CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AN APPLIED
PERSPECTIVE ACTUAL TEST BANK TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● A type of anthropological research designed to solve a particular
societal problem rather than to test a theoretical position
Answer: problem-oriented research
●● An aborted US army research project designed to study the causes of
civil unrest and violence in developing countries. Created controversy
among anthropologists about whether the US gov't was using
participants as spies
Answer: Project Camelot
●● A US army, military intelligence support program in which personnel
are hired form the social science disciplines- such as anthropology,
sociology, political science, regional studies, and linguistics- to provide
military commanders and staff with an understanding of the local
population in the regions in which they are deployed.
Answer: Human Terrain System (HTS)
●● What is the main difference between practicing anthropologists and
applied anthropologists?
Answer: applied anthropologists tend to have more credentials
, ●● T/F: All anthropologists are considered, in some form, applied.
Answer: false
●● What are the four traditional subfields of anthropologists?
Answer: cultural, biological, archaeology, linguistics
●● Rank these five different forms of anthropology from most
ethnographic to most applied:
Answer: ethnographic, study of social issues, policy studies, applied,
practicing
●● What kind of anthropology accounts for most anthropological studies
conducted on cultures and subcultures, and has greatly developed our
accumulated knowledge of cultural anthropology?
Answer: enthography
●● What kind of anthropology often generates findings that have
relevance to policy makers?
Answer: studies of social issues
●● What kind of anthropology provides info to those in a position to
make decisions on the behalf of others, formulate policy, implement it,
or conduct evaluations on policy.
PERSPECTIVE ACTUAL TEST BANK TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● A type of anthropological research designed to solve a particular
societal problem rather than to test a theoretical position
Answer: problem-oriented research
●● An aborted US army research project designed to study the causes of
civil unrest and violence in developing countries. Created controversy
among anthropologists about whether the US gov't was using
participants as spies
Answer: Project Camelot
●● A US army, military intelligence support program in which personnel
are hired form the social science disciplines- such as anthropology,
sociology, political science, regional studies, and linguistics- to provide
military commanders and staff with an understanding of the local
population in the regions in which they are deployed.
Answer: Human Terrain System (HTS)
●● What is the main difference between practicing anthropologists and
applied anthropologists?
Answer: applied anthropologists tend to have more credentials
, ●● T/F: All anthropologists are considered, in some form, applied.
Answer: false
●● What are the four traditional subfields of anthropologists?
Answer: cultural, biological, archaeology, linguistics
●● Rank these five different forms of anthropology from most
ethnographic to most applied:
Answer: ethnographic, study of social issues, policy studies, applied,
practicing
●● What kind of anthropology accounts for most anthropological studies
conducted on cultures and subcultures, and has greatly developed our
accumulated knowledge of cultural anthropology?
Answer: enthography
●● What kind of anthropology often generates findings that have
relevance to policy makers?
Answer: studies of social issues
●● What kind of anthropology provides info to those in a position to
make decisions on the behalf of others, formulate policy, implement it,
or conduct evaluations on policy.
