Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
Robert H. Lavenda
, CHAPTER301
WHAT30IS30ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE30CHOICE30QUESTIONS
1. In30the30textbook,30"anthropology"30is30defined30as30the30study30of .
a) human30nature,30human30society,30human30language,30and30the30human30past
b) the30remains30of30earlier30societies30and30peoples
c) the30ways30of30life30of30contemporary30peoples
d) the30physical30and30mental30capacities30of30human30beings
2. The30authors30define30"holism"30as .
a) trying30to30study30everything30possible30about30a30group30of30people
b) integrating30what30is30known30about30human30beings30and30their30activities
c) studying30human30biology30and30culture30at30the30same30time
d) fitting30together30economics,30political30science,30religious30studies,30and30biology
3.
4. To30 say30 that3 0 anthropology30 is3 0 comparative30 means3 0 that .
a) each30 anthropologist30 studies30 many30 different30 societies30 during30 his30 or30 her3 0 career
b) anthropological30 generalizations30 draw30 on3 0 evidence30 from30 the30 widest30 possible30 range30 of3 0 societies
c) anthropologists30 use30 data30 from30 many30 different3 0 academic30 disciplines
d) there30 is30 no30 one3 0 way30 for30 the30 anthropologist30 to30 do30 research
5. is30 NOT30 listed30 in30 the30 text30 as3 0 an30 element30 of30 the30 anthropological30 perspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
6. A
3030 study30 examines3 0 how3 0 economics,30 politics,3 0 religion,3 0 and30 kinship3 0 shape30 one3 0 another30 in3 0 a30 specifi
csociety.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
7. An30 anthropologist30 studying3 0 a30 social3 0 group30 observes3 0 that30 people30 shaket3 0 hands3 0 when3 0 greeting3 0 one
30 another30 and
,concludes30 that30 handshaking30 is3 0 universal3 0 among30 humans.3 0 This30 study30 is3 0 faulty30 because30 it3 0 was30 not
.
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
8. When30 we30 say30 that3 0 anthropology30 is3 0 a3 0 field-based3 0 discipline,30 we30 mean3 0 that .
a) information30 about30 particular30 social30 groups3 0 comes30 through30 direct30 contact3 0 with30 them
b) anthropologists30 working30 in30 universities30 intersperse30 teaching30 and30 other30 tasks30 with30 field30 research
c) research30connects30anthropologists30directly30with30the30lived30experiences30of30other30people30and30t
o30the30mater30ialevidence30that30people30have30left
d) All30 of30 the30 above
9. According30 to30 the30 text,3 0 culture30 consists30 of .
a) sets30 of30 learned30 behaviours30 and30 ideas30 that30 humans3 0 acquire3 0 as30 members3 0 of30 society
b) elements30of30human30experience30that30require30education30and30good30taste,30such30as30fine30art,30cla
ssical30music,3 0 andliterature
c) sets30 of30 innate30 behaviours30 that30 enable30 humans30 to3 0 function30 in30 a3 0 complex3 0 world
d) those30 practices3 0 that30 distinguish30 one30 group30 of30 humans30 from30 another
10. North30Americans30typically30do30not30eat30insects30because30they30hav
e30learne3 0 d30to30label30insects30as30inedible.30Thisexplanation30is30based30on30_ .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic30 programming
11. When30 we30 state30 that3 0 humans3 0 are30 biocultural30 organisms,30 we30 mean3 0 that3 0 _ .
a) human30 biology30 makes3 0 culture30 possible,3 0 and30 human3 0 culture30 makes3 0 human30 biological3 0 survival3 0 poss
ible
b) biology30 is3 0 more30 important30 than3 0 culture30 for30 humans
c) human30 culture30 predates3 0 our30 biological30 organism
d) humans30 evolved30 independently30 of30 our3 0 ability30 to3 0 create30 culture
12. Traditionally,30 North30 American3 0 anthropology30 has30 been30 divided30 into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
13. According30 to30 the30 text, is30 NOT3 0 a30 major30 subfield3 0 of30 North3 0 American3 0 anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural30 anthropology
c) Biological30 anthropology
d) Physiological30 anthropology
14. The30 following30 statement3 0 is30 NOT3 0 associated3 0 with30 the30 traditional30 North30 American3 0 model30 of30 anth
ropology:
.
a) This30 configuration30 reflects30 anthropology's30 commitment30 to30 holism.
, b) This30 configuration30 is30 associated3 0 with30 anthropology's3 0 successful30 fight3 0 against30 19th30 century30 scientifi
c30 racism.
c) This30configuration30constitutes30a30protected30"trading30zone"30within30which30fresh30concepts30and30kno
wledge30fro3 0 m30avariety30of30research30traditions30are30brought30together.
d) This30 model30 is30 widespread3 0 in3 0 Europe30 and30 other3 0 parts30 of30 the30 world.
15. Social30 groupings30 that30 allegedly30 reflect30 biological3 0 differences30 are30 called .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
16. Nineteenth-
century30 attempts30 to30 group30 all30 humans30 into30 unambiguous3 0 categories30 called30 "races"30 were30 based30 o
n
.
a) observable30 physical3 0 features,30 such30 as30 skin30 color,3 0 hair30 type,3 0 and30 skull30 shape
b) supposed30 mental30 and30 moral30 attributes
c) existing30 beliefs30 about30 the30 inherent3 0 biological30 superiority30 of30 some30 races3 0 and3 0 the30 inferiority30 of30 ot
hers
d) All30 of30 the30 above
17. Michel30 Bouchard's30 research3 0 on30 status3 0 and30 stigma3 0 among30 French-speakers30 in30 Alberta30 shows30 that
.
a) young30 children3 0 know30 which30 language30 is30 dominant
b) French30 is3 0 spoken30 only3 0 by30 people3 0 who3 0 have30 recently30 arrived3 0 in30 Alberta30 from30 Quebec
c) French-speaking3 0 childrent3 0 in30 Alberta30 believe30 that30 they30 belong30 to30 a30 high-status-group
d) media30 campaigns3 0 can3 0 reduce30 the30 stigma3 0 felt30 by30 linguistic30 minorities
18. By30the30 early30twentieth30 century,3 0 some30 anthropologists30 and30 biologists30 concluded30that30 the30 concept
30 of30 "race"30 wa30s
.
a) justified30 by30 the30 increasingly30 scientific30 biological30 research30 on30 humans
b) a30 cultural3 0 label30 invented3 0 by30 humans30 to30 sort30 people30 into3 0 groups
c) a30 political3 0 liability,3 0 although3 0 the30 evidence30 was30 increasingly30 strong30 in30 its3 0 favor
d) a30label30 that30 recognized30 important30 cultural30 and30 biological3 0 differences30 between3 0 groups
19. After30discrediting30scientific30racism30and30moving30away30from30the30classification30of30humans30into3
0distinct30rac30es,biological30anthropologists30shifted30their30attention30to .
a) patterns30 of30 variation30 and3 0 adaptation3 0 within30 the30 human30 species30 as3 0 a30 whole
b) the30 material3 0 remains30 of3 0 the30 human3 0 past
c) present-day30 social30 arrangements3 0 in30 human3 0 groups
d) human30 symbolic30 communication
20.
refers30to30the30systematic30oppression30of30members30of30one30or30more30socially30defined30"races"30by30membe
rsof3 0 anothe
r30socially30defined30"race"30that30is30justified30in30terms3 0 of30the30supposed30inherent30biological30superiority3
0of30the30rulers3 0 and30the30supposed30inherent30biological30inferiority30of30those30they30rule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
Robert H. Lavenda
, CHAPTER301
WHAT30IS30ANTHROPOLOGY?
MULTIPLE30CHOICE30QUESTIONS
1. In30the30textbook,30"anthropology"30is30defined30as30the30study30of .
a) human30nature,30human30society,30human30language,30and30the30human30past
b) the30remains30of30earlier30societies30and30peoples
c) the30ways30of30life30of30contemporary30peoples
d) the30physical30and30mental30capacities30of30human30beings
2. The30authors30define30"holism"30as .
a) trying30to30study30everything30possible30about30a30group30of30people
b) integrating30what30is30known30about30human30beings30and30their30activities
c) studying30human30biology30and30culture30at30the30same30time
d) fitting30together30economics,30political30science,30religious30studies,30and30biology
3.
4. To30 say30 that3 0 anthropology30 is3 0 comparative30 means3 0 that .
a) each30 anthropologist30 studies30 many30 different30 societies30 during30 his30 or30 her3 0 career
b) anthropological30 generalizations30 draw30 on3 0 evidence30 from30 the30 widest30 possible30 range30 of3 0 societies
c) anthropologists30 use30 data30 from30 many30 different3 0 academic30 disciplines
d) there30 is30 no30 one3 0 way30 for30 the30 anthropologist30 to30 do30 research
5. is30 NOT30 listed30 in30 the30 text30 as3 0 an30 element30 of30 the30 anthropological30 perspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
6. A
3030 study30 examines3 0 how3 0 economics,30 politics,3 0 religion,3 0 and30 kinship3 0 shape30 one3 0 another30 in3 0 a30 specifi
csociety.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
7. An30 anthropologist30 studying3 0 a30 social3 0 group30 observes3 0 that30 people30 shaket3 0 hands3 0 when3 0 greeting3 0 one
30 another30 and
,concludes30 that30 handshaking30 is3 0 universal3 0 among30 humans.3 0 This30 study30 is3 0 faulty30 because30 it3 0 was30 not
.
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
8. When30 we30 say30 that3 0 anthropology30 is3 0 a3 0 field-based3 0 discipline,30 we30 mean3 0 that .
a) information30 about30 particular30 social30 groups3 0 comes30 through30 direct30 contact3 0 with30 them
b) anthropologists30 working30 in30 universities30 intersperse30 teaching30 and30 other30 tasks30 with30 field30 research
c) research30connects30anthropologists30directly30with30the30lived30experiences30of30other30people30and30t
o30the30mater30ialevidence30that30people30have30left
d) All30 of30 the30 above
9. According30 to30 the30 text,3 0 culture30 consists30 of .
a) sets30 of30 learned30 behaviours30 and30 ideas30 that30 humans3 0 acquire3 0 as30 members3 0 of30 society
b) elements30of30human30experience30that30require30education30and30good30taste,30such30as30fine30art,30cla
ssical30music,3 0 andliterature
c) sets30 of30 innate30 behaviours30 that30 enable30 humans30 to3 0 function30 in30 a3 0 complex3 0 world
d) those30 practices3 0 that30 distinguish30 one30 group30 of30 humans30 from30 another
10. North30Americans30typically30do30not30eat30insects30because30they30hav
e30learne3 0 d30to30label30insects30as30inedible.30Thisexplanation30is30based30on30_ .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic30 programming
11. When30 we30 state30 that3 0 humans3 0 are30 biocultural30 organisms,30 we30 mean3 0 that3 0 _ .
a) human30 biology30 makes3 0 culture30 possible,3 0 and30 human3 0 culture30 makes3 0 human30 biological3 0 survival3 0 poss
ible
b) biology30 is3 0 more30 important30 than3 0 culture30 for30 humans
c) human30 culture30 predates3 0 our30 biological30 organism
d) humans30 evolved30 independently30 of30 our3 0 ability30 to3 0 create30 culture
12. Traditionally,30 North30 American3 0 anthropology30 has30 been30 divided30 into subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
13. According30 to30 the30 text, is30 NOT3 0 a30 major30 subfield3 0 of30 North3 0 American3 0 anthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural30 anthropology
c) Biological30 anthropology
d) Physiological30 anthropology
14. The30 following30 statement3 0 is30 NOT3 0 associated3 0 with30 the30 traditional30 North30 American3 0 model30 of30 anth
ropology:
.
a) This30 configuration30 reflects30 anthropology's30 commitment30 to30 holism.
, b) This30 configuration30 is30 associated3 0 with30 anthropology's3 0 successful30 fight3 0 against30 19th30 century30 scientifi
c30 racism.
c) This30configuration30constitutes30a30protected30"trading30zone"30within30which30fresh30concepts30and30kno
wledge30fro3 0 m30avariety30of30research30traditions30are30brought30together.
d) This30 model30 is30 widespread3 0 in3 0 Europe30 and30 other3 0 parts30 of30 the30 world.
15. Social30 groupings30 that30 allegedly30 reflect30 biological3 0 differences30 are30 called .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
16. Nineteenth-
century30 attempts30 to30 group30 all30 humans30 into30 unambiguous3 0 categories30 called30 "races"30 were30 based30 o
n
.
a) observable30 physical3 0 features,30 such30 as30 skin30 color,3 0 hair30 type,3 0 and30 skull30 shape
b) supposed30 mental30 and30 moral30 attributes
c) existing30 beliefs30 about30 the30 inherent3 0 biological30 superiority30 of30 some30 races3 0 and3 0 the30 inferiority30 of30 ot
hers
d) All30 of30 the30 above
17. Michel30 Bouchard's30 research3 0 on30 status3 0 and30 stigma3 0 among30 French-speakers30 in30 Alberta30 shows30 that
.
a) young30 children3 0 know30 which30 language30 is30 dominant
b) French30 is3 0 spoken30 only3 0 by30 people3 0 who3 0 have30 recently30 arrived3 0 in30 Alberta30 from30 Quebec
c) French-speaking3 0 childrent3 0 in30 Alberta30 believe30 that30 they30 belong30 to30 a30 high-status-group
d) media30 campaigns3 0 can3 0 reduce30 the30 stigma3 0 felt30 by30 linguistic30 minorities
18. By30the30 early30twentieth30 century,3 0 some30 anthropologists30 and30 biologists30 concluded30that30 the30 concept
30 of30 "race"30 wa30s
.
a) justified30 by30 the30 increasingly30 scientific30 biological30 research30 on30 humans
b) a30 cultural3 0 label30 invented3 0 by30 humans30 to30 sort30 people30 into3 0 groups
c) a30 political3 0 liability,3 0 although3 0 the30 evidence30 was30 increasingly30 strong30 in30 its3 0 favor
d) a30label30 that30 recognized30 important30 cultural30 and30 biological3 0 differences30 between3 0 groups
19. After30discrediting30scientific30racism30and30moving30away30from30the30classification30of30humans30into3
0distinct30rac30es,biological30anthropologists30shifted30their30attention30to .
a) patterns30 of30 variation30 and3 0 adaptation3 0 within30 the30 human30 species30 as3 0 a30 whole
b) the30 material3 0 remains30 of3 0 the30 human3 0 past
c) present-day30 social30 arrangements3 0 in30 human3 0 groups
d) human30 symbolic30 communication
20.
refers30to30the30systematic30oppression30of30members30of30one30or30more30socially30defined30"races"30by30membe
rsof3 0 anothe
r30socially30defined30"race"30that30is30justified30in30terms3 0 of30the30supposed30inherent30biological30superiority3
0of30the30rulers3 0 and30the30supposed30inherent30biological30inferiority30of30those30they30rule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
