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1. Archaeology, cultural anthropology, ______, and ______ are all sub-disciplines of anthropology.
A. anthropometry; applied anthropology
B. paleontology; linguistic anthropology
C. medical anthropology; cultural relativism
D. biological anthropology; linguistic anthropology
Correct Answer: D. biological anthropology; linguistic anthropology
2. The subspecialty of biological anthropology, ______, maps physiological differences among humans.
A. paleoanthropology
B. human variation
C. morphology
D. primatology
Correct Answer: B. human variation
3. Two subfields of archaeology are urban archaeology and ______.
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A. resource allocation
B. culture resource management (CRM)
C. human variation
D. sociology
Correct Answer: B. culture resource management (CRM)
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4. Syndemics is the study of ______.
A. indigenous people
B. disease in social contexts
C. prehistoric civilizations
D. propaganda
Correct Answer: B. disease in social contexts
5. What is cultural relativism?
A. the quantitative study of different cultures
B. the idea that a universal standard of behavior exists
C. the belief that cultures are made by kinship
D. the notion that cultures should be viewed through the lens of a native
Correct Answer: D. the notion that cultures should be viewed through the lens of a native
6. Survivor International reports that about ______ ethnic groups around the world refuse contact with
outsiders.
A. 10
B. 50
C. 100
D. 500
Correct Answer: C. 100
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7. Which component of human anatomy did Dr. Nohemi Sala and her research team analyze to conclude
that human violence existed hundreds of thousands of years ago?
A. feet
B. hands
C. arms
D. skulls
Correct Answer: D. skulls
8. The ways violence is expressed and the degree to which it is present in societies seems to be
determined by both ______ and culture.
A. skull size
B. genotype
C. demographics
D. genetic inheritance
Correct Answer: C. demographics
9. Most anthropologists are employed by ______.
A. Apple
B. Amazon
C. private nonprofit organizations
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D. the government
Correct Answer: D. the government
10. Medical anthropologists made which observation about mask-wearing and COVID-19?
A. Mask mandates were socially harmful and unnecessary.
B. Mask-wearing and social distancing became public performances of cultural identity.
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C. The appearance of safety, or safety theater, is more important to the public than actual safety.
D. Mask-wearing is an individual, personal choice like any other.
Correct Answer: B. Mask-wearing and social distancing became public performances of cultural identity.
11. Which type of scientist within the field of anthropology would most likely study the quality and
accessibility of health care in minority communities?
A. archaeologist
B. cultural anthropologist
C. biological anthropologist
D. applied anthropologist
Correct Answer: D. applied anthropologist
12. In 2019 COVID-19 spread rapidly and became a global pandemic in less than a year. Understanding the
complexities of different healthcare systems across human societies is a focus of medical
anthropologists. Medical anthropologists using their knowledge to help those infected with coronavirus
and to help improve the distribution of vaccines is an example of ______.
A. ethnography
B. moral relativism
C. applied anthropology
D. cultural resource management (CRM)
Correct Answer: C. applied anthropology
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13. Humans evolved through a complex ______ involving both biological and cultural factors.
A. virus
B. extinction
C. feedback system
D. genetic mutation
Correct Answer: C. feedback system
14. In Catching Fire (2009), Wrangham argues that the ability to use fire is ______.
A. biological
B. cultural
C. biocultural
D. primal
Correct Answer: B. cultural
15. Which type of anthropologist does not directly observe human behavior and culture?
A. applied anthropologist
B. linguistic anthropologist
C. archaeologist
D. medical anthropologist
Correct Answer: C. archaeologist
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16. According to the text, why is it useful for historical linguists to understand the relationships among
various languages?
A. They reveal the history and migrations of those who speak them.
B. It shows which language should become the unified world language.
C. Oral history settles border disputes in war-torn countries.
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D. It is helpful when developing strategic military defense.
Correct Answer: A. They reveal the history and migrations of those who speak them.
17. Which is true about society in an anthropological sense?
A. A society is identified by its location.
B. Each society has one culture.
C. Societies that are the most powerful have the most rational way of life.
D. Societies are increasingly a global rather than local phenomena.
Correct Answer: D. Societies are increasingly a global rather than local phenomena.
18. Which statement accurately describes the relationship between ethnography and ethnology?
A. Ethnography is emic while ethnology is etic.
B. Ethnology is emic while ethnography is etic.
C. Ethnographers rely on ethnologists for their data.
D. Ethnologists rely on ethnographers for their data.
Correct Answer: D. Ethnologists rely on ethnographers for their data.
19. A critical insight of medical anthropology is that ______.
A. disease and medicine never exist independently from culture
B. diseases are universal, biological entities and have little relation to culture
C. there is a single, universal medical model that is applicable to all cultures
D. diseases are constant across cultures
Correct Answer: A. disease and medicine never exist independently from culture
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Chapter 1 Test Bank
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Archaeology, cultural anthropology, ______, and ______ are all sub-disciplines of anthropology.
A. anthropometry; applied anthropology
B. paleontology; linguistic anthropology
C. medical anthropology; cultural relativism
D. biological anthropology; linguistic anthropology
Correct Answer: D. biological anthropology; linguistic anthropology
2. The subspecialty of biological anthropology, ______, maps physiological differences among humans.
A. paleoanthropology
B. human variation
C. morphology
D. primatology
Correct Answer: B. human variation
3. Two subfields of archaeology are urban archaeology and ______.
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A. resource allocation
B. culture resource management (CRM)
C. human variation
D. sociology
Correct Answer: B. culture resource management (CRM)
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4. Syndemics is the study of ______.
A. indigenous people
B. disease in social contexts
C. prehistoric civilizations
D. propaganda
Correct Answer: B. disease in social contexts
5. What is cultural relativism?
A. the quantitative study of different cultures
B. the idea that a universal standard of behavior exists
C. the belief that cultures are made by kinship
D. the notion that cultures should be viewed through the lens of a native
Correct Answer: D. the notion that cultures should be viewed through the lens of a native
6. Survivor International reports that about ______ ethnic groups around the world refuse contact with
outsiders.
A. 10
B. 50
C. 100
D. 500
Correct Answer: C. 100
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7. Which component of human anatomy did Dr. Nohemi Sala and her research team analyze to conclude
that human violence existed hundreds of thousands of years ago?
A. feet
B. hands
C. arms
D. skulls
Correct Answer: D. skulls
8. The ways violence is expressed and the degree to which it is present in societies seems to be
determined by both ______ and culture.
A. skull size
B. genotype
C. demographics
D. genetic inheritance
Correct Answer: C. demographics
9. Most anthropologists are employed by ______.
A. Apple
B. Amazon
C. private nonprofit organizations
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D. the government
Correct Answer: D. the government
10. Medical anthropologists made which observation about mask-wearing and COVID-19?
A. Mask mandates were socially harmful and unnecessary.
B. Mask-wearing and social distancing became public performances of cultural identity.
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C. The appearance of safety, or safety theater, is more important to the public than actual safety.
D. Mask-wearing is an individual, personal choice like any other.
Correct Answer: B. Mask-wearing and social distancing became public performances of cultural identity.
11. Which type of scientist within the field of anthropology would most likely study the quality and
accessibility of health care in minority communities?
A. archaeologist
B. cultural anthropologist
C. biological anthropologist
D. applied anthropologist
Correct Answer: D. applied anthropologist
12. In 2019 COVID-19 spread rapidly and became a global pandemic in less than a year. Understanding the
complexities of different healthcare systems across human societies is a focus of medical
anthropologists. Medical anthropologists using their knowledge to help those infected with coronavirus
and to help improve the distribution of vaccines is an example of ______.
A. ethnography
B. moral relativism
C. applied anthropology
D. cultural resource management (CRM)
Correct Answer: C. applied anthropology
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13. Humans evolved through a complex ______ involving both biological and cultural factors.
A. virus
B. extinction
C. feedback system
D. genetic mutation
Correct Answer: C. feedback system
14. In Catching Fire (2009), Wrangham argues that the ability to use fire is ______.
A. biological
B. cultural
C. biocultural
D. primal
Correct Answer: B. cultural
15. Which type of anthropologist does not directly observe human behavior and culture?
A. applied anthropologist
B. linguistic anthropologist
C. archaeologist
D. medical anthropologist
Correct Answer: C. archaeologist
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16. According to the text, why is it useful for historical linguists to understand the relationships among
various languages?
A. They reveal the history and migrations of those who speak them.
B. It shows which language should become the unified world language.
C. Oral history settles border disputes in war-torn countries.
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D. It is helpful when developing strategic military defense.
Correct Answer: A. They reveal the history and migrations of those who speak them.
17. Which is true about society in an anthropological sense?
A. A society is identified by its location.
B. Each society has one culture.
C. Societies that are the most powerful have the most rational way of life.
D. Societies are increasingly a global rather than local phenomena.
Correct Answer: D. Societies are increasingly a global rather than local phenomena.
18. Which statement accurately describes the relationship between ethnography and ethnology?
A. Ethnography is emic while ethnology is etic.
B. Ethnology is emic while ethnography is etic.
C. Ethnographers rely on ethnologists for their data.
D. Ethnologists rely on ethnographers for their data.
Correct Answer: D. Ethnologists rely on ethnographers for their data.
19. A critical insight of medical anthropology is that ______.
A. disease and medicine never exist independently from culture
B. diseases are universal, biological entities and have little relation to culture
C. there is a single, universal medical model that is applicable to all cultures
D. diseases are constant across cultures
Correct Answer: A. disease and medicine never exist independently from culture
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