Anthropology Appreciating Human Diversity
16th Edition By Conrad Kottak - Test Bank
Chapter (1 to 15)
,Content: _
Chapter 01: What is Anthropology?
Chapter 02: Culture
Chapter 03: Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 04: Applying Anthropology
Chapter 05: Language and Communication
Chapter 06: Ethnicity and Race
Chapter 07: Making a Living
Chapter 08: Political Systems
Chapter 09: Gender
Chapter 10: Families, Kinship, and Descent
Chapter 11: Marriage
Chapter 12: Religion
Chapter 13: Arts, Media, and Sports
Chapter 14: The World System and Colonialism
Chapter 15: Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World
, Chapter 01
What is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is anthropology?
A. the art of ethnography
B. the study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. the study of the stages of social evolution
D. the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. the exploration of human diversity in time and space
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Topic: Human diversity
2. A holistic and comparative perspective
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad of one to apply to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology, when compared to other disciplines that study
humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology.
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Topic: Human diversity
, 3. As humans organize their lives and adapt to different environments, our abilities to learn,
think symbolically, use language, and employ tools and other products
A. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture itself a biological
phenomenon.
B. have made some human groups more cultured than others.
C. prove that only fully developed adults have the capacity for culture; children lack the
capacity for culture until they mature.
D. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture, which is not itself
biological, possible.
E. are shared with other animals capable of organized group life—such as baboons,
wolves, and even ants.
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Topic: Human diversity
4. Which of the following is NOT true about culture?
A. Culture is a key aspect of human adaptability and success.
B. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations.
C. Cultural forces consistently mold and shape human biology and behavior.
D. Culture guides the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to it.
E. Culture is passed on from generation to generation.
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Topic: Human diversity
16th Edition By Conrad Kottak - Test Bank
Chapter (1 to 15)
,Content: _
Chapter 01: What is Anthropology?
Chapter 02: Culture
Chapter 03: Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 04: Applying Anthropology
Chapter 05: Language and Communication
Chapter 06: Ethnicity and Race
Chapter 07: Making a Living
Chapter 08: Political Systems
Chapter 09: Gender
Chapter 10: Families, Kinship, and Descent
Chapter 11: Marriage
Chapter 12: Religion
Chapter 13: Arts, Media, and Sports
Chapter 14: The World System and Colonialism
Chapter 15: Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World
, Chapter 01
What is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is anthropology?
A. the art of ethnography
B. the study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. the study of the stages of social evolution
D. the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. the exploration of human diversity in time and space
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: Human diversity
2. A holistic and comparative perspective
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad of one to apply to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology, when compared to other disciplines that study
humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: Human diversity
, 3. As humans organize their lives and adapt to different environments, our abilities to learn,
think symbolically, use language, and employ tools and other products
A. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture itself a biological
phenomenon.
B. have made some human groups more cultured than others.
C. prove that only fully developed adults have the capacity for culture; children lack the
capacity for culture until they mature.
D. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture, which is not itself
biological, possible.
E. are shared with other animals capable of organized group life—such as baboons,
wolves, and even ants.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: Human diversity
4. Which of the following is NOT true about culture?
A. Culture is a key aspect of human adaptability and success.
B. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations.
C. Cultural forces consistently mold and shape human biology and behavior.
D. Culture guides the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to it.
E. Culture is passed on from generation to generation.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: Human diversity
