TEST BANK
Cultural Anthropology
SERENA NANDA, RICHARD L. WARMS
13th Edition
,TEST BANK for Cultural Anthropology 13th
Edition by Serena Nanda
Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology and Human Diversity.
2. Doing Cultural Anthropology.
3. The Idea of Culture.
4. Communication.
Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.
5. Making a Living.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups.
Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. Political Organization.
11. Stratification.
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS.
12. Religion.
13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts.
Part V: CULTURE CHANGE.
14. Power, Conquest, and a World System.
15. Culture Change and the Modern World.
, Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human
Diversity MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The critical factor that distinguishes anthropology from other fields of study is:
a. Its emphasis on rigorous experimentation and analysis of data.
b. Its exclusive focus on non-Western cultures.
c. Its use of theories of biological evolution to explain human behavior.
d. Its interest in describing humankind throughout time and in all parts of the
world.
e. Its focus on the discovery of a single human nature.
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup
2. One of the most critical goals of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline is
to:
a. Describe, analyze, and explain different cultures.
b. Increase the level of culture in particular human societies.
c. Place large numbers of cultural anthropologists in political offices.
d. Determine the direction of human evolution.
e. Preserve world heritage for future generations.
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup
3. To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly
interested in:
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, a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples.
b. The whole personality of any particular individual.
c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors
in explaining human behavior.
d. Studying every culture in the world.
e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.
CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: AppliedREF: 4 OBJ: 1
MSC: Pickup
4. Which of the following correctly identifies the sub-disciplines of anthropology?
a. Archaeology, Anthropometry, Cultural Anthropology, Paleontology, and
Cultural Relativity.
b. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-history,
and Linguistics.
c. Archaeology, Ethno-history, Anthropometry, Structural
Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.
d. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Applied
Anthropology and Linguistics.
e. Archaeology, Phonology, Medical Anthropology, Development
Studies, and Cultural Anthropology.
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Factual REF: 4 OBJ: 2
MSC: Pickup
5. Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the
following best represents what is meant by this statement?
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Cultural Anthropology
SERENA NANDA, RICHARD L. WARMS
13th Edition
,TEST BANK for Cultural Anthropology 13th
Edition by Serena Nanda
Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
1. Anthropology and Human Diversity.
2. Doing Cultural Anthropology.
3. The Idea of Culture.
4. Communication.
Part II: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.
5. Making a Living.
6. Economics.
7. Kinship.
8. Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups.
Part III: EQUALITIES AND INEQUALITIES.
9. Gender.
10. Political Organization.
11. Stratification.
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS.
12. Religion.
13. Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts.
Part V: CULTURE CHANGE.
14. Power, Conquest, and a World System.
15. Culture Change and the Modern World.
, Chapter 1: Anthropology and Human
Diversity MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The critical factor that distinguishes anthropology from other fields of study is:
a. Its emphasis on rigorous experimentation and analysis of data.
b. Its exclusive focus on non-Western cultures.
c. Its use of theories of biological evolution to explain human behavior.
d. Its interest in describing humankind throughout time and in all parts of the
world.
e. Its focus on the discovery of a single human nature.
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup
2. One of the most critical goals of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline is
to:
a. Describe, analyze, and explain different cultures.
b. Increase the level of culture in particular human societies.
c. Place large numbers of cultural anthropologists in political offices.
d. Determine the direction of human evolution.
e. Preserve world heritage for future generations.
CORRECT ANSWER: A DIF: Conceptual REF: 3 OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup
3. To say that anthropology is holistic means that anthropologists are particularly
interested in:
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, a. Objects and acts regarded as holy by various peoples.
b. The whole personality of any particular individual.
c. The integration of biological, sociocultural, and environmental factors
in explaining human behavior.
d. Studying every culture in the world.
e. The efforts to find holes in particular theories.
CORRECT ANSWER: C DIF: AppliedREF: 4 OBJ: 1
MSC: Pickup
4. Which of the following correctly identifies the sub-disciplines of anthropology?
a. Archaeology, Anthropometry, Cultural Anthropology, Paleontology, and
Cultural Relativity.
b. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-history,
and Linguistics.
c. Archaeology, Ethno-history, Anthropometry, Structural
Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.
d. Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Applied
Anthropology and Linguistics.
e. Archaeology, Phonology, Medical Anthropology, Development
Studies, and Cultural Anthropology.
CORRECT ANSWER: D DIF: Factual REF: 4 OBJ: 2
MSC: Pickup
5. Anthropologists say that human adaptation is biocultural. Which of the
following best represents what is meant by this statement?
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