CHAPTER 1 ANTHROPOLOGY 1100-075 – COLLEGE OF DUPAGE 2026/2027 | COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & CHAPTER REVIEW
A. The art of ethnography
B. The study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. The study of the stages of social evolution
D. The humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. The exploration of human diversity in time and space - ANS ✔✔According to Kottak, what is
anthropology?
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad for any applications to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology among the disciplines that study humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology. - ANS ✔✔A holistic and
comparative perspective
A. Medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology
B. Archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology
C. Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology
D. Genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, anthropology and
linguistics
E. Primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleoscatology - ANS ✔✔What are the
four subfields of anthropology?
A. cultural genetics perspective
B. biocultural perspective
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & CHAPTER REVIEW
A. The art of ethnography
B. The study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. The study of the stages of social evolution
D. The humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. The exploration of human diversity in time and space - ANS ✔✔According to Kottak, what is
anthropology?
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad for any applications to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology among the disciplines that study humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology. - ANS ✔✔A holistic and
comparative perspective
A. Medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology
B. Archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology
C. Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology
D. Genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, anthropology and
linguistics
E. Primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleoscatology - ANS ✔✔What are the
four subfields of anthropology?
A. cultural genetics perspective
B. biocultural perspective
