Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember and Melvin R. Ember, All Chapters |Complete Guide A+

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B) anthropological linguist
C) historical linguist
D) ethnologist

Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Difficulty Level: Easy

10. A cultural anthropologist who spends a year or so living with, talking to, and observing people
whose customs he or she is studying is known as a(n) .
A) linguistic anthropologist
B) ethnographer
C) archaeologist
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D) ethnohistorian

Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The goal of applied anthropology is to .
A) understand human evolution
B) limit anthropology to an academic setting
C) make anthropological knowledge useful
D) focus solely on Western cultures
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Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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12. Anthropology is a comparatively young discipline. It was only in the late that
anthropologists began to go to live with people in faraway places.
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
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C) 1600s
D) 1900s

Answer: A
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Learning Objective: 1.7 Communicate the relevance of anthropology.
Topic: The Relevance of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Why is it incomplete to simply call anthropology “the study of humans”?
A) The focus of anthropology is on pre-human organisms.
B) Many other disciplines also study humans.



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