Chapter 01
What is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ethnography is
A. the firsthand, personal study of local settings.
B. the process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations.
C. the study of interrelationships among all living things in an environment.
D. a policy aimed at removing groups that are culturally different from a country.
E. the cross-cultural comparison of cultural data.
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Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
2. Anthropology's comparative, biocultural perspective
A. allows the inclusion of both biological and cultural approaches to comment on or solve a
particular issue or problem.
B. is the reason it has traditionally studied nonindustrialized societies.
C. is insignificant, since evolution is studied by biological anthropologists, while culture is
studied by cultural anthropologists.
D. is a product of the participant observation approach.
E. places it in the humanities.
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Bloom's: Understand
Learning Objective: Understand what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of
humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
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,3. Ethnology is
A. the study of human speech sounds.
B. the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.
C. the most important subfield of anthropology.
D. the study of ancient ethnic groups.
E. a synonym for ethnography.
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Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
4. The four main subdisciplines of anthropology consist of
A. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology.
B. archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology.
C. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.
D. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and linguistic
anthropology.
E. primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology.
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Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
, 5. Archaeologists study
A. language.
B. race.
C. biological adaptation.
D. modern cultural diversity.
E. material remains.
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Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
What is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ethnography is
A. the firsthand, personal study of local settings.
B. the process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations.
C. the study of interrelationships among all living things in an environment.
D. a policy aimed at removing groups that are culturally different from a country.
E. the cross-cultural comparison of cultural data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
2. Anthropology's comparative, biocultural perspective
A. allows the inclusion of both biological and cultural approaches to comment on or solve a
particular issue or problem.
B. is the reason it has traditionally studied nonindustrialized societies.
C. is insignificant, since evolution is studied by biological anthropologists, while culture is
studied by cultural anthropologists.
D. is a product of the participant observation approach.
E. places it in the humanities.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Understand
Learning Objective: Understand what is meant by the statement that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of
humanity.
Topic: Defining anthropology
,
,3. Ethnology is
A. the study of human speech sounds.
B. the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.
C. the most important subfield of anthropology.
D. the study of ancient ethnic groups.
E. a synonym for ethnography.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
4. The four main subdisciplines of anthropology consist of
A. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology.
B. archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology.
C. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.
D. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and linguistic
anthropology.
E. primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
, 5. Archaeologists study
A. language.
B. race.
C. biological adaptation.
D. modern cultural diversity.
E. material remains.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Remember
Learning Objective: Be able to identify; distinguish; and describe the four subfields of American anthropology. Know; for example;
what distinguishes ethnography and ethnology.
Topic: Subfields of U.S. anthropology
