Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember and Melvin R. Ember All Chapters 1-17 Covered

Test Bank
Cultural Anthropology, 15th Edition
by Carol R. Ember and Melvin R. Ember
All Chapters 1-17 Covered

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1. What Is Anthropology?
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2. Culture and Culture Change
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3. Culture and the Individual
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4. Understanding and Explaining Culture
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5. Communication and Language
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6. Getting Food
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7. Economic Systems
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8. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
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9. Sex and Gender
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10. Marriage and the Family
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11. Marital Residence and Kinship
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12. Associations and Interest Groups
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13. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
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14. Religion and Magic
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15. The Arts
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16. Health and Illness
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17. Practicing and Applying Anthropology
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,CHAPTERn1:nWhatnIsnAnthropology?nM
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ultiplenChoicenQuestions

1. Anthropologynisnliterallynthenstudynofn . n
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A) history
B) fossils
C) humans
D) religion

Answer:nC
LearningnObjective:n1.1nExplainnthengeneralndefinitionnandnpurposenofnanthropology.nTo
pic:nWhatnIsnAnthropology?
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

2. Whichntypenofnculturenwasnthentraditionalnfocusnfornanthropologists?
A) non-Westernncultures
B) extinctncultures
C) Westernncultures
D) post-industrializedn cultures

Answer:nA
LearningnObjective:n1.2nDescribenthenscopenofnanthropology.nTo
pic:nThenScopenofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

3. Thenanthropologicalncuriositynisnprimarilyninterestedninn .
A) abnormalncharacteristicsnwithinnanpopulation
B) differencesninnindividualnbehavior
C) behavioralnchangesnoverntime
D) typicalncharacteristicsnofnpopulations

Answer:nD
LearningnObjective:n1.4nExplainnanthropology’sndistinctivencuriosity.nTopic:n
AnthropologicalnCuriosity
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

4. Whatnarenthentwonbroadnclassificationsnofnsubjectnmatternwithinnanthropology?
A) contemporarynandnancient
B) biologicalnandncultural
C) Westernnandnnon-Western
D) theoreticalnandnpractical

Answer:nB
LearningnObjective:n1.5nDifferentiatenamongnthenfivenmajornfieldsnofnanthropology.nTopic
:nFieldsnofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

, 5. Whichnofnthenfollowingncannencompassnanynofnthenfournmainnsubfieldsnofnanthropology?
A) biologicalnanthropology
B) anthropologicaln linguistics
C) archaeology
D) appliednanthropology

Answer:nD
LearningnObjective:n1.5nDifferentiatenamongnthenfivenmajornfieldsnofnanthropology.nTopic
:nFieldsnofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

6. Prosimians,nmonkeys,napes,nandnhumansnarenallnmembersnofnthenordern .
A) Primates
B) Humans
C) Homonsapiens
D) Mammals

Answer:nA
LearningnObjective:n1.5nDifferentiatenamongnthenfivenmajornfieldsnofnanthropology.nTopic
:nFieldsnofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

7. Whatnisnculture?
A) thenreligion,nlanguage,nandnvaluesnofnanpopulation
B) advancednknowledgenofnliteraturenandnfinenarts
C) thencustomarynwaysnthatnanparticularnpopulationnornsocietynthinksnandnbehaves
D) traditionalnbeliefsnthatnhavenbeennunchangednoverngenerations

Answer:nC
LearningnObjective:n1.5nDifferentiatenamongnthenfivenmajornfieldsnofnanthropology.nTopic
:nFieldsnofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

8. Thenstudynofnhownlanguagesnchangenthroughntimenandnhowntheynmaynbenrelatednisncalled
.
A) historicalnlinguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) structuralnlinguistics

Answer:nA
LearningnObjective:n1.5nDifferentiatenamongnthenfivenmajornfieldsnofnanthropology.nTopic
:nFieldsnofnAnthropology
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsnDifficu
ltynLevel:nEasy

9. An nmightnstudynspeechnpatternsninnvaryingnsocialncontexts.