Anthropology 2200 - Quiz 1 With Correct
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True or False: The invention of this item was responsible for a change in our
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ancestors' teeth. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Humankind is still evolving, but recent genetic changes are often less interesting
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to biological anthropologists than the striking evolutionary changes that
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differentiated our hominin ancestors from apes. Which of the following is a
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possible reason for this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Our species now completely
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depends on culture for its survival
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New research in Ethiopia in 2001 changed the way we think about human origins
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by demonstrating that the earliest hominins lived in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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woodlands
Which of the following outlines the steps of the scientific method in their proper
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order? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. identify a problem
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2. state a hypothesis
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3. collect data
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4. test the hypothesis
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True or False: A scientific theory is nothing more than a guess. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
, A biological anthropologist would focus on which of the following to learn more
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about humans? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease and nutrition
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How can biological anthropologists understand human biological variation? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They can examine how genes, health, and lifestyle all
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work together to impact human variation.
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True or False: The environment does not affect humans' biological makeup. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
What are the four branches of anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural
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anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, physical anthropology
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Several forensic anthropologists have dealt with the aftermath of Argentina's
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"Dirty War" (1970s and 1980s), during which many people disappeared. Which of
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the following techniques would NOT be appropriate for anthropologists to use in
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attempting to find and identify these individuals? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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excavating mass graves, using archaeological techniques
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What is the research method that involves a testable explanation of observed
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phenomena that can predict future outcomes and can be refuted by new
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information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific method | | | |
True or False: The style of locomotion shown here is the earliest and most
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profound difference between humans and other animals. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Answers
True or False: The invention of this item was responsible for a change in our
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ancestors' teeth. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Humankind is still evolving, but recent genetic changes are often less interesting
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to biological anthropologists than the striking evolutionary changes that
| | | | | | | | |
differentiated our hominin ancestors from apes. Which of the following is a
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possible reason for this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Our species now completely
| | | | | | | | | |
depends on culture for its survival
| | | | |
New research in Ethiopia in 2001 changed the way we think about human origins
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
by demonstrating that the earliest hominins lived in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
woodlands
Which of the following outlines the steps of the scientific method in their proper
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order? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. identify a problem
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2. state a hypothesis
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3. collect data
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4. test the hypothesis
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True or False: A scientific theory is nothing more than a guess. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
, A biological anthropologist would focus on which of the following to learn more
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about humans? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-disease and nutrition
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How can biological anthropologists understand human biological variation? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They can examine how genes, health, and lifestyle all
| | | | | | | | | |
work together to impact human variation.
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True or False: The environment does not affect humans' biological makeup. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
What are the four branches of anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural
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anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, physical anthropology
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Several forensic anthropologists have dealt with the aftermath of Argentina's
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"Dirty War" (1970s and 1980s), during which many people disappeared. Which of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the following techniques would NOT be appropriate for anthropologists to use in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
attempting to find and identify these individuals? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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excavating mass graves, using archaeological techniques
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What is the research method that involves a testable explanation of observed
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phenomena that can predict future outcomes and can be refuted by new
| | | | | | | | | | | |
information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific method | | | |
True or False: The style of locomotion shown here is the earliest and most
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profound difference between humans and other animals. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
