ANTH 1000 BUCHANAN TEST 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
The subfield of anthropology that studies human evolution, including human genetics and
human nutrition is called - ANS Biological anthropology
Linguistic anthropologists traditionally study - ANS How our language evolved
How our mouths form words
How indigenous people classify their social worlds
The subfield of anthropology that studies the material remains of past cultures, often focusing
on the rise of cities is called - ANS Archaeology
The moral and intellectual principle that one should withhold judgement about seemingly
strange or exotic beliefs and practices is known as - ANS Cultural relativism
1. The thinker who developed evolutionary theory in the 19th century was - ANS Charles
Darwin
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, The subfield of anthropology that studies human diversity, beliefs, and practice is called -
ANS Cultural anthropology
1. Western colonial powers understood the different customs and cultures of the people they
colonized as - ANS Proof of their primitive nature
1. Assuming your culture's way of doing things is the best is called - ANS a. Ethnocentrism
1. A key principle of the holistic perspective developed by Franz Boas is - ANS a. A goal of
synthesizing the entire context of human experience
1. A key element of the scientific method, which both explains things and guides research is -
ANS a. Hypothesis
a. Is a general approach
b. Holds that no society or behavior should be seen in isolation
c. Refers to the practice of comparing two or more cultures - ANS comparative method
1. Even though Anthropologists use parts of the scientific method, some don't see what they do
as science because - ANS a. The complexity of social behavior prevents any complexity
objective analysis of human culture
1. One of the central ideas of Darwin's theory of evolution was the idea that - ANS a. Changes
in organisms was related to their adaptability to a particular environment
1. The Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed that all life was arranged in - ANS a. A great
chain of being
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
The subfield of anthropology that studies human evolution, including human genetics and
human nutrition is called - ANS Biological anthropology
Linguistic anthropologists traditionally study - ANS How our language evolved
How our mouths form words
How indigenous people classify their social worlds
The subfield of anthropology that studies the material remains of past cultures, often focusing
on the rise of cities is called - ANS Archaeology
The moral and intellectual principle that one should withhold judgement about seemingly
strange or exotic beliefs and practices is known as - ANS Cultural relativism
1. The thinker who developed evolutionary theory in the 19th century was - ANS Charles
Darwin
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, The subfield of anthropology that studies human diversity, beliefs, and practice is called -
ANS Cultural anthropology
1. Western colonial powers understood the different customs and cultures of the people they
colonized as - ANS Proof of their primitive nature
1. Assuming your culture's way of doing things is the best is called - ANS a. Ethnocentrism
1. A key principle of the holistic perspective developed by Franz Boas is - ANS a. A goal of
synthesizing the entire context of human experience
1. A key element of the scientific method, which both explains things and guides research is -
ANS a. Hypothesis
a. Is a general approach
b. Holds that no society or behavior should be seen in isolation
c. Refers to the practice of comparing two or more cultures - ANS comparative method
1. Even though Anthropologists use parts of the scientific method, some don't see what they do
as science because - ANS a. The complexity of social behavior prevents any complexity
objective analysis of human culture
1. One of the central ideas of Darwin's theory of evolution was the idea that - ANS a. Changes
in organisms was related to their adaptability to a particular environment
1. The Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed that all life was arranged in - ANS a. A great
chain of being
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