ANTH 1000 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
AUBURN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
The significance of Ashley Montagu's writings about peace was his observation that -
ANS only 'uncivilized' people believe in myths
T/F: for anti discrimination activities and educators, it is usually enough to simply demonstrate
the existence of prejudice and discrimination - ANS false
T/F: patterns of social inequality and racial discrimination have important biological
consequences for certain groups, such as African Americans - ANS true
variations in skin pigmentation can be traced to - ANS the latitude here one's ancestors spent
the most time
anthropology's understanding of skin pigmentation emphasizes that - ANS it is an adaptive
response to ultraviolet light
which of the following is not an example of the ways human vary biologically - ANS race
T/F: scientific and medical authorities no longer try to biologist racial difference - ANS false
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,human skin color is distributed - ANS as a cline (it is a clinal trait)
concordant traits are - ANS a set of traits that always occur together
many of our current concepts of race originated during - ANS the European Age of
Exploration
T/F: famines are often caused not by environmental factors but social factors like inequality -
ANS true
industrial agriculture leads to the problem of over production - ANS reduction in the
percentage of people engage in the process
traditional ecological knowledge is not well-known in the West because - ANS all of the
above: it is often shared in local languages, some species and ecological integration exist in only
one place, generally, westerners don't value this type of knowledge
T/F: in many parts of the world food is a very important way of communicating social identity -
ANS true
analyses that focus not eh linkages between political-economic power, social inequality, and
ecological destruction are typical of which approach - ANS political ecology
the _____ suggests that societies throughout the world need environments and technology that
provides sustenance for not only present but future generations - ANS sustainability model
the scientific consensus on human driven (anthropogenic) climate change refers to -
ANS multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 precent or
more of actively publishing climate scientist agree climate warming is like due to human
activities
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,T/F: women provide most of the diet in foraging societies - ANS true
for most hunter-gatherer societies, most of the diet comes from - ANS gathered plants
when did Earth hit its first billion people - ANS 1800, with the rise of industrialism
David Rindos argues that the shift to agriculture happened because both humans and plants
began to - ANS coevolve
were you to visit the New Guinea Highlands, you might be offered a meal consisting of cooked
pork and sweet potatoes, which demonstrates - ANS use of low-intensity agricultural
practices that nevertheless can provide significant food resources
one of the plausible reasons for the lack of surpluses in hunter-gatherer groups is that surpluses
could deplete local resources, this argument is called - ANS an optimal foraging strategy
despite the evidence of escalating warfare, excessive population growth, brought, and the
failings of the ruling elite, the overwhelming evidence about the Mayan empire suggests that -
ANS Mayans did not disappear, they simply changed their social system
T/F: Cahokia's vast complex of mounds and ceremonial sites initially suggested that it was the
center of a vast empire, what is surprising is that this socially complex state did not last very
long before it was abandoned - ANS true
a society having many different parts organized into a single social system is said to have -
ANS social complexity
the Neolithic began with - ANS the domestication of plants and animals
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, the first evidence of domestication comes from about - ANS 12,000 years ago
the earliest domestication include - ANS grasses and dogs
archeologist Kent Flannery suggests that farming probably began - ANS in poor areas at the
margins of rice ones
the importance of a phenomenon like' revenge suicide' in Papua New Guinea is that it
demonstrates - ANS that the non-powerful have ways of exercising political power
the Kung people of southern African are an example what kind of society - ANS acephalous
which english philosopher were concerned with the problem of disorder and argued that chaos
is avoidable by creating strong government - ANS Hobbes and Locke
a structural-functionalist would be most likely to analyze violence as - ANS a means of
creating and maintaining social order
which of the following is not a political act - ANS posting what you had for dinner on
facebook
the work of anthropologist Paul Richards demonstrates that violence can be something that is -
ANS a rational way of achieving a goal or strategy
which of the following is not a reason that Dani of New Guinea participate in ritualized warfare -
ANS to secure grazing lands for sheep
T/F: in a caste system, social stratification is based on ascribed status - ANS true
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AUBURN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
The significance of Ashley Montagu's writings about peace was his observation that -
ANS only 'uncivilized' people believe in myths
T/F: for anti discrimination activities and educators, it is usually enough to simply demonstrate
the existence of prejudice and discrimination - ANS false
T/F: patterns of social inequality and racial discrimination have important biological
consequences for certain groups, such as African Americans - ANS true
variations in skin pigmentation can be traced to - ANS the latitude here one's ancestors spent
the most time
anthropology's understanding of skin pigmentation emphasizes that - ANS it is an adaptive
response to ultraviolet light
which of the following is not an example of the ways human vary biologically - ANS race
T/F: scientific and medical authorities no longer try to biologist racial difference - ANS false
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
,human skin color is distributed - ANS as a cline (it is a clinal trait)
concordant traits are - ANS a set of traits that always occur together
many of our current concepts of race originated during - ANS the European Age of
Exploration
T/F: famines are often caused not by environmental factors but social factors like inequality -
ANS true
industrial agriculture leads to the problem of over production - ANS reduction in the
percentage of people engage in the process
traditional ecological knowledge is not well-known in the West because - ANS all of the
above: it is often shared in local languages, some species and ecological integration exist in only
one place, generally, westerners don't value this type of knowledge
T/F: in many parts of the world food is a very important way of communicating social identity -
ANS true
analyses that focus not eh linkages between political-economic power, social inequality, and
ecological destruction are typical of which approach - ANS political ecology
the _____ suggests that societies throughout the world need environments and technology that
provides sustenance for not only present but future generations - ANS sustainability model
the scientific consensus on human driven (anthropogenic) climate change refers to -
ANS multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 precent or
more of actively publishing climate scientist agree climate warming is like due to human
activities
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2
,T/F: women provide most of the diet in foraging societies - ANS true
for most hunter-gatherer societies, most of the diet comes from - ANS gathered plants
when did Earth hit its first billion people - ANS 1800, with the rise of industrialism
David Rindos argues that the shift to agriculture happened because both humans and plants
began to - ANS coevolve
were you to visit the New Guinea Highlands, you might be offered a meal consisting of cooked
pork and sweet potatoes, which demonstrates - ANS use of low-intensity agricultural
practices that nevertheless can provide significant food resources
one of the plausible reasons for the lack of surpluses in hunter-gatherer groups is that surpluses
could deplete local resources, this argument is called - ANS an optimal foraging strategy
despite the evidence of escalating warfare, excessive population growth, brought, and the
failings of the ruling elite, the overwhelming evidence about the Mayan empire suggests that -
ANS Mayans did not disappear, they simply changed their social system
T/F: Cahokia's vast complex of mounds and ceremonial sites initially suggested that it was the
center of a vast empire, what is surprising is that this socially complex state did not last very
long before it was abandoned - ANS true
a society having many different parts organized into a single social system is said to have -
ANS social complexity
the Neolithic began with - ANS the domestication of plants and animals
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3
, the first evidence of domestication comes from about - ANS 12,000 years ago
the earliest domestication include - ANS grasses and dogs
archeologist Kent Flannery suggests that farming probably began - ANS in poor areas at the
margins of rice ones
the importance of a phenomenon like' revenge suicide' in Papua New Guinea is that it
demonstrates - ANS that the non-powerful have ways of exercising political power
the Kung people of southern African are an example what kind of society - ANS acephalous
which english philosopher were concerned with the problem of disorder and argued that chaos
is avoidable by creating strong government - ANS Hobbes and Locke
a structural-functionalist would be most likely to analyze violence as - ANS a means of
creating and maintaining social order
which of the following is not a political act - ANS posting what you had for dinner on
the work of anthropologist Paul Richards demonstrates that violence can be something that is -
ANS a rational way of achieving a goal or strategy
which of the following is not a reason that Dani of New Guinea participate in ritualized warfare -
ANS to secure grazing lands for sheep
T/F: in a caste system, social stratification is based on ascribed status - ANS true
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