ANTHROPOLOGY 1000 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [ALL CORRECT] NEWEST
UPDATE 2024 GRADE A+
Which of the following terms is defined as a suggested but yet unverified explanation for
observed things and events?
Hypothesis
Anthropology is unique among other social sciences in its emphasis on both HOLISTIC
and cross cultural perspectives.
True
An AGRICULTURAL approach refers to the inclusion and combination of both biological
and cultural perspectives and approaches to comment on, or solve, a particular issue or
problem.
False (Biocultural)
Ethnology provides an account of field work in a particular community, society, or culture.
False (Ethnography)
APPLIED anthropology encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the
four sub-fields of anthropology to identify, assess, and solve practical problems. More and
more anthropologists increasingly work in this dimension of the discipline.
True
Which of the following most characterizes anthropology among disciplines that study
humans?
It is holistic and comparative
The fact that anthropology focuses on both culture and biology
allows it to address how culture influences biological traits and vice versa
Four-field anthropology
was largely shaped by early American anthropologists' interest in Native Americans
The study of non-human primates is of special interest to which sub-discipline of
anthropology?
Biological anthropology
The SCIENTIFIC METHOD characterizes any anthropological endeavour that formulates
research questions and gathers or uses systematic data to test hypotheses.
True
In the video clip the Batak, when farming, the Batak used:
Environmentally friendly techniques
In the video clip about the Batak, conservationist groups were attracted to the Batak
because they:
In the video clip about the Batak, what type of kaingens (farming plots) did the Batak
usually make?
small, scatted ones
Which of the following statements about culture is false?
Human groups differ in their capacities for culture.
What is the term for the processess that are making nations and people increasingly
interlinked and mutually dependent?
, Globalization
There were at least seven different regions where agriculture developed. Therefore,
agriculture is an example of which of the following mechanisms of cultural change?
Independent invention
Which of the following is not one of the ways in which individuals acquire the culture?
genetic trasmission
Although humans continue to adapt biologically, reliance on CULTURAL means of
adaption has increased during human evolution.
True
Cultural traits, patterns, and inventions also can be MLADAPTIVE, threatening the
group's continued existence (survival and reproduction).
True
According to Leslie White, culture, and therefore humanity, came into existance when
humans began to use AGRICULTURE.
False (Symbols)
The term HOMININ refers to any fossil or living human, chimp, or gorilla, white the term
HOMINID Refers only to any fossil or living human.
False ( hominid: refers to any fossil or living human, chimp, or gorilla; hominin: refers only to
any fossil or living human)
Unlike human rights, BIO-CULTURAL rights are vested not in individuals but in groups,
including indigenous people and religious and ethnic minorities.
False (Cultural rights)
The video clip about the Canela focuses on Carampei, a four year old Canela child. What
types of responsibilities did he have that stereotypical middle class Americans don't usually
allow their young children?
Using knives and fire
In the video clip about Canela, the children imitating the hunting dances of the Canela
men, and the public ridiculing of unacceptable behavior are both examples of:
enculturation
In the video clip about the Canela, the Canela deal with trauma by _______ it.
dramatizing.
In the video about the Canela, formal friends are similar to:
godparents
In the video clip about the Canela, Canela songs are often about:
animals and stars in the sky
What best describes the breadth of applied anthropology?
Any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve
practical problems.
What is one of the most valuable and distinctive tools of the applied anthropologists?
the ethnographic research method
The use of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identity assess, and
solve contemporary social problems is known as
Applied anthropology
Why would companies designing and marketing products hire an anthropologist?
To gain a better understanding of their customers in an increasingly multicultural world.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [ALL CORRECT] NEWEST
UPDATE 2024 GRADE A+
Which of the following terms is defined as a suggested but yet unverified explanation for
observed things and events?
Hypothesis
Anthropology is unique among other social sciences in its emphasis on both HOLISTIC
and cross cultural perspectives.
True
An AGRICULTURAL approach refers to the inclusion and combination of both biological
and cultural perspectives and approaches to comment on, or solve, a particular issue or
problem.
False (Biocultural)
Ethnology provides an account of field work in a particular community, society, or culture.
False (Ethnography)
APPLIED anthropology encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the
four sub-fields of anthropology to identify, assess, and solve practical problems. More and
more anthropologists increasingly work in this dimension of the discipline.
True
Which of the following most characterizes anthropology among disciplines that study
humans?
It is holistic and comparative
The fact that anthropology focuses on both culture and biology
allows it to address how culture influences biological traits and vice versa
Four-field anthropology
was largely shaped by early American anthropologists' interest in Native Americans
The study of non-human primates is of special interest to which sub-discipline of
anthropology?
Biological anthropology
The SCIENTIFIC METHOD characterizes any anthropological endeavour that formulates
research questions and gathers or uses systematic data to test hypotheses.
True
In the video clip the Batak, when farming, the Batak used:
Environmentally friendly techniques
In the video clip about the Batak, conservationist groups were attracted to the Batak
because they:
In the video clip about the Batak, what type of kaingens (farming plots) did the Batak
usually make?
small, scatted ones
Which of the following statements about culture is false?
Human groups differ in their capacities for culture.
What is the term for the processess that are making nations and people increasingly
interlinked and mutually dependent?
, Globalization
There were at least seven different regions where agriculture developed. Therefore,
agriculture is an example of which of the following mechanisms of cultural change?
Independent invention
Which of the following is not one of the ways in which individuals acquire the culture?
genetic trasmission
Although humans continue to adapt biologically, reliance on CULTURAL means of
adaption has increased during human evolution.
True
Cultural traits, patterns, and inventions also can be MLADAPTIVE, threatening the
group's continued existence (survival and reproduction).
True
According to Leslie White, culture, and therefore humanity, came into existance when
humans began to use AGRICULTURE.
False (Symbols)
The term HOMININ refers to any fossil or living human, chimp, or gorilla, white the term
HOMINID Refers only to any fossil or living human.
False ( hominid: refers to any fossil or living human, chimp, or gorilla; hominin: refers only to
any fossil or living human)
Unlike human rights, BIO-CULTURAL rights are vested not in individuals but in groups,
including indigenous people and religious and ethnic minorities.
False (Cultural rights)
The video clip about the Canela focuses on Carampei, a four year old Canela child. What
types of responsibilities did he have that stereotypical middle class Americans don't usually
allow their young children?
Using knives and fire
In the video clip about Canela, the children imitating the hunting dances of the Canela
men, and the public ridiculing of unacceptable behavior are both examples of:
enculturation
In the video clip about the Canela, the Canela deal with trauma by _______ it.
dramatizing.
In the video about the Canela, formal friends are similar to:
godparents
In the video clip about the Canela, Canela songs are often about:
animals and stars in the sky
What best describes the breadth of applied anthropology?
Any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve
practical problems.
What is one of the most valuable and distinctive tools of the applied anthropologists?
the ethnographic research method
The use of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identity assess, and
solve contemporary social problems is known as
Applied anthropology
Why would companies designing and marketing products hire an anthropologist?
To gain a better understanding of their customers in an increasingly multicultural world.
