TESTBANK
2022
,Prof.Exams
COMPLETE
Elaborated Test Bank
for
Cultural Anthropology
19Ed.
by
Conrad Kottak
Reviewed for 2023
2023
, Prof.Exams
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 - What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 2 - Culture
Chapter 3 - Doing Anthropology
Chapter 4 - Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation
Chapter 5 - The Primates
Chapter 6 - Early Hominins
Chapter 7 - The Genus Homo
Chapter 8 - The First Farmers
Chapter 9 - The First Cities and States
Chapter 10 - Language and Communication
Chapter 11 - Making a Living
Chapter 12 - Political Systems
Chapter 13 - Families, Kinship, and Marriage
Chapter 14 – Gender
Chapter 15 - Religion
Chapter 16 - Ethnicity and Race
Chapter 17 - Applying Anthropology
Chapter 18 - The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality
Chapter 19 – Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World
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, Chapter 1
1) This chapter begins with a commonly heard opinion: "People are pretty much the same
all over the world." Why is this assumption often wrong? How might your consideration of this
understanding affect how you would design an anthropological study?
2) What is culture? How do anthropologists define and study culture?
3) What does holism refer to? Why is the concept central to anthropology? How does this
concept relate to the "four-field" approach within the discipline? Have you encountered this
concept in any of your other classes?
4) This chapter provides an example of human adaptation to high altitude to illustrate the
various forms of cultural and biological adaptation. Can you think of another example that
illustrates the broad capacity of humans to adapt both biologically and culturally?
5) To what does biocultural perspective refer? If you are planning to major in the biological
sciences or planning a career as a medical doctor or clinical researcher, how might a minor in
anthropology complement your education? If you are thinking of majoring in the humanities,
how might a minor in anthropology complement your education?
6) This chapter considers differences and similarities between anthropology and other
academic fields such as sociology. What about history?
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