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,CHAPTER 1: What Is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Anthropology is literally the study of:
A) humans
B) fossils
C) history
D) religion
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which type of culture was the traditional focus for anthropologists?
A) Western cultures
B) extinct cultures
C) non-Western cultures
D) post-industrialized cultures
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The anthropological curiosity is primarily interested in:
A) abnormal characteristics within a population
B) differences in individual behavior
C) behavioral changes over time
D) typical characteristics of populations
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?
A) biological and cultural
B) contemporary and ancient
C) Western and non-Western
D) theoretical and practical
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following can encompass any of the four main subfields of anthropology?
A) biological anthropology
B) applied anthropology
C) anthropological linguistics
D) archaeology
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order:
A) Primates
B) Humans
C) Homo sapiens
D) Mammals
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. A cultural anthropologist is most likely to study which of the following questions?
A) How has a society evolved physically?
B) How are relationships formed in a society?
C) Where has a society been preserved?
D) Where did language originate?
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
8. The study of how languages change through time and how they may be related is called:
A) structural linguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) historical linguistics
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
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,Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. A __________ might study speech patterns in varying social contexts.
A) sociolinguist
B) anthropological linguist
C) historical linguist
D) ethnologist
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. A cultural anthropologist who spends a year or so living with, talking to, and observing people whose
customs he or she is studying is known as a(n):
A) anthropological linguist
B) ethnographer
C) archaeologist
D) ethnohistorian
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. The intention of applied anthropology is to:
A) understand human evolution
B) limit anthropology to an academic setting
C) make anthropological knowledge useful
D) focus solely on Western cultures
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Anthropology is a comparatively young discipline. It was only in the late __________ that
anthropologists began to go to live with people in faraway places.
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
C) 1600s
D) 1900s
Answer: A
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,Learning Objective: 1.3 Communicate the relevance of anthropology.
Topic: The Relevance of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Why is it incomplete to simply call anthropology "the study of humans"?
A) The focus of anthropology is on pre-human organisms.
B) Many other disciplines also study humans.
C) Anthropologists study only certain aspects of human life.
D) Anthropologists study all species of mammals.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
14. How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with humans?
A) Anthropology has a narrower focus on the cultural "other."
B) It has existed as a discipline longer than most other social sciences.
C) Anthropology has a less scientific approach than other disciplines.
D) It is broader in scope, both geographically and historically.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
15. A distinguishing feature of anthropology is the goal of understanding how aspects of human
experience such as local history, physical environment, family life, language, settlement patterns,
and religion are interrelated. This approach to culture is referred to as:
A) the holistic approach
B) the sociological approach
C) cultural materialism
D) participant observation
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. In what way has anthropological research changed over the years?
A) Anthropologists only work in academic settings today.
B) Modern anthropologists are no longer trained with a holistic approach.
C) Anthropologists now have more specialized areas of research.
D) Anthropologists are now only interested in non-Western cultures.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
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, specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
17. A human paleontologist might study:
A) prehuman fossils
B) the behavior of chimpanzees
C) dinosaur bones
D) artifacts such as pottery
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Which of the following disciplines would have the greatest overlap with biological anthropology?
A) history
B) genetics
C) philosophy
D) physics
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
19. Which subdiscipline is now frequently referred to as simply "cultural anthropology"?
A) ethnohistory
B) anthropological linguistics
C) ethnology
D) archaeology
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
20. Because historians rely on written records, they are limited to societies that existed within the last
__________ years.
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 50,000
D) 1,000
Answer: A
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
21. Unlike other linguists, anthropological linguists are primarily interested in:
A) the ways in which language is related to beliefs and behaviors
B) unwritten languages
C) the way language is used in different social contexts
D) the historical connections of different languages to each other
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
22. Which development did biological anthropologist Chuck Larson claim "changed everything" because
of its impact on human society?
A) the development of writing
B) the invention of stone tools
C) the use of oral language
D) the shift to farming
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
23. Unlike ethnohistorians, ethnographers:
A) describe a given society based on their own fieldwork
B) study societies with writing systems
C) compare societies cross-culturally
D) are interested in “primitive” peoples
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
24. An ethnohistorian would __________.
A) work in the field for long periods of time
B) study only past cultures, much as archaeologists do
C) study the way in which cultures have changed over time
D) prepare lengthy reports on extinct cultures
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,Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
25. What is the focus of cross-cultural researchers?
A) They hope to discover general patterns about cultural traits.
B) Their goal is to minimize the effects of cultural homogenization.
C) They are interested in finding the best ways of behaving.
D) They bridge the gap between anthropology and other social sciences.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
26. To what does the term basic research usually refer?
A) research that is necessary for the development of a new technology
B) research that is driven by simple curiosity
C) testing of already existing products
D) testing new tools to meet basic needs, such as medications
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
27. Which of the following may be trained in any or all of the subfields of anthropology?
A) applied anthropologist
B) biological anthropologist
C) ethnologist
D) political anthropologist
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. In contrast to basic researchers, who are almost always employed in universities, __________
anthropologists are commonly employed in government agencies, development agencies,
consulting firms, charitable foundations, and other settings outside academia.
A) archaic
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, B) historical
C) applied
D) philosophical
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
29. Which type of anthropologists may be called upon to give forensic evidence in court?
A) archaeological
B) linguistic
C) cultural
D) biological
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
30. The traditional division of anthropological fields contrasted the study of _______.
A) history and geography
B) biology and culture
C) politics and economics
D) ethnographic data and quantitative data
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. How did anthropology help disprove assumptions by American educators in the 1960s that African
American schoolchildren rarely drank milk because they were poor and uneducated?
A) Anthropological research has shown that many ethnic groups in different parts of the world, including
Asians, Arabs, Jews, and African Americans, avoid fresh milk because they cannot digest it.
B) Anthropologists established that milk was intentionally being withheld from black students as a form
of institutionalized racism.
C) Researchers established that African Americans can afford milk but do not like the taste of it.
D) Anthropologists demonstrated that all ethnic groups who do not drink fresh milk are poor and
uneducated, not just African Americans.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,CHAPTER 1: What Is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Anthropology is literally the study of:
A) humans
B) fossils
C) history
D) religion
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which type of culture was the traditional focus for anthropologists?
A) Western cultures
B) extinct cultures
C) non-Western cultures
D) post-industrialized cultures
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The anthropological curiosity is primarily interested in:
A) abnormal characteristics within a population
B) differences in individual behavior
C) behavioral changes over time
D) typical characteristics of populations
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?
A) biological and cultural
B) contemporary and ancient
C) Western and non-Western
D) theoretical and practical
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following can encompass any of the four main subfields of anthropology?
A) biological anthropology
B) applied anthropology
C) anthropological linguistics
D) archaeology
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order:
A) Primates
B) Humans
C) Homo sapiens
D) Mammals
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. A cultural anthropologist is most likely to study which of the following questions?
A) How has a society evolved physically?
B) How are relationships formed in a society?
C) Where has a society been preserved?
D) Where did language originate?
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
8. The study of how languages change through time and how they may be related is called:
A) structural linguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) historical linguistics
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. A __________ might study speech patterns in varying social contexts.
A) sociolinguist
B) anthropological linguist
C) historical linguist
D) ethnologist
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. A cultural anthropologist who spends a year or so living with, talking to, and observing people whose
customs he or she is studying is known as a(n):
A) anthropological linguist
B) ethnographer
C) archaeologist
D) ethnohistorian
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. The intention of applied anthropology is to:
A) understand human evolution
B) limit anthropology to an academic setting
C) make anthropological knowledge useful
D) focus solely on Western cultures
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Anthropology is a comparatively young discipline. It was only in the late __________ that
anthropologists began to go to live with people in faraway places.
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
C) 1600s
D) 1900s
Answer: A
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Learning Objective: 1.3 Communicate the relevance of anthropology.
Topic: The Relevance of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Why is it incomplete to simply call anthropology "the study of humans"?
A) The focus of anthropology is on pre-human organisms.
B) Many other disciplines also study humans.
C) Anthropologists study only certain aspects of human life.
D) Anthropologists study all species of mammals.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
14. How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with humans?
A) Anthropology has a narrower focus on the cultural "other."
B) It has existed as a discipline longer than most other social sciences.
C) Anthropology has a less scientific approach than other disciplines.
D) It is broader in scope, both geographically and historically.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
15. A distinguishing feature of anthropology is the goal of understanding how aspects of human
experience such as local history, physical environment, family life, language, settlement patterns,
and religion are interrelated. This approach to culture is referred to as:
A) the holistic approach
B) the sociological approach
C) cultural materialism
D) participant observation
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. In what way has anthropological research changed over the years?
A) Anthropologists only work in academic settings today.
B) Modern anthropologists are no longer trained with a holistic approach.
C) Anthropologists now have more specialized areas of research.
D) Anthropologists are now only interested in non-Western cultures.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
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, specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
17. A human paleontologist might study:
A) prehuman fossils
B) the behavior of chimpanzees
C) dinosaur bones
D) artifacts such as pottery
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Which of the following disciplines would have the greatest overlap with biological anthropology?
A) history
B) genetics
C) philosophy
D) physics
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
19. Which subdiscipline is now frequently referred to as simply "cultural anthropology"?
A) ethnohistory
B) anthropological linguistics
C) ethnology
D) archaeology
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
20. Because historians rely on written records, they are limited to societies that existed within the last
__________ years.
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 50,000
D) 1,000
Answer: A
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
21. Unlike other linguists, anthropological linguists are primarily interested in:
A) the ways in which language is related to beliefs and behaviors
B) unwritten languages
C) the way language is used in different social contexts
D) the historical connections of different languages to each other
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
22. Which development did biological anthropologist Chuck Larson claim "changed everything" because
of its impact on human society?
A) the development of writing
B) the invention of stone tools
C) the use of oral language
D) the shift to farming
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
23. Unlike ethnohistorians, ethnographers:
A) describe a given society based on their own fieldwork
B) study societies with writing systems
C) compare societies cross-culturally
D) are interested in “primitive” peoples
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
24. An ethnohistorian would __________.
A) work in the field for long periods of time
B) study only past cultures, much as archaeologists do
C) study the way in which cultures have changed over time
D) prepare lengthy reports on extinct cultures
Copyright © 2025, 2019 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
,Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
25. What is the focus of cross-cultural researchers?
A) They hope to discover general patterns about cultural traits.
B) Their goal is to minimize the effects of cultural homogenization.
C) They are interested in finding the best ways of behaving.
D) They bridge the gap between anthropology and other social sciences.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
26. To what does the term basic research usually refer?
A) research that is necessary for the development of a new technology
B) research that is driven by simple curiosity
C) testing of already existing products
D) testing new tools to meet basic needs, such as medications
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
27. Which of the following may be trained in any or all of the subfields of anthropology?
A) applied anthropologist
B) biological anthropologist
C) ethnologist
D) political anthropologist
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. In contrast to basic researchers, who are almost always employed in universities, __________
anthropologists are commonly employed in government agencies, development agencies,
consulting firms, charitable foundations, and other settings outside academia.
A) archaic
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, B) historical
C) applied
D) philosophical
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
29. Which type of anthropologists may be called upon to give forensic evidence in court?
A) archaeological
B) linguistic
C) cultural
D) biological
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
30. The traditional division of anthropological fields contrasted the study of _______.
A) history and geography
B) biology and culture
C) politics and economics
D) ethnographic data and quantitative data
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Differentiate among the four major fields of anthropology and explain
specialization.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. How did anthropology help disprove assumptions by American educators in the 1960s that African
American schoolchildren rarely drank milk because they were poor and uneducated?
A) Anthropological research has shown that many ethnic groups in different parts of the world, including
Asians, Arabs, Jews, and African Americans, avoid fresh milk because they cannot digest it.
B) Anthropologists established that milk was intentionally being withheld from black students as a form
of institutionalized racism.
C) Researchers established that African Americans can afford milk but do not like the taste of it.
D) Anthropologists demonstrated that all ethnic groups who do not drink fresh milk are poor and
uneducated, not just African Americans.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the purpose, scope, and distinctive curiosity of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
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