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1. Thekfieldkthatkstudieskfossilkrecordskis:
A. primatology
B. paleontology
C. genetics
D. archaeology
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2. Theksubfieldkofkphysicalkanthropologykincludeskthekstudykof:
A. humankgenetics
B. forensickanthropology
C. humankbiologicalkvariation
D. allkofkthese
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3. Culturalkanthropology:
A. iskakbranchkofkarchaeology
B. iskthekstudykofkartkandkmusic
C. includeskthekstudykofkhumanksocialkorganizationskandklearnedkpatternskofkbehavior
D. includeskpaleontologykaskakmajorktopic
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4. Thekstudykofkakpeople'skpoliticalkorganizationkwouldkbekakpartkof:
A. culturalkanthropology
B. linguistics
C. archaeology
D. physicalkanthropology
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5. Ankanthropologicalklinguist:
A. alwayskattemptsktoklearnktokspeakkaskmanyklanguageskaskhekorkshekpossiblykcan
B. teacheskstudentskforeignklanguages
C. studieskthekhistory,kfunction,kstructure,kandkphysiologykofklanguage
D. wouldkonlykbekinterestedkinkcultureskthatkhavekwritingksystems
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6. Thekpracticalkapplicationkofkanthropologicalkknowledgektokreal-worldkconcernskiskcalled:
A. academickanthropology
B. livedkanthropology
C. appliedkanthropology
D. realistickanthropology
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7. Ankempiricalkobservationkiskonekthatkis:
A. measurable
B. akfact
C. receivedkthroughktheksenses
D. allkofkthese
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8. Hypotheses:
A. arekalwayskconsideredktokbekcorrectkstatements
B. arektheksamekthingkasklawskinkscience
C. areknotkaknecessarykpartkofkthekscientifickmethod
D. mustkbeklogicalkandktestable
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9. Hypotheses:
A. cankbekdisproven
B. cankbektestedkthroughkexperimentskandkobservations
C. arekbasedkonkempiricalkobservations
D. allkofkthese
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10. Aktentativekstatementkaboutkthekrelationshipkbetweenktwokvariableskiska(n):
A. hypothesis
B. theory
C. empiricalkstatement
D. rationalization
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11. Ankexamplekofkakvariablekwouldkbe:
A. thektheorykofkevolutionkbyknaturalkselection
B. thekcranialkcapacitieskofkakserieskofkskulls
C. thatkallkmammalskgiveklivekbirth
D. allkofkthese
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