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Chapter 01 12e
w w Answers Included
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TRUE/FALSEw-wWritew'T'wifwthewstatementwiswtruewandw'F'wifwthewstatementwiswfalse.
1) Awmainwareawofwstudywforwphysicalwanthropologistswiswthewstudywofwevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencewcanwprovidewanswerswtowallwpossiblewquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anwempiricalwobservationwiswonewthatwiswmadewwithwthewhelpwofwawmicroscopeworwtelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Awtheorywiswmorewcertainwthanwawguesswbutwlesswcertainwthanwawfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Thewideawthatwhumanswarewsuperiorwtowotherwanimalswiswtermedwanthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharleswDarwinwwaswthewfirstwpersonwtowrecognizewthatwnaturewcouldwbewdynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarckwproposedwthewtheorywofwacquiredwcharacteristics,wwhichwstateswthatwtraitswgaine
dwduringwawlifetimewcanwbewpassedwtowthewnextwgeneration.
1
, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'swtheorywstateswthatwgroupswwhowarewbetterwsuitedwtowtheirwenvironmentwwillwbewmo
rewlikelywtowsurvivewandwreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinwlackedwanwaccuratewunderstandingwofwthewmechanismswofwinheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thewstudywofwthewchangewinwbodywcolorwofwpepperedwmothswdescribedwinwchapterwo
newshowedwthatwevolutionwcouldwbewobservedwinwawshorterwperiodwofwtimewthanwDarwinwtho
ughtwpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEwCHOICEw-
wChoosewthewonewalternativewthatwbestwcompletes wthewstatementworwanswerswthewquestion.
11) Thewfieldwthatwstudieswfossilwrecordswis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Thewsubfieldwofwphysicalwanthropologywincludeswthewstudywof:
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, A) humanwgenetics
B) forensicwanthropology
C) humanwbiologicalwvariation
D) allwofwthese
13) Culturalwanthropology:
A) iswawbranchwofwarchaeology
B) iswthewstudywofwartwandwmusic
C) includeswthewstudywofwhumanwsocialworganizationswandwlearnedwpatternswofwbehavior
D) includeswpaleontologywaswawmajorwtopic
14) Thewstudywofwawpeople'swpoliticalworganizationwwouldwbewawpartwof:
A) culturalwanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicalwanthropology
15) Anwanthropologicalwlinguist:
A) alwayswattemptswtowlearnwtowspeakwaswmanywlanguageswaswheworwshewpossiblywcan
B) teacheswstudentswforeignwlanguages
C) studieswthewhistory,wfunction,wstructure,wandwphysiologywofwlanguage
D) wouldwonlywbewinterestedwinwcultureswthatwhavewwritingwsystems
16) Thewpracticalwapplicationwofwanthropologicalwknowledgewtowreal-worldwconcernswiswcalled:
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, A) academicwanthropology
B) livedwanthropology
C) appliedwanthropology
D) realisticwanthropology
17) Anwempiricalwobservationwiswonewthatwis:
A) measurable
B) awfact
C) receivedwthroughwthewsenses
D) allwofwthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) arewalwayswconsideredwtowbewcorrectwstatements
B) arewthewsamewthingwaswlawswinwscience
C) arewnotwawnecessarywpartwofwthewscientificwmethod
D) mustwbewlogicalwandwtestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canwbewdisproven
B) canwbewtestedwthroughwexperimentswandwobservations
C) arewbasedwonwempiricalwobservations
D) allwofwthese
20) Awtentativewstatementwaboutwthewrelationshipwbetweenwtwowvariableswiswa(n):
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ian Pierson w
Chapter 01 12e
w w Answers Included
w
TRUE/FALSEw-wWritew'T'wifwthewstatementwiswtruewandw'F'wifwthewstatementwiswfalse.
1) Awmainwareawofwstudywforwphysicalwanthropologistswiswthewstudywofwevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencewcanwprovidewanswerswtowallwpossiblewquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anwempiricalwobservationwiswonewthatwiswmadewwithwthewhelpwofwawmicroscopeworwtelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Awtheorywiswmorewcertainwthanwawguesswbutwlesswcertainwthanwawfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Thewideawthatwhumanswarewsuperiorwtowotherwanimalswiswtermedwanthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharleswDarwinwwaswthewfirstwpersonwtowrecognizewthatwnaturewcouldwbewdynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarckwproposedwthewtheorywofwacquiredwcharacteristics,wwhichwstateswthatwtraitswgaine
dwduringwawlifetimewcanwbewpassedwtowthewnextwgeneration.
1
, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'swtheorywstateswthatwgroupswwhowarewbetterwsuitedwtowtheirwenvironmentwwillwbewmo
rewlikelywtowsurvivewandwreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinwlackedwanwaccuratewunderstandingwofwthewmechanismswofwinheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thewstudywofwthewchangewinwbodywcolorwofwpepperedwmothswdescribedwinwchapterwo
newshowedwthatwevolutionwcouldwbewobservedwinwawshorterwperiodwofwtimewthanwDarwinwtho
ughtwpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEwCHOICEw-
wChoosewthewonewalternativewthatwbestwcompletes wthewstatementworwanswerswthewquestion.
11) Thewfieldwthatwstudieswfossilwrecordswis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Thewsubfieldwofwphysicalwanthropologywincludeswthewstudywof:
2
, A) humanwgenetics
B) forensicwanthropology
C) humanwbiologicalwvariation
D) allwofwthese
13) Culturalwanthropology:
A) iswawbranchwofwarchaeology
B) iswthewstudywofwartwandwmusic
C) includeswthewstudywofwhumanwsocialworganizationswandwlearnedwpatternswofwbehavior
D) includeswpaleontologywaswawmajorwtopic
14) Thewstudywofwawpeople'swpoliticalworganizationwwouldwbewawpartwof:
A) culturalwanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicalwanthropology
15) Anwanthropologicalwlinguist:
A) alwayswattemptswtowlearnwtowspeakwaswmanywlanguageswaswheworwshewpossiblywcan
B) teacheswstudentswforeignwlanguages
C) studieswthewhistory,wfunction,wstructure,wandwphysiologywofwlanguage
D) wouldwonlywbewinterestedwinwcultureswthatwhavewwritingwsystems
16) Thewpracticalwapplicationwofwanthropologicalwknowledgewtowreal-worldwconcernswiswcalled:
3
, A) academicwanthropology
B) livedwanthropology
C) appliedwanthropology
D) realisticwanthropology
17) Anwempiricalwobservationwiswonewthatwis:
A) measurable
B) awfact
C) receivedwthroughwthewsenses
D) allwofwthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) arewalwayswconsideredwtowbewcorrectwstatements
B) arewthewsamewthingwaswlawswinwscience
C) arewnotwawnecessarywpartwofwthewscientificwmethod
D) mustwbewlogicalwandwtestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canwbewdisproven
B) canwbewtestedwthroughwexperimentswandwobservations
C) arewbasedwonwempiricalwobservations
D) allwofwthese
20) Awtentativewstatementwaboutwthewrelationshipwbetweenwtwowvariableswiswa(n):
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