Chapter 1 Quiz

Anthropology: Asking Questions about Humanity

Please note that this exercise is for self-study, and your instructor will not be able to see your responses.

. An anthropologist who runs tests on how modern humans walk and what evolutionary mechanisms were at play would most likely be

. An anthropologist doing a project on how the Internet and text message technology have changed how we communicate would most likely be

. The practice whereby anthropologists contrast two or more cultures to derive insights about human behavior is called

. An anthropologist who studies how globalization is affecting rural Indonesians would most likely be

. An anthropologist who studies the designs on pottery from the Han dynasty would most likely be

. The observation of some phenomenon followed by a hypothesis, experimentation, testing of theories, and descriptions of findings is called

. In a study where an anthropologist is collecting stories, memories, beliefs, jokes, conversations, interviews, and disagreements, he or she is said to be collecting what kind of data?

. Because of globalization,

. Franz Boas developed an important anthropological concept called

. The primary ethical responsibility of an anthropologist is to

. What field of study examines moral questions of right and wrong?

. What kind of information was important for Stanley Ulijaszek in his study of the diets of people living in the agriculturally-inhospitable swamplands of coastal Papua New Guinea?

. The scientific method begins with

. Farming was the most common type of work in

. Industrialization is a shift from

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