Anth 161- Midterm Exam with complete solutions latest version.pdf, Exams
of Biological Sciences
Anthropologists study which of the following? - ANSWERhumankind in all its
forms across all time
What was the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial? - ANSWERScopes was found
guilty of teaching evolution and lost his job.
In the mid-1800s, Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced what new
idea? - ANSWERhuman variation is the product of the interaction between
biology and the environment
Science is a(n) __________, not a __________. - ANSWERprocess; result
After September 11, 2001, ____________ helped to identify the remains of
the victims to bring closure to grieving families. - ANSWERforensic
anthropologists
Aristotle believed in the "immutability of species." This means he felt that
species __________. - ANSWERare fixed and unchanging
, The artifacts and implements of our daily lives are collectively referred to as
__________. - ANSWERmaterial culture
Ethnology is considered a subfield of __________. - ANSWERcultural
anthropology
Which of the following is most likely to be conducted by a cultural
anthropologist? - ANSWERa comparison of wedding rituals
What was one possible reason evolutionary thought remained stifled in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? - ANSWERNaturalists still tried to fit
their observations of the natural world into church doctrine.
Biocultural anthropology recognizes that __________. - ANSWERculture can
influence biology
Anthropology is unique because of its _________ - ANSWERcultural and
biological perspective
What does taxonomy refer to? - ANSWERthe science of classifying and
naming organisms
What is the neo-Darwinian synthesis? - ANSWERthe merging of genetics,
anatomy, ecology, behavior and evolutionary theory
of Biological Sciences
Anthropologists study which of the following? - ANSWERhumankind in all its
forms across all time
What was the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial? - ANSWERScopes was found
guilty of teaching evolution and lost his job.
In the mid-1800s, Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced what new
idea? - ANSWERhuman variation is the product of the interaction between
biology and the environment
Science is a(n) __________, not a __________. - ANSWERprocess; result
After September 11, 2001, ____________ helped to identify the remains of
the victims to bring closure to grieving families. - ANSWERforensic
anthropologists
Aristotle believed in the "immutability of species." This means he felt that
species __________. - ANSWERare fixed and unchanging
, The artifacts and implements of our daily lives are collectively referred to as
__________. - ANSWERmaterial culture
Ethnology is considered a subfield of __________. - ANSWERcultural
anthropology
Which of the following is most likely to be conducted by a cultural
anthropologist? - ANSWERa comparison of wedding rituals
What was one possible reason evolutionary thought remained stifled in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? - ANSWERNaturalists still tried to fit
their observations of the natural world into church doctrine.
Biocultural anthropology recognizes that __________. - ANSWERculture can
influence biology
Anthropology is unique because of its _________ - ANSWERcultural and
biological perspective
What does taxonomy refer to? - ANSWERthe science of classifying and
naming organisms
What is the neo-Darwinian synthesis? - ANSWERthe merging of genetics,
anatomy, ecology, behavior and evolutionary theory
