Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 19th Edition

Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 19th Edition by Conrad Kottak

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Chapter m01
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TRUE/FALSE m- mWrite m'T' mif mthe mstatement mis mtrue mand m'F' mif mthe mstatement mis mfalse.
1) Anthropology mis ma muniquely mholistic mand mcomparative mscience.
⊚ true
⊚ false


2) Holism mrefers mto mtraditions mand mcustoms mtransmitted mthrough mlearning.
⊚ true
⊚ false


3) Food mproduction mrefers mto mthe mcultivation mof mplants mand mdomestication mof manimals.
⊚ true
⊚ false


4) In mthe mdiscussion mof mthe mfour mtypes mof mhigh-altitude madaptation, m"technology" m(a
mform mof madaptation) mwas mconsidered ma m"biological" mtype mof madaptation.

⊚ true
⊚ false


5) The mbiocultural mview mstudies monly mthe mbiological msides mof mhumanity.
⊚ true
⊚ false


6) Paleoecology mlooks mat mthe mecosystems mof mthe mpast.
⊚ true
⊚ false


7) Anthropology mis mcomprised mof mfour msubfields.
⊚ true
⊚ false


8) Ethnography mis ma mkey mpart mof mbiological manthropology.

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, ⊚ true
⊚ false


9) The mpractice mof m"garbology" mhas mbeen mused min mthe msubfield mof manthropological
marchaeology.

⊚ true
⊚ false


10) A mbiological manthropologist mmight mstudy mthe mfield mknown mas mprimatology.
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⊚ false


11) Cultural mresource mmanagement mwould mnot mstudy mthe mimpact mof mpending
mconstruction mand mits mpotential meffects mon man marchaeological msite.

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⊚ false


12) The minterests mand mmethods mof manthropology mand msociology mare mnow mconverging.
⊚ true
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13) In mthe mchapter, manthropology mis mnot mconsidered ma mhumanistic mscience.
⊚ true
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14) A msuggested mbut mas myet munverified mexplanation mis mcalled ma mhypothesis.
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15) Anthropologists mstudy monly mnon-Western mcultures.
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,16) Humans mcan madapt mto mtheir msurroundings mthrough mboth mbiological mand mcultural mmeans.
⊚ true
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17) Culture mis mnot mitself mbiological mbut mrests mon mcertain mfeatures mof mhuman mbiology.
⊚ true
⊚ false


18) Participation mand machievement min msports mare mintrinsically mmotivated mand mare mnot
minfluenced mby mcultural mstandards mof mattractiveness mand mpropriety.

⊚ true
⊚ false


19) Anthropologists magree mthat ma mcomparative, mcross-cultural mapproach mis munnecessary
mas mlong mas mresearchers mare mdiligent min mtheir mwork.

⊚ true
⊚ false


20) Ethnography minvolves mthe mcollection mof mdata mthat mis mused mto mcreate man
maccount mof ma mparticular mcommunity, msociety, mor mculture.

⊚ true
⊚ false


21) Ethnomusicology mis mone mof mthe mfour mmain msubfields mof manthropology.
⊚ true
⊚ false


22) Archaeologists mstudy monly mprehistoric mcommunities.
⊚ true
⊚ false


23) Biological manthropologists mstudy monly mhuman mbones.




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, ⊚ true
⊚ false


24) As man macademic mdiscipline, manthropology mfalls munder mboth mthe msocial msciences
mand mthe mhumanities.

⊚ true
⊚ false


25) The mdifferences mbetween msociology mand mcultural manthropology mare mbecoming
mincreasingly mdistinct.

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⊚ false


26) Psychologists mtend mto mstudy monly mpeople mliving min mthe mnon-Western mworld, mso
manthropology mhas mvery mlittle mto moffer mto mthis mfield.

⊚ true
⊚ false


27) Applied manthropology mencompasses many muse mof mthe mknowledge mand/or mtechniques
mof mits mfour msubfields mto midentify, massess, mand msolve mtheoretical mproblems.

⊚ true
⊚ false


28) Theories mmust mbe mproved mcorrect mbefore mthey mcan mbe maccepted.
⊚ true
⊚ false


29) In mthe msocial msciences, mexplanations mare musually mprobable mrather mthan mabsolute.
⊚ true
⊚ false


30) According mto mthis mchapter's m"Focus mon mGlobalization," mAmerican mbaseball mappears
mto mbe mmore methnically mdiverse mthan mAmerican mfootball mor mbasketball.




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