Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

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. Which of the following is NOT part of anthropology?

Biology correct incorrect

Language correct incorrect

Organization correct incorrect

Economics correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Because anthropology seeks to integrate all that is known about humans and activities, it can be thought of as _______.

particularistic correct incorrect

discriminating correct incorrect

holistic correct incorrect

exclusive correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The four major disciplines within anthropology are:

Economics, Psychology, Physics, Theory correct incorrect

Archaeology, Biological, Cultural, Linguistics correct incorrect

Ethnography, Ethnology, Semiotics, Hermeneutics correct incorrect

Design, Business, Applied, Poetry correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Humans, by virtue of being dependent on learning and physical abilities, can be thought of as _______.

neo-local groups correct incorrect

biocultural organisms correct incorrect

postcultural organisms correct incorrect

mutant organisms correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Anthropology is a cross-disciplinary discipline with many areas of interest; which of the following are NOT part of its focus?

Exotic primitives correct incorrect

Biological populations correct incorrect

Social groups correct incorrect

Language forms correct incorrect

Ancient societies correct incorrect

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. Which of the following clearly exemplifies racism?

Treatment of Indigenous children in Residential schools correct incorrect

Classifying people based on skull shape correct incorrect

Connecting skin colour to mental and moral traits correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Both sociology and anthropology developed alongside each other in the 19^th century, but anthropology was different because _______.

of its focus on people correct incorrect

of its focus on race correct incorrect

of its focus on comparing varieties of human social life correct incorrect

of its practitioners wearing outlandish hats correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is part of globalization?

Cultural exchange correct incorrect

Movement of economic forces correct incorrect

Reshaping local conditions correct incorrect

Altered social groupings correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following can be part of the practice of linguistic anthropology?

Study of symbolic communication correct incorrect

Understanding language in terms of broader cultural contexts correct incorrect

Contributions to linguistic revitalization correct incorrect

Helping to invent new languages correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which is not part of archaeological practice?

Working together in teams of specialists correct incorrect

Using data techniques correct incorrect

Looting sites without records correct incorrect

Acting as stewards for the past correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Applied anthropology uses information from anthropological specialities to solve practical problems.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Medical anthropology focuses on human health alone.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Cultural anthropologists tend to be most interested in exotic cultures.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Archaeology is only about the past.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Race is a useful concept in biological anthropology.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Applied anthropologists avoid using theory.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Gender is culturally constructed.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists reject the terms civilized and primitive.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Primatology has no place in anthropology.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. All anthropologists carry out fieldwork.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect