Anthro exam 1 wvu
lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos)
a. Iceland
b.asia
c.madagascar
✅✅
d. south and central america
e. Australia - -c. madagascar
the measure of success under natural selection is
a. how many offspring are produced
b. whether an individual lives or dies
✅✅
c. how well adapted an individual is
d. how well adapted the species is - -a. how many offspring are produced
founder effect:
a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from
a larger propulsion starts a new population
b. is a for of gene flow in which muted genes are recovered by genetic induction
c. is a subset of natural selection, complementing differential fertility
✅✅
d. occurs when lost genes are recovered by a population through directed mutation -
-a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals
from a larger population starts a new population
anthropology is said to be "holistic" because it:
a. makes use of both wire and spoken sources
b. is concerned with primitive societies
✅✅-d.combines
c. studies the mystical aspects of human experience
d. combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena -
studies of biological and cultural phenomena
according to the author of your textbook, the major goal(s) of anthropology is/are
a. to explain the relationships between the actions of an individual and the behavior
of a group
b. to rescue indigenous cultures from extinctions
c. to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and
present
, ✅✅
d. to study differences between distinct races of mankind and discover why some are
superior to others - -c. to understand diversities and similarities among human
societies, both past and present
a unique research strategy of anthropologists which involves learning the language
and culture of a group by participating in the group's daily activities is called
a. assimilation
b. cultural probing
c. ethnography
✅✅
d. participant observation
e. holistic interaction - -d. participant observation
the dominant sense of the primates is
a. smell
b. vision
✅✅
c. hearing
d. taste - -b. vision
which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the reconstruction of past cultural
systems
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
✅✅
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - -d.archaeology
an ideology that advocates the superiority of certain races and inferiority of others
and leads to prejudice and discrimination is
a. relativism
b. racism
✅✅
c. mongrelization
d. clinalism - -b. racism
to refer to something as a theory means that it
a. is just a guess
b. has yet to be proven
✅✅
c. has been well supported by scientific testing
d. is probably not scientific - -c. has been well supported by scientific testing
which subfield of anthropology is concerned with humans as a biological species
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
✅✅
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - -d. physical anthropology
lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos)
a. Iceland
b.asia
c.madagascar
✅✅
d. south and central america
e. Australia - -c. madagascar
the measure of success under natural selection is
a. how many offspring are produced
b. whether an individual lives or dies
✅✅
c. how well adapted an individual is
d. how well adapted the species is - -a. how many offspring are produced
founder effect:
a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from
a larger propulsion starts a new population
b. is a for of gene flow in which muted genes are recovered by genetic induction
c. is a subset of natural selection, complementing differential fertility
✅✅
d. occurs when lost genes are recovered by a population through directed mutation -
-a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals
from a larger population starts a new population
anthropology is said to be "holistic" because it:
a. makes use of both wire and spoken sources
b. is concerned with primitive societies
✅✅-d.combines
c. studies the mystical aspects of human experience
d. combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena -
studies of biological and cultural phenomena
according to the author of your textbook, the major goal(s) of anthropology is/are
a. to explain the relationships between the actions of an individual and the behavior
of a group
b. to rescue indigenous cultures from extinctions
c. to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and
present
, ✅✅
d. to study differences between distinct races of mankind and discover why some are
superior to others - -c. to understand diversities and similarities among human
societies, both past and present
a unique research strategy of anthropologists which involves learning the language
and culture of a group by participating in the group's daily activities is called
a. assimilation
b. cultural probing
c. ethnography
✅✅
d. participant observation
e. holistic interaction - -d. participant observation
the dominant sense of the primates is
a. smell
b. vision
✅✅
c. hearing
d. taste - -b. vision
which subfield of anthropology is concerned with the reconstruction of past cultural
systems
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
✅✅
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - -d.archaeology
an ideology that advocates the superiority of certain races and inferiority of others
and leads to prejudice and discrimination is
a. relativism
b. racism
✅✅
c. mongrelization
d. clinalism - -b. racism
to refer to something as a theory means that it
a. is just a guess
b. has yet to be proven
✅✅
c. has been well supported by scientific testing
d. is probably not scientific - -c. has been well supported by scientific testing
which subfield of anthropology is concerned with humans as a biological species
a. physical anthropology
b. cultural anthropology
✅✅
c. linguistic anthropology
d. archaeology - -d. physical anthropology
