ANTH 1210 MIDTERM #1 questions with
verified answers 2025-2026 updated
Define Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans
Define Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of human language
in the past and present.
Define Archaeology - correct answer ✔✔The study of the past based on what
people left behind
Define Sociocultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of human
societies in a cross-cultural perspective
Define Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans as
biological entities in the family tree.
Define Human Palaeontology - correct answer ✔✔Reconstruct environment,
behavior and anatomy of ancient human populations through fossil evidence and
modern primate studies.
Define Biological Variation - correct answer ✔✔Modern evolutionary studies of
populations, genes and diseases.
Human Paleontology and Biological Variation are subgroups of what Anthropology
discipline. - correct answer ✔✔Physical Anthropology
,Define Theoretical Approach - correct answer ✔✔A basic knowledge base of
society that guides thinking and research.
Why is Anthropology relevant in modern times? - correct answer ✔✔Allows us to
learn from the past and work towards a better future, and allow us to appreciate
how we have developed from the past until now.
Define Biocultural Evolution - correct answer ✔✔The interplay of biology and
culture within human evolution.
Sir. Daniel Wilson - correct answer ✔✔- Professor of History and English (1853) at
University of Toronto
- Canadian Institute (Ethnographies of Natives)
- Forwarded modern Anthropological beliefs by stating that "all cultures can
progress."
Sir. John Dawson - correct answer ✔✔- Born in Nova Scotia
- Geologist at McGill University (1855 - 1894)
- Pioneered natural science & engineering facilities
- Founded RSOC and published works frequently
- Fought for women's rights to attend University
George Mercer Dawson - correct answer ✔✔- McGill University, Geological survey
of Great Britain
- Director of Geological Survey of Canada (1895)
, - Foundational work in geology, botany and ethnography
- His artifacts became a public museum at McGill which later became the
Canadian Museum of History
- Reported ethnographies on Natives to inform government on Native welfare
Sir Wilfred Laurier - correct answer ✔✔- Established "Division of Anthropology" in
GSC (1910)
Edward Sapir - correct answer ✔✔The first chief ethnologist
Charles Marius Barbeau - correct answer ✔✔The first Canadian born
Anthropologist
Who was Franz Boas? - correct answer ✔✔The "Father of American
Anthropology"
What did Boas do in English Canada? - correct answer ✔✔- Focused on Native
communities
- Cultural details (technology, values, economics)
What did Boas do in French Canada? - correct answer ✔✔- Focus on rural non -
Native communities
- Social disparities
Explain Anthropology in the 1960s and 1970s? - correct answer ✔✔Scope of
Anthropology study widened (contemporary, women, urban, gender)
verified answers 2025-2026 updated
Define Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans
Define Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of human language
in the past and present.
Define Archaeology - correct answer ✔✔The study of the past based on what
people left behind
Define Sociocultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of human
societies in a cross-cultural perspective
Define Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans as
biological entities in the family tree.
Define Human Palaeontology - correct answer ✔✔Reconstruct environment,
behavior and anatomy of ancient human populations through fossil evidence and
modern primate studies.
Define Biological Variation - correct answer ✔✔Modern evolutionary studies of
populations, genes and diseases.
Human Paleontology and Biological Variation are subgroups of what Anthropology
discipline. - correct answer ✔✔Physical Anthropology
,Define Theoretical Approach - correct answer ✔✔A basic knowledge base of
society that guides thinking and research.
Why is Anthropology relevant in modern times? - correct answer ✔✔Allows us to
learn from the past and work towards a better future, and allow us to appreciate
how we have developed from the past until now.
Define Biocultural Evolution - correct answer ✔✔The interplay of biology and
culture within human evolution.
Sir. Daniel Wilson - correct answer ✔✔- Professor of History and English (1853) at
University of Toronto
- Canadian Institute (Ethnographies of Natives)
- Forwarded modern Anthropological beliefs by stating that "all cultures can
progress."
Sir. John Dawson - correct answer ✔✔- Born in Nova Scotia
- Geologist at McGill University (1855 - 1894)
- Pioneered natural science & engineering facilities
- Founded RSOC and published works frequently
- Fought for women's rights to attend University
George Mercer Dawson - correct answer ✔✔- McGill University, Geological survey
of Great Britain
- Director of Geological Survey of Canada (1895)
, - Foundational work in geology, botany and ethnography
- His artifacts became a public museum at McGill which later became the
Canadian Museum of History
- Reported ethnographies on Natives to inform government on Native welfare
Sir Wilfred Laurier - correct answer ✔✔- Established "Division of Anthropology" in
GSC (1910)
Edward Sapir - correct answer ✔✔The first chief ethnologist
Charles Marius Barbeau - correct answer ✔✔The first Canadian born
Anthropologist
Who was Franz Boas? - correct answer ✔✔The "Father of American
Anthropology"
What did Boas do in English Canada? - correct answer ✔✔- Focused on Native
communities
- Cultural details (technology, values, economics)
What did Boas do in French Canada? - correct answer ✔✔- Focus on rural non -
Native communities
- Social disparities
Explain Anthropology in the 1960s and 1970s? - correct answer ✔✔Scope of
Anthropology study widened (contemporary, women, urban, gender)
