ASB 222) Quiz Questions (Module 1 & 2) Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
Question 1:
The subfield within the discipline of anthropology that focuses on living groups of human beings
is called:ethnographybioanthropologyethologyprimatology
Answer:
ethnography
Question 2:
Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the result of:volcanic
eruptionsprocesses of erosion and weatheringfloodingthe evil influence of the Devil
Answer:
b. processes of erosion and weathering
Question 3:
Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the world was:a and
bancient and changingthe result of natural evolutionary forcesperfect and mostly unchanged
since creation
Answer:
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since
Question 4:
d. all of the above
Answer:
c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals
Question 5:
The subfield within the discipline of anthropology that focuses on living groups of human beings
is called:
ethnography
bioanthropology
ethology
primatology
,Answer:
ethnography
Question 6:
Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the result of:
volcanic eruptions
processes of erosion and weathering
flooding
the evil influence of the Devil
Answer:
b. processes of erosion and weathering
Question 7:
Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the world was:
a and b
ancient and changing
the result of natural evolutionary forces
perfect and mostly unchanged since creation
Answer:
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since
Question 8:
The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady" reflects:the uniformitarian
perspectivea catastrophist perspectivean anti-evolutionary perspectivea biblical perspective
Answer:
the uniformitarian perspective
Question 9:
The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady" reflects:
the uniformitarian perspective
a catastrophist perspective
an anti-evolutionary perspective
a biblical perspective
Answer:
the uniformitarian perspective
,Question 10:
In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by:reference to the
modern rate of erosionthe analysis of stratigraphyanalysis of the bones of extinct animals found
buried in the earthmeans of radiometric measurementEdmund Halley suggested that a cause of
the catastrophe known in the Bible as "Noah's Flood" had been:a cataclysmic explosion causing
an effect like a nuclear wintera volcanic eruptionan earthquake
Answer:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
Question 11:
d. a comet crashing into the earthChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided
human history into which three ages:Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper
PaleolithicPliocene, Miocene, PleistocenePaleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Answer:
a comet crashing into the earth
Question 12:
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
Answer:
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
Question 13:
The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:simianologyprimatology
Answer:
b. primatology
Question 14:
In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
the analysis of stratigraphy
analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth
means of radiometric measurement
Edmund Halley suggested that a cause of the catastrophe known in the Bible as "Noah's Flood"
had been:
a cataclysmic explosion causing an effect like a nuclear winter
a volcanic eruption
an earthquake
, Answer:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
Question 15:
d. a comet crashing into the earth
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided human history into which three ages:
Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
Pliocene, Miocene, Pleistocene
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Answer:
a comet crashing into the earth
Question 16:
The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:
simianology
primatology
Answer:
b. primatology
Question 17:
C. pongidologyd. monkeyologyChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a
perceived regular pattern of change through time in human:intelligencetechnologysocial
systemsc. pongidologyd. monkeyologyChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was
based on a perceived regular pattern of change through time in
human:intelligencetechnologysocial systems
D. monkeyology Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a perceived
regular pattern of change through time in human: intelligence technology social systems
Answer:
b. technology
Question 18:
In the Reverend John Ray's natural philosophy:the world changed through natural processes of
evolutionthe world has been decaying steadily since creationthe world was fixed at creation
and has not changed substantially sincethe world is stable for long periods and then changes
drastically as the result of catastrophes caused directly by God
Answer:
Answers
Question 1:
The subfield within the discipline of anthropology that focuses on living groups of human beings
is called:ethnographybioanthropologyethologyprimatology
Answer:
ethnography
Question 2:
Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the result of:volcanic
eruptionsprocesses of erosion and weatheringfloodingthe evil influence of the Devil
Answer:
b. processes of erosion and weathering
Question 3:
Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the world was:a and
bancient and changingthe result of natural evolutionary forcesperfect and mostly unchanged
since creation
Answer:
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since
Question 4:
d. all of the above
Answer:
c. they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals
Question 5:
The subfield within the discipline of anthropology that focuses on living groups of human beings
is called:
ethnography
bioanthropology
ethology
primatology
,Answer:
ethnography
Question 6:
Uniformitarianists viewthe current appearance of the earth as the result of:
volcanic eruptions
processes of erosion and weathering
flooding
the evil influence of the Devil
Answer:
b. processes of erosion and weathering
Question 7:
Most European scientists in the seventeenth century believed that the world was:
a and b
ancient and changing
the result of natural evolutionary forces
perfect and mostly unchanged since creation
Answer:
d. perfect and mostly unchanged since
Question 8:
The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady" reflects:the uniformitarian
perspectivea catastrophist perspectivean anti-evolutionary perspectivea biblical perspective
Answer:
the uniformitarian perspective
Question 9:
The statement "The operations of nature are equable and steady" reflects:
the uniformitarian perspective
a catastrophist perspective
an anti-evolutionary perspective
a biblical perspective
Answer:
the uniformitarian perspective
,Question 10:
In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by:reference to the
modern rate of erosionthe analysis of stratigraphyanalysis of the bones of extinct animals found
buried in the earthmeans of radiometric measurementEdmund Halley suggested that a cause of
the catastrophe known in the Bible as "Noah's Flood" had been:a cataclysmic explosion causing
an effect like a nuclear wintera volcanic eruptionan earthquake
Answer:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
Question 11:
d. a comet crashing into the earthChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided
human history into which three ages:Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper
PaleolithicPliocene, Miocene, PleistocenePaleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Answer:
a comet crashing into the earth
Question 12:
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
Answer:
d. Stone, Bronze, Iron
Question 13:
The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:simianologyprimatology
Answer:
b. primatology
Question 14:
In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
the analysis of stratigraphy
analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth
means of radiometric measurement
Edmund Halley suggested that a cause of the catastrophe known in the Bible as "Noah's Flood"
had been:
a cataclysmic explosion causing an effect like a nuclear winter
a volcanic eruption
an earthquake
, Answer:
reference to the modern rate of erosion
Question 15:
d. a comet crashing into the earth
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system divided human history into which three ages:
Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic
Pliocene, Miocene, Pleistocene
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Answer:
a comet crashing into the earth
Question 16:
The study of the living apes and monkeys is called:
simianology
primatology
Answer:
b. primatology
Question 17:
C. pongidologyd. monkeyologyChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a
perceived regular pattern of change through time in human:intelligencetechnologysocial
systemsc. pongidologyd. monkeyologyChristian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was
based on a perceived regular pattern of change through time in
human:intelligencetechnologysocial systems
D. monkeyology Christian Jurgensen Thomsen's three-age system was based on a perceived
regular pattern of change through time in human: intelligence technology social systems
Answer:
b. technology
Question 18:
In the Reverend John Ray's natural philosophy:the world changed through natural processes of
evolutionthe world has been decaying steadily since creationthe world was fixed at creation
and has not changed substantially sincethe world is stable for long periods and then changes
drastically as the result of catastrophes caused directly by God
Answer:
