Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 15th edition by Carol R. Ember, Chapter 1-17 | All Chapters

TEST BANK
Cultural Anthropology, 15th edition
By Carol R. Ember
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, Table of Content
1. What Is Anthropology?

2. Culture and Culture Change

3. Culture and the Individual
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4. Understanding and Explaining Culture

5. Communication and Language
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6. Getting Food

7. Economic Systems

8. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
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9. Sex and Gender

10. Marriage and the Family

11. Marital Residence and Kinship
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12. Associations and Interest Groups

13. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
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14. Religion and Magic

15. The Arts

16. Health and Illness
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17. Practicing and Applying Anthropology
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CHAPTER 1: What Is Anthropology?

Multiple Choice Questions
All Answers Included
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1. Anthropology is literally the study of .
A) humans
B) fossils
C) history
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D) religion

Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the general definition and purpose of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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2. Which type of culture was the traditional focus for anthropologists?
A) Western cultures
B) extinct cultures
C) non-Western cultures
D) post-industrialized cultures
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Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the scope of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The anthropological curiosity is primarily interested in .
A) abnormal characteristics within a population
B) differences in individual behavior
C) behavioral changes over time
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D) typical characteristics of populations

Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.4 Explain anthropology’s distinctive curiosity.
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Topic: Anthropological Curiosity
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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4. What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?
A) biological and cultural
B) contemporary and ancient
C) Western and non-Western
D) theoretical and practical
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Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy



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5. Which of the following can encompass any of the four main subfields of anthropology?
A) biological anthropology
B) applied anthropology
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C) anthropological linguistics
D) archaeology

Answer: B
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Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order .
A) Primates
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B) Humans
C) Homo sapiens
D) Mammals

Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
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Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. What is culture?
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A) the religion, language, and values of a population
B) the customary ways that a particular population or society thinks and behaves
C) advanced knowledge of literature and fine arts
D) traditional beliefs that have been unchanged over generations

Answer: B
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Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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8. The study of how languages change through time and how they may be related is called
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A) structural linguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) historical linguistics
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy

9. A might study speech patterns in varying social contexts.
A) sociolinguist



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