Test Bank - Asking Questions About Cultural Anthropology: A Concise Introduction, 4th Edition – Robert L. Welsch, Luis A. Vivanco – ISBN 9780197618875 (Chapters 1–14)

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Asking Questions About
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4th Edition
Robert L. Welsch, Luis A. Vivanco
ISBN: 9780197618875
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Chapter 01: Anthropology

Chapter 02: Culture

Chapter 03: Ethnography
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Chapter 04: Linguistic Anthropology

Chapter 05: Globalization and Culture
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Chapter 06: Sustainability

Chapter 07: Economics
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Chapter 08: Politics

Chapter 09: Race, Ethnicity, and Class

Chapter 10: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
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Chapter 11: Kinship, Marriage, and the Family

Chapter 12: Religion
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Chapter 13: The Body

Chapter 14: Materiality
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Anthropology A Concise Introduction 3e Welsch Vivanco
Chapter 1

Multiple Choice
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1. The subfield of anthropology that studies human evolution, including human genetics
and human nutrition, is called
a. biological anthropology.*
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b. linguistic anthropology.
c. cultural anthropology.
d. archaeology.
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2. The subfield of anthropology that studies language use is called
a. biological anthropology.
b. linguistic anthropology.*
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c. cultural anthropology.
d. archaeology.
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3. The subfield of anthropology that studies the material remains of past cultures is called
a. biological anthropology.
b. linguistic anthropology.
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c. cultural anthropology.
d. archaeology.*


4. The subfield of anthropology that studies human diversity, beliefs, and practices is
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called
a. biological anthropology.
b. linguistic anthropology.
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c. cultural anthropology.*
d. archaeology.

, 5. A linguistic anthropologist would be least interested in which of the following research
projects?
a. The role of the mouth in forming words
b. The formation of a local dialect or accent
c. A language revitalization project
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d. The circulation of American graphic t-shirts in sub-Saharan Africa*


6. Cultural relativism is the principle that
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a. one should seek to understand cultures on their own terms.*
b. one can only understand another culture if it is relatively similar to one's own.
c. anthropologists' ethical obligations vary across cultural contexts.
d. the scientific method is only appropriate in some cultures.
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7. Anthropologists draw their conclusions from information they verify via observation,
rather than through logic or theory alone. This research method is known as
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a. empiricism.*
b. ethnocentrism.
c. paradigmatic.
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d. comparative.


8. When an anthropologist examines birthing practices in the United States and Mexico, he
or she is employing
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a. the scientific method.
b. cultural relativism.
c. the ethnographic method.*
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d. the comparative method.


9. Anthropology emerged as an academic discipline in
a. 400 BCE.
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b. the 1800s.*