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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by Rob
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ert H. Lavenda
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CHAPTER 1 nc
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? nc nc
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS nc nc
1. In the textbook, "anthropology" is defined as the study of
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a) human nature, human society, human language, and the human past
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b) the remains of earlier societies and peoples
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c) the ways of life of contemporary peoples
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d) the physical and mental capacities of human beings
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2. The authors define "holism" as
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a) trying to study everything possible about a group of people
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b) integrating what is known about human beings and their activities
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c) studying human biology and culture at the same time
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d) fitting together economics, political science, religious studies, and biology
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3. To say that anthropology is comparative means that
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a) each anthropologist studies many different societies during his or her career
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b) anthropological generalizations draw on evidence from the widest possible range of societies
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c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines
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d) there is no one way for the anthropologist to do research
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4. is NOT listed in the text as an element of the anthropological perspective.
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a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. Anc
study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific society.
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a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and
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concludes that handshaking is universal among humans. This study is faulty because it was not
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a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When we say that anthropology is a field-based discipline, we mean that
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a) information about particular social groups comes through direct contact with them
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b) anthropologists working in universities intersperse teaching and other tasks with field research
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c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the materi
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al evidence that people have left
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d) All of the above
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8. According to the text, culture consists of nc . nc nc nc nc nc nc
a) sets of learned behaviours and ideas that humans acquire as members of society
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b) elements of human experience that require education and good taste, such as fine art, classical music, a
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nd literature
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c) sets of innate behaviours that enable humans to function in a complex world
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d) those practices that distinguish one group of humans from another
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9. North Americans typically do not eat insects because they have learned to label insects as inedible. Th
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is explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming nc
10. When we state that humans are biocultural organisms, we mean that
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a) human biology makes culture possible, and human culture makes human biological survival possible
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b) biology is more important than culture for humans
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c) human culture predates our biological organism
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d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
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11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided intonc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, nc nc nc nc is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
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a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology nc
c) Biological anthropology nc
d) Physiological anthropology nc
13. The following statement is NOT associated with the traditional North American model of anthropology:
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.
a) This configuration reflects anthropology's commitment to holism.
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b) This configuration is associated with anthropology's successful fight against 19th century scientific racism.
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c) This configuration constitutes a protected "trading zone" within which fresh concepts and knowledge from
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a variety of research traditions are brought together.
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d) This model is widespread in Europe and other parts of the world.
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14. Social groupings that allegedly reflect biological differences are called
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a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-century attempts to group all humans into unambiguous categories called "races" were based on
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.
a) observable physical features, such as skin color, hair type, and skull shape
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b) supposed mental and moral attributes nc nc nc nc
c) existing beliefs about the inherent biological superiority of some races and the inferiority of others
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d) All of the above
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16. Michel Bouchard's research on status and stigma among French-speakers in Alberta shows that
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a) young children know which language is dominant
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b) French is spoken only by people who have recently arrived in Alberta from Quebec
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c) French-speaking children in Alberta believe that they belong to a high-status-group
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d) media campaigns can reduce the stigma felt by linguistic minorities
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17. By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of "race" was
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.
a) justified by the increasingly scientific biological research on humans
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b) a cultural label invented by humans to sort people into groups
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c) a political liability, although the evidence was increasingly strong in its favor
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d) a label that recognized important cultural and biological differences between groups
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18. After discrediting scientific racism and moving away from the classification of humans into distinct race
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s, biological anthropologists shifted their attention to
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a) patterns of variation and adaptation within the human species as a whole
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b) the material remains of the human past
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c) present-day social arrangements in human groups nc nc nc nc nc
d) human symbolic communication nc nc
19. refers to the systematic oppression of members of one or more socially defined "races" by member
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s of another socially defined "race" that is justified in terms of the supposed inherent biological superiority of
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the rulers and the supposed inherent biological inferiority of those they rule.
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a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
20. Primatologists are biological anthropologists who study nc nc nc nc nc nc .
a) the closest living relatives of humans
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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by Rob
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ert H. Lavenda
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,https://browsegrades.net/singlePaper/416761/testbank-for-anthropology-what-does-it-mean-to-b
CHAPTER 1 nc
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? nc nc
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS nc nc
1. In the textbook, "anthropology" is defined as the study of
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a) human nature, human society, human language, and the human past
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b) the remains of earlier societies and peoples
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c) the ways of life of contemporary peoples
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d) the physical and mental capacities of human beings
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2. The authors define "holism" as
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a) trying to study everything possible about a group of people
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b) integrating what is known about human beings and their activities
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c) studying human biology and culture at the same time
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d) fitting together economics, political science, religious studies, and biology
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3. To say that anthropology is comparative means that
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a) each anthropologist studies many different societies during his or her career
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b) anthropological generalizations draw on evidence from the widest possible range of societies
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c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines
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d) there is no one way for the anthropologist to do research
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4. is NOT listed in the text as an element of the anthropological perspective.
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a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. Anc
study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific society.
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a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
,https://browsegrades.net/singlePaper/416761/testbank-for-anthropology-what-does-it-mean-to-b
concludes that handshaking is universal among humans. This study is faulty because it was not
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc .
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. When we say that anthropology is a field-based discipline, we mean that
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a) information about particular social groups comes through direct contact with them
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) anthropologists working in universities intersperse teaching and other tasks with field research
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c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the materi
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
al evidence that people have left
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d) All of the above
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8. According to the text, culture consists of nc . nc nc nc nc nc nc
a) sets of learned behaviours and ideas that humans acquire as members of society
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) elements of human experience that require education and good taste, such as fine art, classical music, a
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nd literature
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c) sets of innate behaviours that enable humans to function in a complex world
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d) those practices that distinguish one group of humans from another
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9. North Americans typically do not eat insects because they have learned to label insects as inedible. Th
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is explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming nc
10. When we state that humans are biocultural organisms, we mean that
nc nc nc . nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
a) human biology makes culture possible, and human culture makes human biological survival possible
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) biology is more important than culture for humans
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
c) human culture predates our biological organism
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d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided intonc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, nc nc nc nc is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology nc
c) Biological anthropology nc
d) Physiological anthropology nc
13. The following statement is NOT associated with the traditional North American model of anthropology:
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.
a) This configuration reflects anthropology's commitment to holism.
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b) This configuration is associated with anthropology's successful fight against 19th century scientific racism.
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
c) This configuration constitutes a protected "trading zone" within which fresh concepts and knowledge from
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc n
a variety of research traditions are brought together.
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d) This model is widespread in Europe and other parts of the world.
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
14. Social groupings that allegedly reflect biological differences are called
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-century attempts to group all humans into unambiguous categories called "races" were based on
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
.
a) observable physical features, such as skin color, hair type, and skull shape
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) supposed mental and moral attributes nc nc nc nc
c) existing beliefs about the inherent biological superiority of some races and the inferiority of others
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
d) All of the above
nc nc nc
16. Michel Bouchard's research on status and stigma among French-speakers in Alberta shows that
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc .
a) young children know which language is dominant
nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) French is spoken only by people who have recently arrived in Alberta from Quebec
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
c) French-speaking children in Alberta believe that they belong to a high-status-group
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
d) media campaigns can reduce the stigma felt by linguistic minorities
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
17. By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of "race" was
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
.
a) justified by the increasingly scientific biological research on humans
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) a cultural label invented by humans to sort people into groups
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
c) a political liability, although the evidence was increasingly strong in its favor
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
d) a label that recognized important cultural and biological differences between groups
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
18. After discrediting scientific racism and moving away from the classification of humans into distinct race
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
s, biological anthropologists shifted their attention to
nc nc . nc nc nc nc nc
a) patterns of variation and adaptation within the human species as a whole
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
b) the material remains of the human past
nc nc nc nc nc nc
c) present-day social arrangements in human groups nc nc nc nc nc
d) human symbolic communication nc nc
19. refers to the systematic oppression of members of one or more socially defined "races" by member
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
s of another socially defined "race" that is justified in terms of the supposed inherent biological superiority of
nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc n
the rulers and the supposed inherent biological inferiority of those they rule.
c nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
20. Primatologists are biological anthropologists who study nc nc nc nc nc nc .
a) the closest living relatives of humans
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