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Test Bank for Cultural
th
Anthropology 12 Edition
By Nanda, Warms (Sage)
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Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology 12th Edition By Nanda, Warms (Sage)

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Table Of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
Chapter 1. Anthropology and Human
Diversity
Chapter 2. Doing Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 3. The Idea of Culture
Chapter 4. Communication
Part II: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES
Chapter 5. Making a Living
Chapter 6. Economics
Chapter 7. Political Organization
Chapter 8. Stratification
Part III: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY
Chapter 9. Kinship
Chapter 10. Marriage, Family, and
Domestic Groups
Chapter 11. Gender
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS
Chapter 12. Religion
Chapter 13. Creative Expression
Part V: CULTURE CHANGE
Chapter 14. Power, Conquest, and a
World System
Chapter 15. Culture, Change, and the
Modern World



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Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity

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Multiple Choice


1. Which of the following best describes the central purpose of the anthropology?
a. controlled lab experiments
b. non-Western cultures
c. biological evolution
d. describing humankind
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: Define anthropology and explain how it differs from other
academic disciplines.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Anthropology and Human Diversity
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What is the critical goal of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline?
a. describe, analyze, and explain different cultures
b. increase the level of culture in society
c. study past cultures through material remains
d. determine the direction of human evolution
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: Define anthropology and explain how it differs from other
academic disciplines.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Anthropology and Human Diversity
Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Anthropology takes a holistic approach to explaining human behavior by studying
______.
a. objects that cultures deem holy or magical
b. the separation of material, symbolic, and political realms
c. the integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors
d. every culture in the world
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: Define anthropology and explain how it differs from other
academic disciplines.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Anthropology and Human Diversity
Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Archaeology, cultural anthropology, ______, and ______ are all sub-disciplines of
anthropology.


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a. anthropometry; applied anthropology
b. paleontology; linguistic anthropology
c. medical anthropology; cultural relativism
d. biological anthropology; linguistic anthropology
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: List the major subdisciplines of anthropology.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Specialization in Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Humans evolved through a complex ______ involving both biological and cultural
factors.
a. virus
b. extinction
c. feedback system
d. genetic mutation
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: List the major subdisciplines of anthropology.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Biological or Physical Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Hard

6. In Catching Fire (2009), Wrangham argues that the ability to use fire is ______.
a. biological
b. cultural
c. biocultural
d. primal
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: List the major subdisciplines of anthropology.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Biological or Physical Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Hard

7. The subspecialty of biological anthropology, ______, maps physiological differences
among humans.
a. paleoanthropology
b. human variation
c. morphology
d. primatology
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: List the major subdisciplines of anthropology.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Biological or Physical Anthropology
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Two subfields of archaeology are ______ and ______.



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