ANTH101 Midterm EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
A. paleoanthropologist - ANSWER A scientist who studies the fossil record of human
evolution is a(n)
A. paleoanthropologist
B. archaeologist
C. ethnologist
D. treasure hunter
E. primatologist
E. sociolinguistics - ANSWER The study of the relationships between social and
linguistic variation is called
A. historic linguistics
B. applied linguistics
C. cultural resource management
D. adaptation
E. sociolinguistics
A. applied anthropology - ANSWER The use of anthropological findings, concepts,
and methods to accomplish a desired end is known as
A. applied anthropology
B. economic anthropology
C. conceptual anthropology
D. sociobiology
E. participant observation
C. archaeolgy - ANSWER Cultural resource management is an example of applied
A. ethnology
B. biological anthropology
C. archaeology
D. linguistic anthropolgy
E. ethnography
A. cultural anthropologist - ANSWER An anthropologist is studying ethnic-religious
conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka. She or he is most likely a(n)
A. cultural anthropologist
,B. linguistic anthropologist
C. paleoanthropologist
D. archaeological anthropologist
E. biological anthropologist
A. genetic transmission - ANSWER Which of the following is not one of the ways in
which individuals learn culture?
A. genetic transmission
B. unconscious acquisition
C. through observation
D. through direct instruction
E. conscious acquisition
E. practice theory - ANSWER Which anthropological approach focuses on how people
with different motives, intentions, and degrees of power and influence manage to
create and transform the society in which they live?
A. cultural relativism
B. experimental anthropology
C. interpretive anthropology
D. neoevolutionism
E. practice theory
B. process of voting to elect leaders - ANSWER Which of the following processes
would be considered an example of civic culture?
A. television shows
B. process of voting to elect leaders
C. McDonald's
D. Unspoken dress codes for funerals
E. a musical performance at the city civic center
B. culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups - ANSWER What do
anthropologists mean when culture is shared?
A. culture is an attribute of particular individuals
B. culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups
C. culture is what ensures that at all people raised in the same society have the same
opinions.
D. culture is universally regarded as more important than the concept of the individual
E. enculturation is accomplished by more than one person
, D. Symbol - ANSWER What is the term of a sign that has no necessary or natural
connection to the thing it stands for or signifies?
A. Morpheme
B. Lexicon
C. Phoneme
D. Symbol
E. Collateral
B.the argument that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by
the standards of another culture - ANSWER What is cultural relativism? A. a
cultural universal, based upon the human capacity to use symbols
B.the argument that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by the
standards of another culture
C. a cultural particular, based upon the interrelatedness of humans
D. the opposite of participant observation
E. the same thing as ethnocentrism, but it applies only to family structures
E. Some kind of family - ANSWER Which of the following is a cultural universal?
A. Hypodescent
B. Hyperdescent
C. Bifurcate merging kinship terminologies
D. Transhumance
E. Some kind of family
B. viewing another culture by your own culture and values - ANSWER What is
ethnocentrism?
A. viewing another culture by their own standards.
B. viewing another culture by your own culture and values
C. viewing another culture by government standards
D. viewing another culture by the universal moral code that we all follow
E. viewing a culture through rose-colored glasses
B. Features unique to ta given culture, not shared with any others - ANSWER What are
cultural particulars?
A. features of a culture that are isolated from other features in the same culture
B. Features unique to ta given culture, not shared with any others
C. different levels of culture
D. the most general aspect of culture patterns
E. cultural features exhibited by individual rather than groups
ANSWERS
A. paleoanthropologist - ANSWER A scientist who studies the fossil record of human
evolution is a(n)
A. paleoanthropologist
B. archaeologist
C. ethnologist
D. treasure hunter
E. primatologist
E. sociolinguistics - ANSWER The study of the relationships between social and
linguistic variation is called
A. historic linguistics
B. applied linguistics
C. cultural resource management
D. adaptation
E. sociolinguistics
A. applied anthropology - ANSWER The use of anthropological findings, concepts,
and methods to accomplish a desired end is known as
A. applied anthropology
B. economic anthropology
C. conceptual anthropology
D. sociobiology
E. participant observation
C. archaeolgy - ANSWER Cultural resource management is an example of applied
A. ethnology
B. biological anthropology
C. archaeology
D. linguistic anthropolgy
E. ethnography
A. cultural anthropologist - ANSWER An anthropologist is studying ethnic-religious
conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka. She or he is most likely a(n)
A. cultural anthropologist
,B. linguistic anthropologist
C. paleoanthropologist
D. archaeological anthropologist
E. biological anthropologist
A. genetic transmission - ANSWER Which of the following is not one of the ways in
which individuals learn culture?
A. genetic transmission
B. unconscious acquisition
C. through observation
D. through direct instruction
E. conscious acquisition
E. practice theory - ANSWER Which anthropological approach focuses on how people
with different motives, intentions, and degrees of power and influence manage to
create and transform the society in which they live?
A. cultural relativism
B. experimental anthropology
C. interpretive anthropology
D. neoevolutionism
E. practice theory
B. process of voting to elect leaders - ANSWER Which of the following processes
would be considered an example of civic culture?
A. television shows
B. process of voting to elect leaders
C. McDonald's
D. Unspoken dress codes for funerals
E. a musical performance at the city civic center
B. culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups - ANSWER What do
anthropologists mean when culture is shared?
A. culture is an attribute of particular individuals
B. culture is an attribute of individuals as members of groups
C. culture is what ensures that at all people raised in the same society have the same
opinions.
D. culture is universally regarded as more important than the concept of the individual
E. enculturation is accomplished by more than one person
, D. Symbol - ANSWER What is the term of a sign that has no necessary or natural
connection to the thing it stands for or signifies?
A. Morpheme
B. Lexicon
C. Phoneme
D. Symbol
E. Collateral
B.the argument that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by
the standards of another culture - ANSWER What is cultural relativism? A. a
cultural universal, based upon the human capacity to use symbols
B.the argument that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by the
standards of another culture
C. a cultural particular, based upon the interrelatedness of humans
D. the opposite of participant observation
E. the same thing as ethnocentrism, but it applies only to family structures
E. Some kind of family - ANSWER Which of the following is a cultural universal?
A. Hypodescent
B. Hyperdescent
C. Bifurcate merging kinship terminologies
D. Transhumance
E. Some kind of family
B. viewing another culture by your own culture and values - ANSWER What is
ethnocentrism?
A. viewing another culture by their own standards.
B. viewing another culture by your own culture and values
C. viewing another culture by government standards
D. viewing another culture by the universal moral code that we all follow
E. viewing a culture through rose-colored glasses
B. Features unique to ta given culture, not shared with any others - ANSWER What are
cultural particulars?
A. features of a culture that are isolated from other features in the same culture
B. Features unique to ta given culture, not shared with any others
C. different levels of culture
D. the most general aspect of culture patterns
E. cultural features exhibited by individual rather than groups
