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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
Robert H. Lavenda






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WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
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studywqexamineswqhowwqeconomics,wqpolitics,wqreligion,wqandwqkinshipwqshapewqonewqanotherwqinwqawqspecificwq
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hewqmaterialwqevidencewqthatwqpeoplewqhavewqleft
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nedible.wqThiswqexplanationwqiswqbasedwqonwq .
a) culture
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c) ethnocentrism
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10. Whenwqwewqstatewqthatwqhumanswqarewqbioculturalwqorganisms,wqwewqmeanwqthatwq .
a) humanwqbiologywqmakeswqculturewqpossible,wqandwqhumanwqculturewqmakeswqhumanwqbiologicalwqsurvivalwqpossible
b) biologywqiswqmorewqimportantwqthanwqculturewqforwqhumans
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d) humanswqevolvedwqindependentlywqofwqourwqabilitywqtowqcreatewqculture

11. Traditionally,wqNorthwqAmericanwqanthropologywqhaswqbeenwqdividedwqintowq subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five

12. Accordingwqtowqthewqtext,wq iswqNOTwqawqmajorwqsubfieldwqofwqNorthwqAmericanwqanthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Culturalwqanthropology
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d) Physiologicalwqanthropology

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b) Thiswqconfigurationwqiswqassociatedwqwithwqanthropology'swqsuccessfulwqfightwqagainstwq19thwqcenturywqscientificwqrac
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dgewqfromwqawqvarietywqofwqresearchwqtraditionswqarewqbroughtwqtogether.
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b) cultures
c) races
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17. Bywqthewqearlywqtwentiethwqcentury,wqsomewqanthropologistswqandwqbiologistswqconcludedwqthatwqthewqconceptwqofwq"r
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d) awqlabelwqthatwqrecognizedwqimportantwqculturalwqandwqbiologicalwqdifferenceswqbetweenwqgroups

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d) humanwqsymbolicwqcommunication

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

20. Primatologistswqarewqbiologicalwqanthropologistswqwhowqstudywq .
a) thewqclosestwqlivingwqrelativeswqofwqhumans
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