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TESTgBANKgFORgCULTURALgANTHROPOLOGYg11THgEDITIONgBYgNANDA


TablegofgContents


PartgI:gINTRODUCTIONgTOgCULTURALgANTHROPOLOGY.
1. AnthropologygandgHumangDiversity.
2. DoinggCulturalgAnthropology.
3. ThegIdeagofgCulture.
4. Communication.


PartgII:gFAMILIESgINgSOCIETY.
5. MakinggagLiving.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage,gFamily,gandgDomesticgGroups.


PartgIII:gEQUALITIESgANDgINEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. PoliticalgOrganization.
11. Stratification.


PartgIV:gSYMBOLSgANDgMEANINGS.
12. Religion.
13. CreativegExpression:gAnthropologygandgthegArts.


PartgV:gCULTUREgCHANGE.
14. Power,gConquest,gandgagWorldgSystem.
15. CulturegChangegandgthegModerngWorld.

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Chapterg1:gAnthropologygandgHumangDiversity


MULTIPLEgCHOICE

1. Thegcriticalgfactorgthatgdistinguishesganthropologygfromgothergfieldsgofgstudygis:
a. Itsgemphasisgongrigorousgexperimentationgandganalysisgofgdata.
b. Itsgexclusivegfocusgongnon-Westerngcultures.
c. Itsgusegofgtheoriesgofgbiologicalgevolutiongtogexplainghumangbehavior.
d. Itsginterestgingdescribingghumankindgthroughoutgtimegandgingallgpartsgofgthegworld.
e. Itsgfocusgongthegdiscoverygofgagsingleghumangnature.
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2. Onegofgthegmostgcriticalggoalsgofgculturalganthropologygasgangacademicgdisciplinegisgto:
a. Describe,ganalyze,gandgexplaingdifferentgcultures.
b. Increasegtheglevelgofgculturegingparticularghumangsocieties.
c. Placeglargegnumbersgofgculturalganthropologistsgingpoliticalgoffices.
d. Determinegthegdirectiongofghumangevolution.
e. Preservegworldgheritagegforgfutureggenerations.
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3. Togsaygthatganthropologygisgholisticgmeansgthatganthropologistsgaregparticularlyginterestedgin
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a. Objectsgandgactsgregardedgasgholygbygvariousgpeoples.
b. Thegwholegpersonalitygofganygparticulargindividual.
c. Thegintegrationgofgbiological,gsociocultural,gandgenvironmentalgfactorsgingexplainin
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d. Studyinggeverygculturegingthegworld.
e. Thegeffortsgtogfindgholesgingparticulargtheories.
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4. Whichgofgthegfollowinggcorrectlygidentifiesgthegsub-disciplinesgofganthropology?
a. Archaeology,gAnthropometry,gCulturalgAnthropology,gPaleontology,gandgCultura
lgRelativity.
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b. Archaeology,gCulturalgAnthropology,gCognitivegAnthropology,gEthno-
history,gandgLinguistics.
c. Archaeology,gEthno-
history,gAnthropometry,gStructuralgAnthropology,gandgCulturalgAnthropology.
d. Archaeology,gCulturalgAnthropology,gPhysicalgAnthropology,gApplie
dgAnthropologygandgLinguistics.
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e. Archaeology,gPhonology,gMedicalgAnthropology,gDevelopmentgStudies,ga
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5. Anthropologistsgsaygthatghumangadaptationgisgbiocultural.gWhichgofgthegfollowinggbe
stgrepresentsgwhatgisgmeantgbygthisgstatement?
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a. Humangadaptationgisgbothgbiologicalgandgcultural,gandganthropologistsgcann
otgdistinguishgbetweengthegmeaningsgofgthesegconcepts.
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b. Humangadaptationginvolvesgbothgbiologicalgandgculturalgdimensionsgandgeac
hginfluencesgthegother.
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c. Humangadaptationgisguniquegamonggallganimalsgbecausegitgisgbasedgexclusivelygo
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d. Humangadaptationgisgthegsamegasgthatgofgallganimalgbecausegculturegplaysgagroleg
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e. Humangadaptationgisgbasedgexclusivelygongculture.gBiologygisgsubsumedgwithingt
hegculturalgdimensiongandgdoesgnotgexertgangindependentginfluencegonghumans.
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6. Whichgofgthegfollowinggstudiesghowglanguagesgaregrelatedgtogeachgother?
a. Biologicalganthropology
b. Humangvariation
c. Historicalglinguistics
d. Paleo-linguistics
e. Culturalglinguistics
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7. Archaeologistsgaregprincipallyginterestedgin:
a. Excavatinggsitesgandgdevelopinggmuseumsgtogpreservegancientglandforms.
b. Collectinggartifactsgmadegbygancientgpeoples.
c. Tracinggthegcoursegofghumangevolutiongthroughgangexaminationgofgthegfossilize
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d. Understandinggandgreconstructinggthegculturesgofgpastgsocieties.
e. TracinggthegearlygdevelopmentgofgWesterngcivilization.
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8. Agprimarygcontributiongofgurbangarchaeologistsgisgthegdevelopmentgof:
a. Newgarchitecturegbasedgongtraditionalgdesigns.
b. Newgmethodsgofgcityggovernance.
c. Newgknowledgegaboutgpeoplegwhogresidedgatgthegsite.
d. Newginsightsgintogagriculture.
e. NewginformationgaboutgtraditionalgNativegAmericanglifestyles.
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9. Allgofgthegfollowinggstatementsgaboutgthegunderstandinggofgcultureginganthropologyga
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a. Culturegisgbiologicallygandggeneticallygtransmittedgfromgpersongtogperson.
b. Culturegisgthegwaygofglifegofgagparticularghumangsociety.

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