Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology 15th Edition, (Ember, 2019), Chapter 1-26 All Chapters.pdf

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CHAPTER m1:mWhat mIsmAnthropology?
MultiplemChoicemQuestions


1. Anthropologymismliterallymthemstudymof .
A) history
B) fossils
C) humans
D) religion




Answer:mC
LearningmObjective:m1.1mExplainmthemgeneralmdefinitionmand mpurposemof manthropology.mTopic:mWh
at mIsmAnthropology?
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


2. Whichmtypemof mculturemwasmthemtraditionalmfocusmformanthropologists?
A) non-Westernmcultures
B) extinct mcultures
C) Westernmcultures
D) post-
industrialized mculturesmAnswer:mA
LearningmObjective:m1.2mDescribemthemscopemof manthropology.mTopic:mThemScopemof mAnthropolog
ymSkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


3. Themanthropologicalmcuriositymismprimarilyminterested min .
A) abnormalmcharacteristicsmwithinmampopulation


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B) differencesminmindividualmbehavior
C) behavioralmchangesmovermtime
D) typicalmcharacteristicsmof mpopulations


Answer:mD
LearningmObjective:m1.4mExplainmanthropology’smdistinctivemcuriosity.mTopic:mAnthropologicalmC
uriosity
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy
4. What maremthemtwombroad mclassificationsmof msubject mmattermwithinmanthropology?
A) contemporarymand mancient
B) biologicalmand mcultural
C) Westernmand mnon-Western
D) theoreticalmand mpractica
lmAnswer:mB
LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


5. Whichmof mthemfollowingmcanmencompassmanymof mthemfourmmainmsubfieldsmof manthropology?
A) biologicalmanthropology
B) anthropologicalmlinguistics
C) archaeology
D) applied manthropology


Answer:mD
LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


6. Prosimians,mmonkeys,mapes,mand mhumansmaremall mmembersmof mthemorder .
A) Primates


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B) Humans
C) Homomsapiens
D) Mammals
Answer:mA
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LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy
7. What mismculture?
A) themreligion,mlanguage,mand mvaluesmof mampopulation
B) advanced mknowledgemof mliteraturemand mfinemarts
C) themcustomarymwaysmthat mamparticularmpopulationmormsocietymthinksmand mbehaves
D) traditionalmbeliefsmthat mhavembeenmunchanged movermgenerations


Answer:mC
LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


8. Themstudymof mhowmlanguagesmchangemthroughmtimemand mhow mtheymmaymbemrelated mismcalle
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.
A) historicalmlinguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) structuralmlinguistics


Answer:mA
LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy
9. A might mstudymspeechmpatternsminmvaryingmsocialmcontexts.


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A) anthropologicalmlinguist
B) sociolinguist
C) historicalmlinguist
D) ethnologist
Answer:mB
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LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
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10. A mculturalmanthropologist mwhomspendsmamyearmormsomlivingmwith,mtalkingmto,mand mobservi
ngmpeoplemwhosemcustomsmhemormshemismstudyingmismknownmasma(n) .
A) ethnographer
B) linguisticmanthropologist
C) archaeologist
D) ethnohistorian
Answer:mA
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LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


11. Themgoalmof mapplied manthropologymismto .
A) understand mhumanmevolution
B) makemanthropologicalmknowledgemuseful
C) limit manthropologymtomanmacademicmsetting
D) focusmsolelymonmWesternmculture
smAnswer:mB
LearningmObjective:m1.5mDifferentiatemamongmthemfivemmajormfieldsmof manthropology.mTopic:mField
smof mAnthropology
SkillmLevel:mRemembermthemFactsmDifficultymLevel:mEasy


12. Anthropologymismamcomparativelymyoungmdiscipline.mIt mwasmonlyminmthemlate
that manthropologistsmbeganmtomgomtomlivemwithmpeopleminmfarawaymplaces.

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