answer: MT

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The postcranial skeleton of the neandertals was ________ compared with that of modern humans.

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Correct Answer: Massive.

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Neandertal remains have been recovered from sites dating between ________ years ago.

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Correct Answer: 27,000 and 150,000

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New zealand's original human population probably arrived about ________ years ago from ________.

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Correct Answer: 1000/Polynesia.

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The two principles of magic, wherever it is found, are the law of _______ and the law of _______.

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Correct Answer: Imitation, mana

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Noam chomskys assertion regarding the common origins of language is regarded as_________.

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Correct Answer: Congnitivism

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Many scientists prefer "________" over "global warming" to denote changes in the environment.

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Correct Answer: Climate change

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The homo erectus fossils from the lantian sites in china are dated to______ years old.

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Correct Answer: 1.15 million

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A ________ features differential access to resources based on social stratification.

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Correct Answer: State

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__________ h. erectus were more robust than ___________ h. erectus.

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Correct Answer: African/Asian

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The middle paleolithic is associated with _______ tools, which neandertals produced

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Correct Answer: Mousterian

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The oldest neandertal site dates to _______, at _______.

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Correct Answer: 130,000 yBP; Krapina, Croatia

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Techniques of subadult age estimation are based on multiple _________ processes.

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Correct Answer: Developmental

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________ is the cornerstone of the research conducted by contemporary cultural anthropologists.

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Correct Answer: Participant observation

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These stone tools made by h. erectus belong to the ___________ tool complex.

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Correct Answer: Acheulian

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The molecular clock indicates that humans and chimpanzees diverged about ____ mya.

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Correct Answer: 6

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________ is not a characteristic field technique used by ethnographers.

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Correct Answer: Online surveys

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The oldowan tool industry involved removing ________ from ________.

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Correct Answer: Flakes/cores

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__________ h. erectus were more robust than ___________ h. erectus.

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Correct Answer: African; Asian

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Bioarchaeology can provide information about the __________ of past populations.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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________ spend almost all of their time on the ground, instead of in trees.

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Correct Answer: Gorillas

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This picture shows male and female ___________ in the process of fertilization.

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Correct Answer: Gametes

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The majority of neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been most studied.

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Correct Answer: Europe

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Amicable behaviors that promote group cohesion are called _______ behaviors.

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Correct Answer: Affiliative

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Cultural transmission refers to the process of ________

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Correct Answer: Passing cultural patterns from one generation to another.

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________ diffusion takes place when two cultures trade, intermarry, or wage war on one another.

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Correct Answer: Direct

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Sex is to biology as __________ is to culture.

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Correct Answer: Gender

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The abo blood type system consists of ______ alleles.

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Correct Answer: 3

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_________ refers to the measurement of patterns or characteristics found in the human body.

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Correct Answer: Biometrics

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Enculturation is _____________.

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Correct Answer: Learning the customs and behaviors of your own culture

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Homo describes a human _______________

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Correct Answer: Humus

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Wilhelm wundt is to ____________, as william james is to __________.

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Correct Answer: Structualsim; Functionalsim

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The ideal cultural traits of a society __________.

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Correct Answer: Consist of the cultural patterns that most people always exhibit

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Six sigma programs involve both __________ and __________ components

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Correct Answer: Managerial; technical

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Gaining a global understanding is ________

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Correct Answer: Important for college students because most new US jobs involve international trade

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The ratio of brain volume to body mass of homo ergaster is approximately _______.

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Correct Answer: 14 cm3/kg

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Play communicates about _____; ritual communicates about _____.

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Correct Answer: What can be/what ought to be

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Independent individuals __________.

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Correct Answer: Make confident decisions about their lives

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Evolution can be defined as a change in____________ frequency over time.

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Correct Answer: Allele

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Compared to modern humans, Neanderthals were short, stocky, and small-brained.

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Correct Answer: False

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Variable is a datum that does not vary from case to case.

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Correct Answer: False

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Theories are interconnected _____ that offer general explanations of natural or social phenomena.

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Correct Answer: Hypothesis

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An area of research that investigates the structure of language patterns as they presently exist is known as Structural Linguistics.

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Correct Answer: True

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The systematic study of language use in various social settings to discern the links between language and social behavior is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Sociolinguistics

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Scientific Method is a method used to investigate the natural and social world involving_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Primatology is the study of_____.

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Correct Answer: Primates

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Primates is a diverse order of mammals, including_____ , that share similar characteristics.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Archaeologists who study the artifacts of groups that have no written records to understand the past are known as_____

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Correct Answer: Prehistoric Archaeologists

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The method used by the ethnographer who learns the culture of the group being studied by participating in the group’s daily activities is known as Participant Observation.

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Correct Answer: True

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The study of human evolution through the analysis of fossil remains is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Palaeoanthropology

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Middens refer to_____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Linguistics is the study of _____

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Correct Answer: Language

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Linguistic Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that focuses on the study of_____.

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Correct Answer: Language

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A method of investigation in which a scientist first makes observations and collects data and then formulates a hypothesis is known as______

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Correct Answer: Inductive Method

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A testable proposition concerning the relationship between different sets of variables within the collected data is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Hypothesis

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A broad, comprehensive approach to the study of humankind drawing on the four subfields of anthropology and integrating both ________ phenomena is called Holistic.

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Correct Answer: Biological and cultural

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The _______ and classification of different languages to discern the historical links among them.

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Correct Answer: Comparison

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Archaeologists who do draw on ________ to investigate the societies of the more recent past.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The remains of bones and living materials preserved from earlier periods are called ______.

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Correct Answer: Fossils

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The study of the poetry _______ in different societies is called Ethnopoetics.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The study of musical traditions in different societies is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Ethnomusicology

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The subfield of anthropology that focuses on the cross-cultural aspects of ethnographic studies is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Ethnology

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The study of the history of a particular ethnic group based on _______ is called Ethnohistory.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A description of a society written by an ________ who conducted field research in that society is called Ethnography.

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Correct Answer: Anthropologist

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The practice of judging another society by the values and standards of one’s own is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism

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________ who study material artifacts of the past along with the observation of modern peoples who have knowledge of the use and symbolic meaning of those artifacts are called Ethnoarchaeologists.

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Correct Answer: Archaeologist

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The view that certain categories or classifications such as specific species, “races,” ethnic groups, genders, animals, plants, objects, or cultures have an underlying reality or true invisible “essence” that one cannot observe directly is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Essentialism

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A method of investigation in which a scientist begins with a general _______, develops specific hypotheses, and tests them is called deductive method.

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Correct Answer: Theory

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The subfield of anthropology that focuses on the study of _______ societies is called Cultural Anthropology.

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Correct Answer: Contemporary

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Archaeologists who do research on _______ civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, or Rome are called Classical Archeologists.

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Correct Answer: Ancient

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The subfield of anthropology (also referred to as physical anthropology) that studies the biological characteristics of humanity in the ________ is called Biological Anthropology.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The material products of ______ are called Artifacts.

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Correct Answer: Past societies

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The subfield of _______ that focuses on the study of the material remains of past societies to determine the lifestyles, history, and evolution of those societies is called Archaeology.

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Correct Answer: Anthropology

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The use of data gathered from the other subfields of anthropology to find practical solutions to problems in a society is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Applied anthropology

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The study of _______ is called Anthropology.

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Correct Answer: Human kind

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As a rule, anthropologists use the scientific method and do not engage in humanistic or interpretive methods.

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Correct Answer: False

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Archaeologists study cultures of the past and present by interpreting material remains.

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Correct Answer: True

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Anthropologist Scott Atran and his team interviewed Islamic State fighters in Iraq to test the hypothesis that spiritual and cognitive motivations encourage people to become militant insurgents. Which approach to research did they use?

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Correct Answer: Deductive

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What have anthropologists learned about essentialism through scientific, interdisciplinary research?

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Correct Answer: Essentialist views are learned, often by the young age of 4–6 years.

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In which of the following projects would a biological anthropologist most likely be involved?

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Correct Answer: A study of tool use among chimpanzees

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The cross-cultural perspective of anthropology empowers us to explain patterns of human behavior elsewhere in the world but does little to help us understand our own society.

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Correct Answer: False

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A cultural anthropologist conducting cross-cultural comparisons of gender hierarchies would be engaging in which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Ethnology

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An anthropologist studying the ways that traditional myths influence human interactions with their environment would probably employ which of the following perspectives?

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Correct Answer: Both a scientific and a humanistic approach

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Which branch of linguistic anthropology would be likely to investigate the ways that grammatical structures influence the way people think?

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Correct Answer: Structural linguistics

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Which of the following attributes distinguishes anthropology from other social sciences?

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Correct Answer: A holistic approach

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