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1. Thejfieldjthatjstudiesjfossiljrecordsjis:
A. primatology
B. paleontology
C. genetics
D. archaeology
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2. Thejsubfieldjofjphysicaljanthropologyjincludesjthejstudyjof:
A. humanjgenetics
B. forensicjanthropology
C. humanjbiologicaljvariation
D. alljofjthese
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3. Culturaljanthropology:
A. isjajbranchjofjarchaeology
B. isjthejstudyjofjartjandjmusic
C. includesjthejstudyjofjhumanjsocialjorganizationsjandjlearnedjpatternsjofjbehavior
D. includesjpaleontologyjasjajmajorjtopic
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4. Thejstudyjofjajpeople'sjpoliticaljorganizationjwouldjbejajpartjof:
A. culturaljanthropology
B. linguistics
C. archaeology
D. physicaljanthropology
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5. Anjanthropologicaljlinguist:
A. alwaysjattemptsjtojlearnjtojspeakjasjmanyjlanguagesjasjhejorjshejpossiblyjcan
B. teachesjstudentsjforeignjlanguages
C. studiesjthejhistory,jfunction,jstructure,jandjphysiologyjofjlanguage
D. wouldjonlyjbejinterestedjinjculturesjthatjhavejwritingjsystems
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6. Thejpracticaljapplicationjofjanthropologicaljknowledgejtojreal-worldjconcernsjisjcalled:
A. academicjanthropology
B. livedjanthropology
C. appliedjanthropology
D. realisticjanthropology
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7. Anjempiricaljobservationjisjonejthatjis:
A. measurable
B. ajfact
C. receivedjthroughjthejsenses
D. alljofjthese
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8. Hypotheses:
A. arejalwaysjconsideredjtojbejcorrectjstatements
B. arejthejsamejthingjasjlawsjinjscience
C. arejnotjajnecessaryjpartjofjthejscientificjmethod
D. mustjbejlogicaljandjtestable
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9. Hypotheses:
A. canjbejdisproven
B. canjbejtestedjthroughjexperimentsjandjobservations
C. arejbasedjonjempiricaljobservations
D. alljofjthese
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10. Ajtentativejstatementjaboutjthejrelationshipjbetweenjtwojvariablesjisja(n):
A. hypothesis
B. theory
C. empiricaljstatement
D. rationalization
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11. Anjexamplejofjajvariablejwouldjbe:
A. thejtheoryjofjevolutionjbyjnaturaljselection
B. thejcranialjcapacitiesjofjajseriesjofjskulls
C. thatjalljmammalsjgivejlivejbirth
D. alljofjthese
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