Cultural Anthropology: A
Perspective on the Human Condition,
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10th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Emily A. Schultz
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Robert H. Lavenda
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Cultural Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human
Condition — Complete Test Bank
Emily A. Schultz and Robert H. Lavenda
ISBN: 9780190620684
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Chapter 1: What Is the Anthropological Perspective?
Chapter 2: Why Is the Concept of Culture Important?
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Chapter 3: What Is Ethnographic Fieldwork?
Chapter 4: How Has Anthropological Thinking about Cultural Diversity Changed over Time?
Chapter 5: What Is Human Language?
Chapter 6: How Do We Make Meaning?
Chapter 7: What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Religion and Worldview?
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Chapter 8: How Are Culture and Power Connected?
Chapter 9: How Do People Make a Living?
Chapter 10: What Can Anthropology Teach Us about Sex, Gender, and Sexuality?
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Chapter 11: Where Do Our Relatives Come from and Why Do They Matter?
Chapter 12: What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Social Inequality?
Chapter 13: What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Globalization?
Chapter 14: How Is Anthropology Applied in the Field of Medicine?
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, Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 10e by Emily
Schultz, Robert Lavenda (All Chapters)
Chapter 1: What Is the Anthropological Perspective?
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Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. In the textbook, anthropology is defined as the study of
* a. Human nature, human society, and the human past.
b. The remains of earlier societies and peoples.
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c. The ways of life of contemporary peoples.
d. The physical and mental capacities of human beings.
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2. Holism in anthropology is defined in the text as
a. Trying to study everything possible about a people during the course of a research trip.
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* b. Integrating what is known about human beings and their activities at an inclusive level.
c. Studying human biology and culture at the same time.
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d. Fitting together economics, political science, religious studies, and biology.
3. To say that anthropology is comparative means that
a. Each anthropologist studies many different societies and cultures during his or her career.
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* b. Anthropological generalizations must draw on evidence from many different societies and
cultures.
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c. Anthropologists use data from many different academic fields of study when they do their
research.
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, d. There is no one way for an anthropologist to do research.
4. Which of the following is NOT an element of the anthropological perspective?
a. Holism.
b. Comparison.
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c. An evolutionary approach.
* d. Learning dependent.
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5. A study that examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific
society would be
a. Detailed.
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b. Cultural.
* c. Holistic.
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d. Comparative.
6. An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another
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and concludes that handshaking is universal among human beings. This study is faulty because the
anthropologist has not been
a. Holistic.
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b. Evolutionary.
c. Ethnocentric.
* d. Comparative.
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7. According to the text, evolution may be understood broadly as
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a. Attributes and behaviors that are passed on by the genes.
b. Beliefs and behaviors that are passed on by teaching and learning.
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