(ASB 222) Quiz Questions (Module 1 & 2) Questions and Answers 2026

(ASB 222) Quiz Questions (Module 1 & 2) Questions and Answers 2026 The subfield within the discipline of anthropology that focuses on living groups of human beings is called: a. ethnography b. bioanthropology c. ethology d. primatology a. ethnography Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the result of: a. volcanic eruptions b. processes of erosion and weathering c. flooding d. the evil influence of the Devil b. processes of erosion and weathering Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the world was: a. a and b b. ancient and changing c. the result of natural evolutionary forces d. perfect and mostly unchanged since creation d. perfect and mostly unchanged since creation The flint tools found by Boucher de Perthes were thought to be ancient because: a. they had an exceptionally thick rind on their surfaces, the result of a long period of burial in soil b. the flint from which the tools were made dated to more than 100,000 years ago c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals d. all of the above c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady" reflects: a. the uniformitarian perspective b. a catastrophist perspective c. an anti-evolutionary perspective d. a biblical perspective a. the uniformitarian perspective In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by: a. reference to the modern rate of erosion b. the analysis of stratigraphy c. analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth d. means of radiometric measurement a. reference to the modern rate of erosion Edmund Halley suggested that a cause of the catastrophe known in the Bible as "Noah's Flood" had been: a. a cataclysmic explosion causing an effect like a nuclear winter b. a volcanic eruption c. an earthquake d. a comet crashing into the earth d. a comet crashing into the earth Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided human history into which three ages: a. Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic b. Pliocene, Miocene, Pleistocene c. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic d. Stone, Bronze, Iron d. Stone, Bronze, Iron The study of the living apes and monkeys is called: a. simianology b. primatology c. pongidology d. monkeyology b. primatology Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a perceived regular pattern of change through time in human: a. intelligence b. technology c. social systems d. religion b. technology In the Reverend John Ray's natural philosophy: a. the world changed through natural processes of evolution b. the world has been decaying steadily since creation c. the world was fixed at creation and has not changed substantially since d. the world is stable for long periods and then changes drastically as the result of catastrophes caused directly by God c. the world was fixed at creation and has not changed substantially since Anthropology is the study of: a. pre-Biblical times b. ancient people c. primitive people d. people d. people Bishop Ussher's determination of the age of the earth was historically significant because: a. it was the first determination of the age of the earth based on uniformitarian principles b. he was the first thinker to suggest a time for the creation of the world by God c. it was printed in the margins of published Bibles d. it was the first such determination approved by the Pope c. it was printed in the margins of published Bibles An adaptation is: a. a "strategy" for survival b. an improvement or refinement in some biological characteristic c. an invented pattern d. a change in behavior b. an improvement or refinement in some biological characteristic John Frere's discovery at Hoxne marks the first time that: a. the bones of extinct animals had been found together with the bones of ancient humans b. primitive-looking stone tools had been found in the same soil level as the bones of human beings c. primitive-looking stone tools had been found at a great stratigraphic depth d. the bones of extinct animals were found in Europe b. primitive-looking stone tools had been found in the same soil level as the bones of human beings Catastrophists were thinkers who believed that the Earth: a. would be destroyed in the not too distant future b. was ancient c. had been in decline since creation largely as the result of volcanic eruptions and floods d. was formed in the Big Bang c. had been in decline since creation largely as the result of volcanic eruptions and floods