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1. Whatmismanthropology?
A. themartmofmethnography
B. themstudymofmlong-termmphysiologicalmadaptation
C. themstudymofmthemstagesmofmsocialmevolution
D. themhumanisticminvestigationmofmmythsminmnonindustrialmsocieties
E. themexplorationmofmhumanmdiversityminmtimemandmspace



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2. Amholisticmandmcomparativemperspective
A. makesmgeneralmanthropologymsuperiormtomsocioculturalmanthropology.
B. refersmonlymtomthemculturalmaspectsmofmhumanmdiversitymthatmanthropologistsmstudy.
C. makesmanthropologymanminterestingmfieldmofmstudy,mbutmtoombroadmofmonemtomapplymtomr
ealmproblemsmpeoplemfacemtoday.
D. mostmcharacterizesmanthropology,mwhenmcomparedmtomothermdisciplinesmthatmstudymhumans.
E. ismthemhallmarkmofmallmsocialmsciences,mnotmjustmanthropology.



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3. Asmhumansmorganizemtheirmlivesmandmadaptmtomdifferentmenvironments,mourmabilitiesmtomlea
rn,mthinkmsymbolically,musemlanguage,mandmemploymtoolsmandmothermproducts
A. restmonmcertainmfeaturesmofmhumanmbiologymthatmmakemculturemitselfmambiologicalmphenomeno
n.
B. havemmademsomemhumanmgroupsmmoremculturedmthanmothers.
C. provemthatmonlymfullymdevelopedmadultsmhavemthemcapacitymformculture;mchildrenmlackm
themcapacitymformculturemuntilmtheymmature.
D. restmonmcertainmfeaturesmofmhumanmbiologymthatmmakemculture,mwhichmismnotmitselfmbiologic
al,mpossible.
E. aremsharedmwithmothermanimalsmcapablemofmorganizedmgroupmlife—
suchmasmbaboons,mwolves,mandmevenmants.



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4. WhichmofmthemfollowingmismNOTmtruemaboutmculture?
A. Culturemismamkeymaspectmofmhumanmadaptabilitymandmsuccess.
B. Culturemismpassedmonmgeneticallymtomfuturemgenerations.
C. Culturalmforcesmconsistentlymmoldmandmshapemhumanmbiologymandmbehavior.
D. Culturemguidesmthembeliefsmandmbehaviormofmthempeoplemexposedmtomit.
E. Culturemismpassedmonmfrommgenerationmtomgeneration.



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5. Whatmismthemprocessmbymwhichmchildrenmlearnmamparticularmculturalmtradition?
A. acculturation
B. ethnology
C. enculturation
D. ethnography
E. biologicalmadaptation



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6. Thismchapter'smdescriptionmofmhowmhumansmcopemwithmlowmoxygenmpressureminmhighmaltitu
desmillustrates
A. humanmcapacitiesmformculturalmandmbiologicalmadaptation,mthemlatterminvolvingmbothmgenet
icmandmphysiologicalmadaptations.
B. howmbiologicalmadaptationsmaremeffectivemonlymwhenmtheymaremgenetic.
C. howmhumanmplasticitymhasmdecreasedmevermsincemwemembracedmamsedentarymlifestylemso
mem10,000myearsmago.
D. howminmmattersmofmlifemormdeath,mbiologymismultimatelymmoremimportantmthanmculture.
E. themneedmformanthropologistsmtompaymmoremattentionmtomhumanmadaptationminmextre
memenvironments.



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7. Thempresencemofmmoremefficientmrespiratorymsystemsmtomextractmoxygenmfrommthemairmamo
ngmhumanmpopulationsmlivingmatmhighmelevationsmismanmexamplemofmwhichmformmofmadaptatio
n?
A. short-termmphysiologicalmadaptation
B. culturalmadaptation
C. symbolicmadaptation
D. geneticmadaptation
E. long-termmphysiologicalmadaptation



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8. Overmtime,mhumansmhavembecomemincreasinglymdependentmonmwhichmofmthemfollowingminmor
dermtomcopemwithmthemrangemofmenvironmentsmtheymhavemoccupiedminmtimemandmspace?
A. culturalmmeansmofmadaptation
B. biologicalmmeansmofmadaptation,mmostlymthanksmtomadvancedmmedicalmresearch
C. amholisticmandmcomparativemapproachmtomproblemmsolving
D. socialminstitutions,msuchmasmthemstate,mthatmcoordinatemcollectivemaction
E. technologicalmmeansmofmadaptation,msuchmasmthemcreationmofmvirtualmworldsmthatmallowmus
mtom
escapemfrommday-to-daymreality



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