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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by Rob
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CHAPTER 1 px
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? px px
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS px px
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
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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 mater
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ial 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
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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. T
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his explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming px
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 into
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a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, px px px px is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
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a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology px
c) Biological anthropology px
d) Physiological anthropology px
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 fro
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m 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 px px px px
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 px px px
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 rac
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es, 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 px px px px px
d) human symbolic communication px px
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 o
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f 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 px px px px px px .
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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CHAPTER 1 px
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? px px
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS px px
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. Apx
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
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px .
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 mater
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ial 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
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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. T
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his explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming px
10. When we state that humans are biocultural organisms, we mean that
px px px . px px px px px px px px
a) human biology makes culture possible, and human culture makes human biological survival possible
px px px px px px px px px px px px
b) biology is more important than culture for humans
px px px px px px px
c) human culture predates our biological organism
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d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
px px px px px px px px
11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided into
px px px px px px px px subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, px px px px is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
px px px px px px px px
a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology px
c) Biological anthropology px
d) Physiological anthropology px
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.
px px px px px px px px px px px px
c) This configuration constitutes a protected "trading zone" within which fresh concepts and knowledge fro
px px px px px px px px px px px px px
m a variety of research traditions are brought together.
px px px px px px px px
d) This model is widespread in Europe and other parts of the world.
px px px px px px px px px px px
14. Social groupings that allegedly reflect biological differences are called
px px px px px px px px px .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-century attempts to group all humans into unambiguous categories called "races" were based on
px px px px px px px px px px px px px
.
a) observable physical features, such as skin color, hair type, and skull shape
px px px px px px px px px px px
b) supposed mental and moral attributes px px px px
c) existing beliefs about the inherent biological superiority of some races and the inferiority of others
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px
d) All of the above px px px
16. Michel Bouchard's research on status and stigma among French-speakers in Alberta shows that
px px px px px px px px px px px px px .
a) young children know which language is dominant
px px px px px px
b) French is spoken only by people who have recently arrived in Alberta from Quebec
px px px px px px px px px px px px px
c) French-speaking children in Alberta believe that they belong to a high-status-group
px px px px px px px px px px
d) media campaigns can reduce the stigma felt by linguistic minorities
px px px px px px px px px
17. By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of "race" was
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px
.
a) justified by the increasingly scientific biological research on humans
px px px px px px px px
b) a cultural label invented by humans to sort people into groups
px px px px px px px px px px
c) a political liability, although the evidence was increasingly strong in its favor
px px px px px px px px px px px
d) a label that recognized important cultural and biological differences between groups
px px px px px px px px px px
18. After discrediting scientific racism and moving away from the classification of humans into distinct rac
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px
es, biological anthropologists shifted their attention to
px px . px px px px px
a) patterns of variation and adaptation within the human species as a whole
px px px px px px px px px px px
b) the material remains of the human past
px px px px px px
c) present-day social arrangements in human groups px px px px px
d) human symbolic communication px px
19. refers to the systematic oppression of members of one or more socially defined "races" by member
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px
s of another socially defined "race" that is justified in terms of the supposed inherent biological superiority o
px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px px
f the rulers and the supposed inherent biological inferiority of those they rule.
px px px px px px px px px px px px
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
20. Primatologists are biological anthropologists who study px px px px px px .
a) the closest living relatives of humans
px px px px px
