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TEST BANK FOR CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 11TH EDITION BY NANDA

, TEST BANK FOR CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 11TH EDITION BY NANDA
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Table of Contents
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Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
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1. Anthropology and Human Diversity. c c c




2. Doing Cultural Anthropology.
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3. The Idea of Culture.
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4. Communication.


Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.
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5. Making a Living. c c




6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
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Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES.
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9. Gender.
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11. Stratification.


Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS.
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12. Religion.
13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts.
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Part V: CULTURE CHANGE.
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14. Power, Conquest, and a World System.
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15. Culture Change and the Modern World.
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,Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity
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MULTIPLE CHOICE c




1. The critical factor that distinguishes anthropology from other fields of study is:
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a. Its emphasis on rigorous experimentation and analysis of data.
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b. Its exclusive focus on non-Western cultures.
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c. Its use of theories of biological evolution to explain human behavior.
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d. Its interest in describing humankind throughout time and in all parts of the world.
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e. Its focus on the discovery of a single human nature.
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ANS: D c DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ:
1 MSC: Pickup
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2. One of the most critical goals of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline is to:
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a. Describe, analyze, and explain different cultures. c c c c c


b. Increase the level of culture in particular human societies.
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c. Place large numbers of cultural anthropologists in political offices.
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d. Determine the direction of human evolution. c c c c c


e. Preserve world heritage for future generations. c c c c c




ANS: A c DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ:
1 MSC: Pickup
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3. To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly interested in:
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a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples.
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b. The whole personality of any particular individual.
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c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors in explaining h
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uman behavior. c


d. Studying every culture in the world. c c c c c


e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.
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ANS: C cc DIF: Applied REF: 4 OBJ: 1
MSC: Pickup c




4. Which of the following correctly identifies the sub-disciplines of anthropology?
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a. Archaeology, Anthropometry, Cultural Anthropology, Paleontology, and Cultural R c c c c c c c


elativity.
b. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno- c c c c c


history, and Linguistics. c c


c. Archaeology, Ethno- c


history, Anthropometry, Structural Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.
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d. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Applied c c c c c c


Anthropology and Linguistics. c c


e. Archaeology, Phonology, Medical Anthropology, Development Studies, and c c c c c c c


Cultural Anthropology. c




ANS: D cc DIF: Factual REF: 4 OBJ: 2
MSC: Pickup c

, 5. Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the following best re
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presents what is meant by this statement?
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a. Human adaptation is both biological and cultural, and anthropologists cannot di
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stinguish between the meanings of these concepts.
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b. Human adaptation involves both biological and cultural dimensions and each in
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fluences the other. c c


c. Human adaptation is unique among all animals because it is based exclusively on ph
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ysiological adaptations. c


d. Human adaptation is the same as that of all animal because culture plays a role in the
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adaptation of all forms of life. c c c c c


e. Human adaptation is based exclusively on culture. Biology is subsumed within the cu
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ltural dimension and does not exert an independent influence on humans.
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ANS: B c DIF: Conceptual REF: 4 OBJ:
2 MSC: New
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6. Which of the following studies how languages are related to each other?
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a. Biological anthropology c


b. Human variation c


c. Historical linguistics c


d. Paleo-linguistics
e. Cultural linguistics c




ANS: C c DIF: Factual REF: 5 OBJ:
2 MSC: New
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7. Archaeologists are principally interested in: c c c c


a. Excavating sites and developing museums to preserve ancient landforms.
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b. Collecting artifacts made by ancient peoples. c c c c c


c. Tracing the course of human evolution through an examination of the fossilized re
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mains.
d. Understanding and reconstructing the cultures of past societies. c c c c c c c


e. Tracing the early development of Western civilization.
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ANS: D cc DIF: Factual REF: 6 OBJ: 2
MSC: Pickup c




8. A primary contribution of urban archaeologists is the development of:
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a. New architecture based on traditional designs.
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b. New methods of city governance.
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c. New knowledge about people who resided at the site.
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d. New insights into agriculture.
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e. New information about traditional Native American lifestyles.
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ANS: C cc DIF: Applied REF: 7 OBJ: 2
MSC: Pickup c




9. All of the following statements about the understanding of culture in anthropology are co
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rrect except:
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a. Culture is biologically and genetically transmitted from person to person.
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b. Culture is the way of life of a particular human society.
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