Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
Robert H. Lavenda
, CHAPTER001
WHAT00IS00ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE00CHOICE00QUESTIONS
1. In00the00textbook,00"anthropology"00is00defined00as00the00study00of .
a) human00nature,00human00society,00human00language,00and00the00human00past
b) the00remains00of00earlier00societies00and00peoples
c) the00ways00of00life00of00contemporary00peoples
d) the00physical00and00mental00capacities00of00human00beings
2. The00authors00define00"holism"00as .
a) trying00to00study00everything00possible00about00a00group00of00people
b) integrating00what00is00known00about00human00beings00and00their00activities
c) studying00human00biology00and00culture00at00the00same00time
d) fitting00together00economics,00political00science,00religious00studies,00and00biology
3. To00say00that00anthropology00is00comparative00means00that .
a) each00anthropologist00studies00many00different00societies00during00his00or00her00career
b) anthropological00generalizations00draw00on00evidence00from00the00widest00possible00range00of00societies
c) anthropologists00use00data00from00many00different00academic00disciplines
d) there00is00no00one00way00for00the00anthropologist00to00do00research
4. 00 is00NOT00listed00in00the00text00as00an00element00of00the00anthropological00perspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. A
study00examines00how00economics,00politics,00religion,00and00kinship00shape00one00another00in00a00specifi
c00society.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. An00anthropologist00studying00a00social00group00observes00that00people00shake00hands00when00greeting00one00a
nother00and
,concludes00that00handshaking00is00universal00among00humans.00This00study00is00faulty00because00it00was00not .
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When00we00say00that00anthropology00is00a00field-based00discipline,00we00mean00that .
a) information00about00particular00social00groups00comes00through00direct00contact00with00them
b) anthropologists00working00in00universities00intersperse00teaching00and00other00tasks00with00field00research
c) research00connects00anthropologists00directly00with00the00lived00experiences00of00other00people00and00to
00the00material00evidence00that00people00have00left
d) All00of00the00above
8. According00to00the00text,00culture00consists00of .
a) sets00of00learned00behaviours00and00ideas00that00humans00acquire00as00members00of00society
b) elements00of00human00experience00that00require00education00and00good00taste,00such00as00fine00art,00classi
cal00music,00and00literature
c) sets00of00innate00behaviours00that00enable00humans00to00function00in00a00complex00world
d) those00practices00that00distinguish00one00group00of00humans00from00another
9. North00Americans00typically00do00not00eat00insects00because00they00have00learned00to00label00insects00as
00inedible.00This00explanation00is00based00on00_ .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic00programming
10. When00we00state00that00humans00are00biocultural00organisms,00we00mean00that00_ .
a) human00biology00makes00culture00possible,00and00human00culture00makes00human00biological00survival00possib
le
b) biology00is00more00important00than00culture00for00humans
c) human00culture00predates00our00biological00organism
d) humans00evolved00independently00of00our00ability00to00create00culture
11. Traditionally,00North00American00anthropology00has00been00divided00into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According00to00the00text, is00NOT00a00major00subfield00of00North00American00anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural00anthropology
c) Biological00anthropology
d) Physiological00anthropology
13. The00following00statement00is00NOT00associated00with00the00traditional00North00American00model00of00anthro
pology:
00 .
a) This00configuration00reflects00anthropology's00commitment00to00holism.
, b) This00configuration00is00associated00with00anthropology's00successful00fight00against0019th00century00scientific0
0racism.
c) This00configuration00constitutes00a00protected00"trading00zone"00within00which00fresh00concepts00and00know
ledge00from00a00variety00of00research00traditions00are00brought00together.
d) This00model00is00widespread00in00Europe00and00other00parts00of00the00world.
14. Social00groupings00that00allegedly00reflect00biological00differences00are00called .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-
century00attempts00to00group00all00humans00into00unambiguous00categories00called00"races"00were00based00on
00 .
a) observable00physical00features,00such00as00skin00color,00hair00type,00and00skull00shape
b) supposed00mental00and00moral00attributes
c) existing00beliefs00about00the00inherent00biological00superiority00of00some00races00and00the00inferiority00of00othe
rs
d) All00of00the00above
16. Michel00Bouchard's00research00on00status00and00stigma00among00French-speakers00in00Alberta00shows00that
.
a) young00children00know00which00language00is00dominant
b) French00is00spoken00only00by00people00who00have00recently00arrived00in00Alberta00from00Quebec
c) French-speaking00children00in00Alberta00believe00that00they00belong00to00a00high-status-group
d) media00campaigns00can00reduce00the00stigma00felt00by00linguistic00minorities
17. By00the00early00twentieth00century,00some00anthropologists00and00biologists00concluded00that00the00concept00o
f00"race"00was
00 .
a) justified00by00the00increasingly00scientific00biological00research00on00humans
b) a00cultural00label00invented00by00humans00to00sort00people00into00groups
c) a00political00liability,00although00the00evidence00was00increasingly00strong00in00its00favor
d) a00label00that00recognized00important00cultural00and00biological00differences00between00groups
18. After00discrediting00scientific00racism00and00moving00away00from00the00classification00of00humans00into00
distinct00races,00biological00anthropologists00shifted00their00attention00to .
a) patterns00of00variation00and00adaptation00within00the00human00species00as00a00whole
b) the00material00remains00of00the00human00past
c) present-day00social00arrangements00in00human00groups
d) human00symbolic00communication
19. 00
refers00to00the00systematic00oppression00of00members00of00one00or00more00socially00defined00"races"00by00mem
bers00of00another00socially00defined00"race"00that00is00justified00in00terms00of00the00supposed00inherent00biologica
l00superiority00of00the00rulers00and00the00supposed00inherent00biological00inferiority00of00those00they00rule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
Robert H. Lavenda
, CHAPTER001
WHAT00IS00ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE00CHOICE00QUESTIONS
1. In00the00textbook,00"anthropology"00is00defined00as00the00study00of .
a) human00nature,00human00society,00human00language,00and00the00human00past
b) the00remains00of00earlier00societies00and00peoples
c) the00ways00of00life00of00contemporary00peoples
d) the00physical00and00mental00capacities00of00human00beings
2. The00authors00define00"holism"00as .
a) trying00to00study00everything00possible00about00a00group00of00people
b) integrating00what00is00known00about00human00beings00and00their00activities
c) studying00human00biology00and00culture00at00the00same00time
d) fitting00together00economics,00political00science,00religious00studies,00and00biology
3. To00say00that00anthropology00is00comparative00means00that .
a) each00anthropologist00studies00many00different00societies00during00his00or00her00career
b) anthropological00generalizations00draw00on00evidence00from00the00widest00possible00range00of00societies
c) anthropologists00use00data00from00many00different00academic00disciplines
d) there00is00no00one00way00for00the00anthropologist00to00do00research
4. 00 is00NOT00listed00in00the00text00as00an00element00of00the00anthropological00perspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. A
study00examines00how00economics,00politics,00religion,00and00kinship00shape00one00another00in00a00specifi
c00society.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. An00anthropologist00studying00a00social00group00observes00that00people00shake00hands00when00greeting00one00a
nother00and
,concludes00that00handshaking00is00universal00among00humans.00This00study00is00faulty00because00it00was00not .
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When00we00say00that00anthropology00is00a00field-based00discipline,00we00mean00that .
a) information00about00particular00social00groups00comes00through00direct00contact00with00them
b) anthropologists00working00in00universities00intersperse00teaching00and00other00tasks00with00field00research
c) research00connects00anthropologists00directly00with00the00lived00experiences00of00other00people00and00to
00the00material00evidence00that00people00have00left
d) All00of00the00above
8. According00to00the00text,00culture00consists00of .
a) sets00of00learned00behaviours00and00ideas00that00humans00acquire00as00members00of00society
b) elements00of00human00experience00that00require00education00and00good00taste,00such00as00fine00art,00classi
cal00music,00and00literature
c) sets00of00innate00behaviours00that00enable00humans00to00function00in00a00complex00world
d) those00practices00that00distinguish00one00group00of00humans00from00another
9. North00Americans00typically00do00not00eat00insects00because00they00have00learned00to00label00insects00as
00inedible.00This00explanation00is00based00on00_ .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic00programming
10. When00we00state00that00humans00are00biocultural00organisms,00we00mean00that00_ .
a) human00biology00makes00culture00possible,00and00human00culture00makes00human00biological00survival00possib
le
b) biology00is00more00important00than00culture00for00humans
c) human00culture00predates00our00biological00organism
d) humans00evolved00independently00of00our00ability00to00create00culture
11. Traditionally,00North00American00anthropology00has00been00divided00into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According00to00the00text, is00NOT00a00major00subfield00of00North00American00anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural00anthropology
c) Biological00anthropology
d) Physiological00anthropology
13. The00following00statement00is00NOT00associated00with00the00traditional00North00American00model00of00anthro
pology:
00 .
a) This00configuration00reflects00anthropology's00commitment00to00holism.
, b) This00configuration00is00associated00with00anthropology's00successful00fight00against0019th00century00scientific0
0racism.
c) This00configuration00constitutes00a00protected00"trading00zone"00within00which00fresh00concepts00and00know
ledge00from00a00variety00of00research00traditions00are00brought00together.
d) This00model00is00widespread00in00Europe00and00other00parts00of00the00world.
14. Social00groupings00that00allegedly00reflect00biological00differences00are00called .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-
century00attempts00to00group00all00humans00into00unambiguous00categories00called00"races"00were00based00on
00 .
a) observable00physical00features,00such00as00skin00color,00hair00type,00and00skull00shape
b) supposed00mental00and00moral00attributes
c) existing00beliefs00about00the00inherent00biological00superiority00of00some00races00and00the00inferiority00of00othe
rs
d) All00of00the00above
16. Michel00Bouchard's00research00on00status00and00stigma00among00French-speakers00in00Alberta00shows00that
.
a) young00children00know00which00language00is00dominant
b) French00is00spoken00only00by00people00who00have00recently00arrived00in00Alberta00from00Quebec
c) French-speaking00children00in00Alberta00believe00that00they00belong00to00a00high-status-group
d) media00campaigns00can00reduce00the00stigma00felt00by00linguistic00minorities
17. By00the00early00twentieth00century,00some00anthropologists00and00biologists00concluded00that00the00concept00o
f00"race"00was
00 .
a) justified00by00the00increasingly00scientific00biological00research00on00humans
b) a00cultural00label00invented00by00humans00to00sort00people00into00groups
c) a00political00liability,00although00the00evidence00was00increasingly00strong00in00its00favor
d) a00label00that00recognized00important00cultural00and00biological00differences00between00groups
18. After00discrediting00scientific00racism00and00moving00away00from00the00classification00of00humans00into00
distinct00races,00biological00anthropologists00shifted00their00attention00to .
a) patterns00of00variation00and00adaptation00within00the00human00species00as00a00whole
b) the00material00remains00of00the00human00past
c) present-day00social00arrangements00in00human00groups
d) human00symbolic00communication
19. 00
refers00to00the00systematic00oppression00of00members00of00one00or00more00socially00defined00"races"00by00mem
bers00of00another00socially00defined00"race"00that00is00justified00in00terms00of00the00supposed00inherent00biologica
l00superiority00of00the00rulers00and00the00supposed00inherent00biological00inferiority00of00those00they00rule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
