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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
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Robert H. Lavenda
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, CHAPTER 1 KJ’


WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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1. In KJ’the KJ’textbook, KJ’"anthropology" KJ’is KJ’defined KJ’as KJ’the KJ’study KJ’of KJ’ .
a) human KJ’nature, KJ’human KJ’society, KJ’human KJ’language, KJ’and KJ’the KJ’human KJ’past
b) the KJ’remains KJ’of KJ’earlier KJ’societies KJ’and KJ’peoples
c) the KJ’ways KJ’of KJ’life KJ’of KJ’contemporary KJ’peoples
d) the KJ’physical KJ’and KJ’mental KJ’capacities KJ’of KJ’human KJ’beings

2. The KJ’authors KJ’define KJ’"holism" KJ’as KJ’ .
a) trying KJ’to KJ’study KJ’everything KJ’possible KJ’about KJ’a KJ’group KJ’of KJ’people
b) integrating KJ’what KJ’is KJ’known KJ’about KJ’human KJ’beings KJ’and KJ’their KJ’activities
c) studying KJ’human KJ’biology KJ’and KJ’culture KJ’at KJ’the KJ’same KJ’time
d) fitting KJ’together KJ’economics, KJ’political KJ’science, KJ’religious KJ’studies, KJ’and KJ’biology

3. To KJ’say KJ’that KJ’anthropology KJ’is KJ’comparative KJ’means KJ’that KJ’ .
a) each KJ’anthropologist KJ’studies KJ’many KJ’different KJ’societies KJ’during KJ’his KJ’or KJ’her KJ’career
b) anthropological KJ’generalizations KJ’draw KJ’on KJ’evidence KJ’from KJ’the KJ’widest KJ’possible KJ’range KJ’of KJ’societies
c) anthropologists KJ’use KJ’data KJ’from KJ’many KJ’different KJ’academic KJ’disciplines
d) there KJ’is KJ’no KJ’one KJ’way KJ’for KJ’the KJ’anthropologist KJ’to KJ’do KJ’research

4. is KJ’NOT KJ’listed KJ’in KJ’the KJ’text KJ’as KJ’an KJ’element KJ’of KJ’the KJ’anthropological KJ’perspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism

5. A KJ’ study KJ’examines KJ’how KJ’economics, KJ’politics, KJ’religion, KJ’and KJ’kinship KJ’shape KJ’one KJ’another
KJ’in KJ’a KJ’specific KJ’society.

a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative

6. An KJ’anthropologist KJ’studying KJ’a KJ’social KJ’group KJ’observes KJ’that KJ’people KJ’shake KJ’hands KJ’when KJ’greeting KJ’one
KJ’another KJ’and

,concludes KJ’that KJ’handshaking KJ’is KJ’universal KJ’among KJ’humans. KJ’This KJ’study KJ’is KJ’faulty KJ’because KJ’it KJ’was KJ’not KJ’
.
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative

7. When KJ’we KJ’say KJ’that KJ’anthropology KJ’is KJ’a KJ’field-based KJ’discipline, KJ’we KJ’mean KJ’that KJ’ .
a) information KJ’about KJ’particular KJ’social KJ’groups KJ’comes KJ’through KJ’direct KJ’contact KJ’with KJ’them
b) anthropologists KJ’working KJ’in KJ’universities KJ’intersperse KJ’teaching KJ’and KJ’other KJ’tasks KJ’with KJ’field KJ’research
c) research KJ’connects KJ’anthropologists KJ’directly KJ’with KJ’the KJ’lived KJ’experiences KJ’of KJ’other KJ’people KJ’and KJ’to
KJ’the KJ’material KJ’evidence KJ’that KJ’people KJ’have KJ’left

d) All KJ’of KJ’the KJ’above

8. According KJ’to KJ’the KJ’text, KJ’culture KJ’consists KJ’of KJ’ .
a) sets KJ’of KJ’learned KJ’behaviours KJ’and KJ’ideas KJ’that KJ’humans KJ’acquire KJ’as KJ’members KJ’of KJ’society
b) elements KJ’of KJ’human KJ’experience KJ’that KJ’require KJ’education KJ’and KJ’good KJ’taste, KJ’such KJ’as KJ’fine KJ’art,
KJ’classical KJ’music, KJ’and KJ’literature

c) sets KJ’of KJ’innate KJ’behaviours KJ’that KJ’enable KJ’humans KJ’to KJ’function KJ’in KJ’a KJ’complex KJ’world
d) those KJ’practices KJ’that KJ’distinguish KJ’one KJ’group KJ’of KJ’humans KJ’from KJ’another

9. North KJ’Americans KJ’typically KJ’do KJ’not KJ’eat KJ’insects KJ’because KJ’they KJ’have KJ’learned KJ’to KJ’label KJ’insects KJ’as
KJ’inedible. KJ’This KJ’explanation KJ’is KJ’based KJ’on KJ’ .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic KJ’programming

10. When KJ’we KJ’state KJ’that KJ’humans KJ’are KJ’biocultural KJ’organisms, KJ’we KJ’mean KJ’that KJ’ .
a) human KJ’biology KJ’makes KJ’culture KJ’possible, KJ’and KJ’human KJ’culture KJ’makes KJ’human KJ’biological KJ’survival
KJ’possible

b) biology KJ’is KJ’more KJ’important KJ’than KJ’culture KJ’for KJ’humans
c) human KJ’culture KJ’predates KJ’our KJ’biological KJ’organism
d) humans KJ’evolved KJ’independently KJ’of KJ’our KJ’ability KJ’to KJ’create KJ’culture

11. Traditionally, KJ’North KJ’American KJ’anthropology KJ’has KJ’been KJ’divided KJ’into KJ’ subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five

12. According KJ’to KJ’the KJ’text, KJ’ is KJ’NOT KJ’a KJ’major KJ’subfield KJ’of KJ’North KJ’American KJ’anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural KJ’anthropology
c) Biological KJ’anthropology
d) Physiological KJ’anthropology

13. The KJ’following KJ’statement KJ’is KJ’NOT KJ’associated KJ’with KJ’the KJ’traditional KJ’North KJ’American KJ’model KJ’of
KJ’anthropology:

.
a) This KJ’configuration KJ’reflects KJ’anthropology's KJ’commitment KJ’to KJ’holism.

, b) This KJ’configuration KJ’is KJ’associated KJ’with KJ’anthropology's KJ’successful KJ’fight KJ’against KJ’19th KJ’century KJ’scientific
KJ’racism.

c) This KJ’configuration KJ’constitutes KJ’a KJ’protected KJ’"trading KJ’zone" KJ’within KJ’which KJ’fresh KJ’concepts KJ’and
KJ’knowledge KJ’from KJ’a KJ’variety KJ’of KJ’research KJ’traditions KJ’are KJ’brought KJ’together.

d) This KJ’model KJ’is KJ’widespread KJ’in KJ’Europe KJ’and KJ’other KJ’parts KJ’of KJ’the KJ’world.

14. Social KJ’groupings KJ’that KJ’allegedly KJ’reflect KJ’biological KJ’differences KJ’are KJ’called KJ’ .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities

15. Nineteenth-century KJ’attempts KJ’to KJ’group KJ’all KJ’humans KJ’into KJ’unambiguous KJ’categories KJ’called KJ’"races" KJ’were
KJ’based KJ’on

.
a) observable KJ’physical KJ’features, KJ’such KJ’as KJ’skin KJ’color, KJ’hair KJ’type, KJ’and KJ’skull KJ’shape
b) supposed KJ’mental KJ’and KJ’moral KJ’attributes
c) existing KJ’beliefs KJ’about KJ’the KJ’inherent KJ’biological KJ’superiority KJ’of KJ’some KJ’races KJ’and KJ’the KJ’inferiority KJ’of
KJ’others

d) All KJ’of KJ’the KJ’above

16. Michel KJ’Bouchard's KJ’research KJ’on KJ’status KJ’and KJ’stigma KJ’among KJ’French-speakers KJ’in KJ’Alberta KJ’shows KJ’that KJ’
.
a) young KJ’children KJ’know KJ’which KJ’language KJ’is KJ’dominant
b) French KJ’is KJ’spoken KJ’only KJ’by KJ’people KJ’who KJ’have KJ’recently KJ’arrived KJ’in KJ’Alberta KJ’from KJ’Quebec
c) French-speaking KJ’children KJ’in KJ’Alberta KJ’believe KJ’that KJ’they KJ’belong KJ’to KJ’a KJ’high-status-group
d) media KJ’campaigns KJ’can KJ’reduce KJ’the KJ’stigma KJ’felt KJ’by KJ’linguistic KJ’minorities

17. By KJ’the KJ’early KJ’twentieth KJ’century, KJ’some KJ’anthropologists KJ’and KJ’biologists KJ’concluded KJ’that KJ’the KJ’concept KJ’of
KJ’"race" KJ’was

.
a) justified KJ’by KJ’the KJ’increasingly KJ’scientific KJ’biological KJ’research KJ’on KJ’humans
b) a KJ’cultural KJ’label KJ’invented KJ’by KJ’humans KJ’to KJ’sort KJ’people KJ’into KJ’groups
c) a KJ’political KJ’liability, KJ’although KJ’the KJ’evidence KJ’was KJ’increasingly KJ’strong KJ’in KJ’its KJ’favor
d) a KJ’label KJ’that KJ’recognized KJ’important KJ’cultural KJ’and KJ’biological KJ’differences KJ’between KJ’groups

18. After KJ’discrediting KJ’scientific KJ’racism KJ’and KJ’moving KJ’away KJ’from KJ’the KJ’classification KJ’of KJ’humans KJ’into
KJ’distinct KJ’races, KJ’biological KJ’anthropologists KJ’shifted KJ’their KJ’attention KJ’to KJ’ .
a) patterns KJ’of KJ’variation KJ’and KJ’adaptation KJ’within KJ’the KJ’human KJ’species KJ’as KJ’a KJ’whole
b) the KJ’material KJ’remains KJ’of KJ’the KJ’human KJ’past
c) present-day KJ’social KJ’arrangements KJ’in KJ’human KJ’groups
d) human KJ’symbolic KJ’communication

19. refers KJ’to KJ’the KJ’systematic KJ’oppression KJ’of KJ’members KJ’of KJ’one KJ’or KJ’more KJ’socially KJ’defined KJ’"races"
KJ’by KJ’members KJ’of KJ’another KJ’socially KJ’defined KJ’"race" KJ’that KJ’is KJ’justified KJ’in KJ’terms KJ’of KJ’the KJ’supposed

KJ’inherent KJ’biological KJ’superiority KJ’of KJ’the KJ’rulers KJ’and KJ’the KJ’supposed KJ’inherent KJ’biological KJ’inferiority KJ’of

KJ’those KJ’they KJ’rule.

a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony