Test 1 - Intro to Physical Anthropology,
15th Edition
Savanna - correct answer ✔✔an open grassland with scattered trees
Hominins - correct answer ✔✔members of the group that includes modern humans and past bipedal
relatives; members of the same evolutionary lineage that includes Homo sapiens
Bipedal - correct answer ✔✔the ability to walk upright on two legs
Species - correct answer ✔✔groups of similar individuals that can produce fertile offspring
Primates - correct answer ✔✔our closest living relatives; monkeys, apes, tarsiers, lemurs, and lorises
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔the change in the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to
the next
Macroevolution - correct answer ✔✔changes in a population that results in the appearance of a new
species, or speciation
Microevolution - correct answer ✔✔changes in a population that results in groups within the species to
differ in the frequency of certain traits
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔a change or the process of change by which an organism or species
becomes better suited to its environment
Culture - correct answer ✔✔behavioral aspects of human adaptation; a set of learned behaviors
transmitted from one generation to the next by nonbiological means
,Culture includes: - correct answer ✔✔1) Technology
2) Religion
3) Values
4) Social organization
5) Language
6) Kinship
7) Marriage rules
8) Gender roles
9) Dietary practices
10) Inheritance
Worldview - correct answer ✔✔particular ways individuals see things; influenced by the culture one was
raised in
Biocultural evolutions - correct answer ✔✔long-term interactions between biology and culture; have
resulted in many anatomical, biological, and behavioral changed during the course of human evolution
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of people; anthropos meaning man, logos meaning to
reason or study; the comparative study of humankind in all times and places
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the belief that your own ethnicity is the center of the world; reduced
by the study/involvement in other cultures
Subfields of Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔1) Cultural Anthropology
2) Linguistic Anthropology
3) Archaeology
4) Physical Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought,
and feelings; describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences
, ex; Ethnography, Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology
Ethnographies - correct answer ✔✔detailed descriptive studies of human societies - traditionally the
study of a non-Western society
Urban Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔cultural anthropology focused on studying diverse subcultures
and their interactions with one another in urban settings
Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of language; allows people to preserve and
transmit details of their culture from generation to generation
ex; Historical Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Socio-Linguistics
Language - correct answer ✔✔communication that can be displaced over time and place; can speak of
future and past tense, and can talk about different locations
Archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of human cultures through the recovery, analysis, and
interpretation of material culture (artifacts) from past civilizations
ex; Zooarchaeology, Historic Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Culture Resource Management,
Ethnoarchaeology, Nautical Archaeology
Artifacts - correct answer ✔✔objects/materials made or modified by hominins; the earliest are tools
made of stone or bone
Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔systematic study of humans as biological organisms; try to
remove the cultural aspects and focus on humanity as a part of the animal kingdom
Paleoanthropology - correct answer ✔✔the interdisciplinary approach to the study of earlier hominins
(chronology, physical structure, archaeological remains, habitats, etc.)
15th Edition
Savanna - correct answer ✔✔an open grassland with scattered trees
Hominins - correct answer ✔✔members of the group that includes modern humans and past bipedal
relatives; members of the same evolutionary lineage that includes Homo sapiens
Bipedal - correct answer ✔✔the ability to walk upright on two legs
Species - correct answer ✔✔groups of similar individuals that can produce fertile offspring
Primates - correct answer ✔✔our closest living relatives; monkeys, apes, tarsiers, lemurs, and lorises
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔the change in the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to
the next
Macroevolution - correct answer ✔✔changes in a population that results in the appearance of a new
species, or speciation
Microevolution - correct answer ✔✔changes in a population that results in groups within the species to
differ in the frequency of certain traits
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔a change or the process of change by which an organism or species
becomes better suited to its environment
Culture - correct answer ✔✔behavioral aspects of human adaptation; a set of learned behaviors
transmitted from one generation to the next by nonbiological means
,Culture includes: - correct answer ✔✔1) Technology
2) Religion
3) Values
4) Social organization
5) Language
6) Kinship
7) Marriage rules
8) Gender roles
9) Dietary practices
10) Inheritance
Worldview - correct answer ✔✔particular ways individuals see things; influenced by the culture one was
raised in
Biocultural evolutions - correct answer ✔✔long-term interactions between biology and culture; have
resulted in many anatomical, biological, and behavioral changed during the course of human evolution
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of people; anthropos meaning man, logos meaning to
reason or study; the comparative study of humankind in all times and places
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the belief that your own ethnicity is the center of the world; reduced
by the study/involvement in other cultures
Subfields of Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔1) Cultural Anthropology
2) Linguistic Anthropology
3) Archaeology
4) Physical Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought,
and feelings; describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences
, ex; Ethnography, Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology
Ethnographies - correct answer ✔✔detailed descriptive studies of human societies - traditionally the
study of a non-Western society
Urban Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔cultural anthropology focused on studying diverse subcultures
and their interactions with one another in urban settings
Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of language; allows people to preserve and
transmit details of their culture from generation to generation
ex; Historical Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Socio-Linguistics
Language - correct answer ✔✔communication that can be displaced over time and place; can speak of
future and past tense, and can talk about different locations
Archaeology - correct answer ✔✔study of human cultures through the recovery, analysis, and
interpretation of material culture (artifacts) from past civilizations
ex; Zooarchaeology, Historic Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Culture Resource Management,
Ethnoarchaeology, Nautical Archaeology
Artifacts - correct answer ✔✔objects/materials made or modified by hominins; the earliest are tools
made of stone or bone
Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔systematic study of humans as biological organisms; try to
remove the cultural aspects and focus on humanity as a part of the animal kingdom
Paleoanthropology - correct answer ✔✔the interdisciplinary approach to the study of earlier hominins
(chronology, physical structure, archaeological remains, habitats, etc.)
