Chapter 1 Quiz

. In anthropology, holism ________.

. The anthropological perspective is considered "evolutionary" because ________.

. Franz Boas is known for ________.

. Anthropological fieldwork ________.

. ________ is NOT one of Potts's three elements that made human culture possible.

. Transmission and reiteration are ________.

. In the culture/cultures debate, ________.

. Most anthropologists view human beings as ________.

. ________ is a recorded and/or written description of a particular group.

. Humans often make sense of their world through the use of ________.

. Even within a single cultural tradition, the meaning of an object may differ depending on ________.

. Why do some biological anthropologists want to study nonhuman primates?

. If many people within a particular culture seem ethnocentric an anthropologist might think that it was ________.

. What do anthropologists mean by human agency?

. Which statement best reflects how anthropologists view the role of history in theory?

. In addition to the traditional four subfields of anthropology, which of the following is coming to be seen as a separate field of professional specialization?

. Which of the four subfields of anthropology has the most concern with material culture and technology?

. Some cultural anthropologists use ethnology as a research method and perspective. What does an ethnologist do with cultural data?

. How is paleoanthropology different than paleontology?

. One practical application of linguistic anthropology is to ___________.

. Which of the following best characterizes the idea of a cultural pattern?

. Anthropology is often listed as a social science, but it spans the _______ ______ and the ________ as well.

. Cultural resource management (CRM) is a sector of archaeology that develops _____________ .

. Thinking about why and how one thinks about specific things is known as reciprocity.

. Humans and apes share the ability to use symbolic coding, that is, using symbols to represent elements of reality.

. In extreme cases, cultural relativism can result in discrimination to the point of genocide.

. Cultural anthropology is also known as social anthropology.

. Informants, those who provide anthropologists with insights into their way of life, can also be known as teachers, consultants, and partners.

. Primates have not shown any signs of possessing culture.

. The elements that make up "traditional culture" are adaptable and constantly changing.

. Paleoanthropology is a discipline of archeology.

. The comparative aspect of anthropology seeks to compare different human societies in order to rank them.

. Cultural relativism means accepting every human belief and behaviour in every other society that one may encounter.

. Edward B. Tylor came up with one of the earliest useful definitions of culture in 1871.

. Material culture exists outside of the realm of symbols in all cultures.

. Some early anthropological theorists believed that one had to ignore history as a factor in understanding the workings of culture and society.

. The concept of culture became quite contested and debated in anthropology by the 1990s.

. Applied anthropology frequently involves partnerships with Indigenous communities.

. A critical cultural relativist perspective considers who within a society benefits from certain norms and who does not.

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