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Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology and Human Diversity.
2. Doing Cultural Anthropology.
3. The Idea of Culture.
4. Communication.
Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.
5. Making a Living.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups.
Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. Political Organization.
11. Stratification.
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS.
12. Religion.
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13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts.
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Part V: CULTURE CHANGE.
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14. Power, Conquest, and a World System.
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15. Culture Change and the Modern World.
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Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The critical factor that distinguishes anthropology from other fields of study is:
a. Its emphasis on rigorous experimentation and analysis of data.
b. Its exclusive focus on non-Western cultures.
c. Its use of theories of biological evolution to explain human behavior.
d. Its interest in describing humankind throughout time and in all parts of the world.
e. Its focus on the discovery of a single human nature.
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2. One of the most critical goals of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline is to:
a. Describe, analyze, and explain different cultures.
b. Increase the level of culture in particular human societies.
c. Place large numbers of cultural anthropologists in political offices.
d. Determine the direction of human evolution.
e. Preserve world heritage for future generations.
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3. To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly interested in:
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a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples.
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b. The whole personality of any particular individual.
c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors in explaining human
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behavior.
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d. Studying every culture in the world.
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e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.
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4. Which of the following correctly identifies the sub-disciplines of anthropology?
a. Archaeology, Anthropometry, Cultural Anthropology, Paleontology, and Cultural Relativity.
b. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-history, and Linguistics.
c. Archaeology, Ethno-history, Anthropometry, Structural Anthropology, and Cultural
Anthropology.
d. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Applied Anthropology and
Linguistics.
e. Archaeology, Phonology, Medical Anthropology, Development Studies, and Cultural
Anthropology.
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5. Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the following best represents what
is meant by this statement?
a. Human adaptation is both biological and cultural, and anthropologists cannot distinguish between
the meanings of these concepts.
b. Human adaptation involves both biological and cultural dimensions and each influences the other.
c. Human adaptation is unique among all animals because it is based exclusively on physiological
adaptations.
Fr
d. Human adaptation is the same as that of all animal because culture plays a role in the adaptation
of all forms of life.
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e. Human adaptation is based exclusively on culture. Biology is subsumed within the cultural
dimension and does not exert an independent influence on humans.
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6. Which of the following studies how languages are related to each other?
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a. Biological anthropology
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b. Human variation
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c. Historical linguistics
d. Paleo-linguistics
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TEST BANK for Cultural Anthropology 13th
Edition by Serena Nanda
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Correct Answers for Exam Preparation| A+ GRADED
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Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology and Human Diversity.
2. Doing Cultural Anthropology.
3. The Idea of Culture.
4. Communication.
Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.
5. Making a Living.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups.
Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. Political Organization.
11. Stratification.
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS.
12. Religion.
Fr
13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts.
an
Part V: CULTURE CHANGE.
kl
14. Power, Conquest, and a World System.
yn
15. Culture Change and the Modern World.
e
A
pl
us
Pa
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Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human Diversity
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The critical factor that distinguishes anthropology from other fields of study is:
a. Its emphasis on rigorous experimentation and analysis of data.
b. Its exclusive focus on non-Western cultures.
c. Its use of theories of biological evolution to explain human behavior.
d. Its interest in describing humankind throughout time and in all parts of the world.
e. Its focus on the discovery of a single human nature.
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2. One of the most critical goals of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline is to:
a. Describe, analyze, and explain different cultures.
b. Increase the level of culture in particular human societies.
c. Place large numbers of cultural anthropologists in political offices.
d. Determine the direction of human evolution.
e. Preserve world heritage for future generations.
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup
Fr
an
3. To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly interested in:
kl
a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples.
yn
b. The whole personality of any particular individual.
c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors in explaining human
e
behavior.
A
d. Studying every culture in the world.
pl
e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.
us
CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: Applied REF: 4 OBJ: 1
MSC: Pickup
Pa
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4. Which of the following correctly identifies the sub-disciplines of anthropology?
a. Archaeology, Anthropometry, Cultural Anthropology, Paleontology, and Cultural Relativity.
b. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-history, and Linguistics.
c. Archaeology, Ethno-history, Anthropometry, Structural Anthropology, and Cultural
Anthropology.
d. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Applied Anthropology and
Linguistics.
e. Archaeology, Phonology, Medical Anthropology, Development Studies, and Cultural
Anthropology.
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5. Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the following best represents what
is meant by this statement?
a. Human adaptation is both biological and cultural, and anthropologists cannot distinguish between
the meanings of these concepts.
b. Human adaptation involves both biological and cultural dimensions and each influences the other.
c. Human adaptation is unique among all animals because it is based exclusively on physiological
adaptations.
Fr
d. Human adaptation is the same as that of all animal because culture plays a role in the adaptation
of all forms of life.
an
e. Human adaptation is based exclusively on culture. Biology is subsumed within the cultural
dimension and does not exert an independent influence on humans.
kl
CORRECT ANSWER: B DIF: Conceptual REF: 4 OBJ: 2 MSC: New
yn
e
6. Which of the following studies how languages are related to each other?
A
a. Biological anthropology
pl
b. Human variation
us
c. Historical linguistics
d. Paleo-linguistics
Pa
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