Anthropology: What Does It
Mean to Be Human?
ST
2nd Canadian Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
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PP
Robert H. Lavenda
Emily A. Schultz
RO
Cynthia Zutter
VE
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
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© Robert H. Lavenda, Emily A. Schultz & Cynthia Zutter
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
©MEDCONNOISSEUR
, Test Bank for Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? 2ce, 2nd
Canadian Edition
Robert H. Lavenda; Emily A. Schultz; Cynthia Zutter
ST
Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
1. What Is Anthropology?
Module 1 – Anthropology, Science, and Storytelling
UV
2. Why Is Evolution Important to Anthropologists?
3. What Can Evolutionary Theory Tell Us about Human Variation?
Module 2 – Dating Methods in Paleoanthropology and Archaeology
4. What Can the Study of Primates Tell Us about Human Beings?
IA
5. What Can the Fossil Record Tell Us about Human Origins?
6. How Do We Know about the Human Past?
7. Why Did Humans Settle Down, Build Cities, and Establish States?
_A
Unit II: CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND MEANING
8. Why Is the Concept of Culture Important?
Module 3 – On Ethnographic Methods
PP
9. Why Is Understanding Human Language Important?
Module 4 – Components of Language
10. How Do We Make Meaning?
RO
Unit III: SOCIAL LIFE, RELATIONS, AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS
11. Why Do Anthropologists Study Economic Relations?
12. How Do Anthropologists Study Political Relations?
13. Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter?
VE
14. What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Social Inequality?
15. What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Globalization?
D?
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©MEDCONNOISSEUR
, CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
ST
1. In the textbook, "anthropology" is defined as the study of .
a) human nature, human society, human language, and the human past
b) the remains of earlier societies and peoples
c) the ways of life of contemporary peoples
UV
d) the physical and mental capacities of human beings
2. The authors define "holism" as .
a) trying to study everything possible about a group of people
b) integrating what is known about human beings and their activities
c) studying human biology and culture at the same time
IA
d) fitting together economics, political science, religious studies, and biology
3. To say that anthropology is comparative means that .
a) each anthropologist studies many different societies during his or her career
_A
b) anthropological generalizations draw on evidence from the widest possible range of societies
c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines
d) there is no one way for the anthropologist to do research
4. is NOT listed in the text as an element of the anthropological perspective.
PP
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
RO
5. A study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific
society.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
VE
6. An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and
concludes that handshaking is universal among humans. This study is faulty because it was not .
a) holistic
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b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When we say that anthropology is a field-based discipline, we mean that .
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a) information about particular social groups comes through direct contact with them
b) anthropologists working in universities intersperse teaching and other tasks with field research
c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the material
evidence that people have left
d) All of the above
, 8. According to the text, culture consists of .
a) sets of learned behaviours and ideas that humans acquire as members of society
b) elements of human experience that require education and good taste, such as fine art, classical music, and
literature
c) sets of innate behaviours that enable humans to function in a complex world
d) those practices that distinguish one group of humans from another
ST
9. North Americans typically do not eat insects because they have learned to label insects as inedible. This
explanation is based on .
a) culture
UV
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming
10. When we state that humans are biocultural organisms, we mean that .
a) human biology makes culture possible, and human culture makes human biological survival possible
IA
b) biology is more important than culture for humans
c) human culture predates our biological organism
d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
_A
11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
PP
12. According to the text, is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology
c) Biological anthropology
RO
d) Physiological anthropology
13. The following statement is NOT associated with the traditional North American model of anthropology:
.
a) This configuration reflects anthropology's commitment to holism.
VE
D?
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Mean to Be Human?
ST
2nd Canadian Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
PP
Robert H. Lavenda
Emily A. Schultz
RO
Cynthia Zutter
VE
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
D?
© Robert H. Lavenda, Emily A. Schultz & Cynthia Zutter
?
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
©MEDCONNOISSEUR
, Test Bank for Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? 2ce, 2nd
Canadian Edition
Robert H. Lavenda; Emily A. Schultz; Cynthia Zutter
ST
Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
1. What Is Anthropology?
Module 1 – Anthropology, Science, and Storytelling
UV
2. Why Is Evolution Important to Anthropologists?
3. What Can Evolutionary Theory Tell Us about Human Variation?
Module 2 – Dating Methods in Paleoanthropology and Archaeology
4. What Can the Study of Primates Tell Us about Human Beings?
IA
5. What Can the Fossil Record Tell Us about Human Origins?
6. How Do We Know about the Human Past?
7. Why Did Humans Settle Down, Build Cities, and Establish States?
_A
Unit II: CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND MEANING
8. Why Is the Concept of Culture Important?
Module 3 – On Ethnographic Methods
PP
9. Why Is Understanding Human Language Important?
Module 4 – Components of Language
10. How Do We Make Meaning?
RO
Unit III: SOCIAL LIFE, RELATIONS, AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS
11. Why Do Anthropologists Study Economic Relations?
12. How Do Anthropologists Study Political Relations?
13. Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter?
VE
14. What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Social Inequality?
15. What Can Anthropology Tell Us about Globalization?
D?
?
©MEDCONNOISSEUR
, CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
ST
1. In the textbook, "anthropology" is defined as the study of .
a) human nature, human society, human language, and the human past
b) the remains of earlier societies and peoples
c) the ways of life of contemporary peoples
UV
d) the physical and mental capacities of human beings
2. The authors define "holism" as .
a) trying to study everything possible about a group of people
b) integrating what is known about human beings and their activities
c) studying human biology and culture at the same time
IA
d) fitting together economics, political science, religious studies, and biology
3. To say that anthropology is comparative means that .
a) each anthropologist studies many different societies during his or her career
_A
b) anthropological generalizations draw on evidence from the widest possible range of societies
c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines
d) there is no one way for the anthropologist to do research
4. is NOT listed in the text as an element of the anthropological perspective.
PP
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
RO
5. A study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific
society.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
VE
6. An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and
concludes that handshaking is universal among humans. This study is faulty because it was not .
a) holistic
D?
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When we say that anthropology is a field-based discipline, we mean that .
?
a) information about particular social groups comes through direct contact with them
b) anthropologists working in universities intersperse teaching and other tasks with field research
c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the material
evidence that people have left
d) All of the above
, 8. According to the text, culture consists of .
a) sets of learned behaviours and ideas that humans acquire as members of society
b) elements of human experience that require education and good taste, such as fine art, classical music, and
literature
c) sets of innate behaviours that enable humans to function in a complex world
d) those practices that distinguish one group of humans from another
ST
9. North Americans typically do not eat insects because they have learned to label insects as inedible. This
explanation is based on .
a) culture
UV
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming
10. When we state that humans are biocultural organisms, we mean that .
a) human biology makes culture possible, and human culture makes human biological survival possible
IA
b) biology is more important than culture for humans
c) human culture predates our biological organism
d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
_A
11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
PP
12. According to the text, is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology
c) Biological anthropology
RO
d) Physiological anthropology
13. The following statement is NOT associated with the traditional North American model of anthropology:
.
a) This configuration reflects anthropology's commitment to holism.
VE
D?
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