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TEST BANK
Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity 19th Edition
by Conrad Kottak
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, Table of Content
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
2 CULTURE
3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY
PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS
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6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION
7 THE PRIMATES
8 EARLY HOMININS
9 THE GENUS HOMO
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10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS
11 THE FIRST FARMERS
12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES
PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
15 ETHNICITY AND RACE
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16 MAKING A LIVING
17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS
18 GENDER
19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT
20 MARRIAGE
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21 RELIGION
22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS
PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD
23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY
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24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

,Chapter 01 - What is Anthropology?


Chapter 01
What is Anthropology?




Multiple Choice Questions
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1. What is anthropology?
A. the art of ethnography
B. the study of long-term physiological adaptation
C. the study of the stages of social evolution
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D. the humanistic investigation of myths in nonindustrial societies
E. the exploration of human diversity in time and space



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2. A holistic and comparative perspective
A. makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
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B. refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
C. makes anthropology an interesting field of study, but too broad of one to apply to real
problems people face today.
D. most characterizes anthropology, when compared to other disciplines that study humans.
E. is the hallmark of all social sciences, not just anthropology.
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3. As humans organize their lives and adapt to different environments, our abilities to learn,
think symbolically, use language, and employ tools and other products
A. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture itself a biological phenomenon.
B. have made some human groups more cultured than others.
C. prove that only fully developed adults have the capacity for culture; children lack the
capacity for culture until they mature.
D. rest on certain features of human biology that make culture, which is not itself biological,
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possible.
E. are shared with other animals capable of organized group life—such as baboons, wolves,
and even ants.
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4. Which of the following is NOT true about culture?
A. Culture is a key aspect of human adaptability and success.
B. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations.
C. Cultural forces consistently mold and shape human biology and behavior.
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D. Culture guides the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to it.
E. Culture is passed on from generation to generation.
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5. What is the process by which children learn a particular cultural tradition?
A. acculturation
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B. ethnology
C. enculturation
D. ethnography
E. biological adaptation
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