Table5dof5dContents
Part5dI:5dINTRODUCTION5dTO5dCULTURAL5dANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology5dand5dHuman5dDiversity.
2. Doing5dCultural5dAnthropology.
3. The5dIdea5dof5dCulture.
4. Communication.
Part5dII:5dFAMILIES5dIN5dSOCIETY.
5. Making5da5dLiving.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage,5dFamily,5dand5dDomestic5dGroups.
Part5dIII:5dEQUALITIES5dAND5dINEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. Political5dOrganization.
11. Stratification.
Part5dIV:5dSYMBOLS5dAND5dMEANINGS.
12. Religion.
13. Creative5dExpression:5dAnthropology5dand5dthe5dArts.
Part5dV:5dCULTURE5dCHANGE.
14. Power,5dConquest,5dand5da5dWorld5dSystem.
15. Culture5dChange5dand5dthe5dModern5dWorld.
,Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity
5d 5d 5d 5d 5d
MULTIPLE5dCHOICE
1. The5dcritical5dfactor5dthat5ddistinguishes5danthropology5dfrom5dother5dfields5dof5dstudy5dis:
a. Its5demphasis5don5drigorous5dexperimentation5dand5danalysis5dof5ddata.
b. Its5dexclusive5dfocus5don5dnon-Western5dcultures.
c. Its5duse5dof5dtheories5dof5dbiological5devolution5dto5dexplain5dhuman5dbehavior.
d. Its5dinterest5din5ddescribing5dhumankind5dthroughout5dtime5dand5din5dall5dparts5dof5dthe5dworld.
e. Its5dfocus5don5dthe5ddiscovery5dof5da5dsingle5dhuman5dnature.
ANS:5 d D DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ:
15dMSC:5 d Pickup
2. One5dof5dthe5dmost5dcritical5dgoals5dof5dcultural5danthropology5das5dan5dacademic5ddiscipline5dis5dto:
a. Describe,5danalyze,5dand5dexplain5ddifferent5dcultures.
b. Increase5dthe5dlevel5dof5dculture5din5dparticular5dhuman5dsocieties.
c. Place5dlarge5dnumbers5dof5dcultural5danthropologists5din5dpolitical5doffices.
d. Determine5dthe5ddirection5dof5dhuman5devolution.
e. Preserve5dworld5dheritage5dfor5dfuture5dgenerations.
ANS:5 d A DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ:
15dMSC:5 d Pickup
3. To5dsay5dthat5danthropology5dis5dholistic5dmeans5dthat5danthropologists5dare5dparticularly5dinterested5
din:
a. Objects5dand5dacts5dregarded5das5dholy5dby5dvarious5dpeoples.
b. The5dwhole5dpersonality5dof5dany5dparticular5dindividual.
c. The5dintegration5dof5dbiological,5dsociocultural,5dand5denvironmental5dfactors5din5dexplain
ing5dhuman5dbehavior.
d. Studying5devery5dculture5din5dthe5dworld.
e. The5defforts5dto5dfind5dholes5din5dparticular5dtheories.
ANS:5 d 5 d C DIF: Applied REF: 4 OBJ: 1
MSC:5 d Pickup
4. Which5dof5dthe5dfollowing5dcorrectly5didentifies5dthe5dsub-disciplines5dof5danthropology?
a. Archaeology,5dAnthropometry,5dCultural5dAnthropology,5dPaleontology,5dand5dCultur
al5dRelativity.
b. Archaeology,5dCultural5dAnthropology,5dCognitive5dAnthropology,5dEthno-
history,5dand5dLinguistics.
c. Archaeology,5dEthno-
history,5dAnthropometry,5dStructural5dAnthropology,5dand5dCultural5dAnthropology.
d. Archaeology,5dCultural5dAnthropology,5dPhysical5dAnthropology,5dApplie
d5dAnthropology5dand5dLinguistics.
e. Archaeology,5dPhonology,5dMedical5dAnthropology,5dDevelopment5dStudies,5da
nd5dCultural5dAnthropology.
ANS:5 d 5 d D DIF: Factual REF: 4 OBJ: 2
MSC:5 d Pickup
, 5. Anthropologists5dsay5dthat5dhuman5dadaptation5dis5dbiocultural.5dWhich5dof5dthe5dfollowing5d
best5drepresents5dwhat5dis5dmeant5dby5dthis5dstatement?
a. Human5dadaptation5dis5dboth5dbiological5dand5dcultural,5dand5danthropologists5dcan
not5ddistinguish5dbetween5dthe5dmeanings5dof5dthese5dconcepts.
b. Human5dadaptation5dinvolves5dboth5dbiological5dand5dcultural5ddimensions5dand5de
ach5dinfluences5dthe5dother.
c. Human5dadaptation5dis5dunique5damong5dall5danimals5dbecause5dit5dis5dbased5dexclusivel
y5don5dphysiological5dadaptations.
d. Human5dadaptation5dis5dthe5dsame5das5dthat5dof5dall5danimal5dbecause5dculture5dplays5da5dr
ole5din5dthe5dadaptation5dof5dall5dforms5dof5dlife.
e. Human5dadaptation5dis5dbased5dexclusively5don5dculture.5dBiology5dis5dsubsumed5dwithin
5dthe5dcultural5ddimension5dand5ddoes5dnot5dexert5dan5dindependent5dinfluence5don5dhuma
ns.
ANS:5 d B DIF: Conceptual REF: 4 OBJ:
25dMSC:5 d New
6. Which5dof5dthe5dfollowing5dstudies5dhow5dlanguages5dare5drelated5dto5deach5dother?
a. Biological5danthropology
b. Human5dvariation
c. Historical5dlinguistics
d. Paleo-linguistics
e. Cultural5dlinguistics
ANS:5 d C DIF: Factual REF: 5 OBJ:
25dMSC:5 d New
7. Archaeologists5dare5dprincipally5dinterested5din:
a. Excavating5dsites5dand5ddeveloping5dmuseums5dto5dpreserve5dancient5dlandforms.
b. Collecting5dartifacts5dmade5dby5dancient5dpeoples.
c. Tracing5dthe5dcourse5dof5dhuman5devolution5dthrough5dan5dexamination5dof5dthe5dfossil
ized5dremains.
d. Understanding5dand5dreconstructing5dthe5dcultures5dof5dpast5dsocieties.
e. Tracing5dthe5dearly5ddevelopment5dof5dWestern5dcivilization.
ANS:5 d 5 d D DIF: Factual REF: 6 OBJ: 2
MSC:5 d Pickup
8. A5dprimary5dcontribution5dof5durban5darchaeologists5dis5dthe5ddevelopment5dof:
a. New5darchitecture5dbased5don5dtraditional5ddesigns.
b. New5dmethods5dof5dcity5dgovernance.
c. New5dknowledge5dabout5dpeople5dwho5dresided5dat5dthe5dsite.
d. New5dinsights5dinto5dagriculture.
e. New5dinformation5dabout5dtraditional5dNative5dAmerican5dlifestyles.
ANS:5 d 5 d C DIF: Applied REF: 7 OBJ: 2
MSC:5 d Pickup
9. All5dof5dthe5dfollowing5dstatements5dabout5dthe5dunderstanding5dof5dculture5din5danthropolog
y5dare5dcorrect5dexcept:
a. Culture5dis5dbiologically5dand5dgenetically5dtransmitted5dfrom5dperson5dto5dperson.
b. Culture5dis5dthe5dway5dof5dlife5dof5da5dparticular5dhuman5dsociety.