Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by Robert
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H. Lavenda
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WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? t t
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS t t
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 t t t t t t t t t
c) studying human biology and culture at the same time t t t t t t t t
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 t t t t t t t t t t t
c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines t t t t t t t
d) there is no one way for the anthropologist to do research
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a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. At study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific t t t t t t t t t t t t t
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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 t t t t t t t t t t t
c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the material
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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 . t t t t t t t
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, and
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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. This
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explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming t
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 t t t t t t t t subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, t t t t is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
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a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology t
c) Biological anthropology t
d) Physiological anthropology t
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 a
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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 t t t t t t t t t t t t t
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a) observable physical features, such as skin color, hair type, and skull shape t t t t t t t t t t t
b) supposed mental and moral attributes t t t t
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 t t t t t t t t t t
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 races,
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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 t t t t t
d) human symbolic communication t t
19. refers to the systematic oppression of members of one or more socially defined "races" by members of t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
another socially defined "race" that is justified in terms of the supposed inherent biological superiority of the rulers
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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 t t t t t t .
a) the closest living relatives of humans
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H. Lavenda
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, CHAPTER 1 t
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? t t
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS t t
1. In the textbook, "anthropology" is defined as the study of
t t . t t t t t t t t
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
t t t t t t t
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 t t t t t t t t t
c) studying human biology and culture at the same time t t t t t t t t
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
t t t t t t t t t t
b) anthropological generalizations draw on evidence from the widest possible range of societies t t t t t t t t t t t
c) anthropologists use data from many different academic disciplines t t t t t t t
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.t t t t t t t t t t t t
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. At study examines how economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another in a specific t t t t t t t t t t t t t
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
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
,concludes that handshaking is universal among humans. This study is faulty because it was not
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t .
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 t t t t t t t t t t t
c) research connects anthropologists directly with the lived experiences of other people and to the material
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evidence that people have left
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d) All of the above
t t t
8. According to the text, culture consists of . t t t t t t t
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, and
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
literature
t
c) sets of innate behaviours that enable humans to function in a complex world
t t t t t t t t t t t t
d) those practices that distinguish one group of humans from another
t t t t t t t t t
9. North Americans typically do not eat insects because they have learned to label insects as inedible. This
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
explanation is based on
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a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) genetic programming t
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
t t t t t
d) humans evolved independently of our ability to create culture
t t t t t t t t
11. Traditionally, North American anthropology has been divided into t t t t t t t t subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. According to the text, t t t t is NOT a major subfield of North American anthropology.
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a) Archaeology
b) Cultural anthropology t
c) Biological anthropology t
d) Physiological anthropology t
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 a
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
variety of research traditions are brought together.
t t t t t t t
d) This model is widespread in Europe and other parts of the world.
t t t t t t t t t t t
14. Social groupings that allegedly reflect biological differences are called
t t t t t t t t t .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-century attempts to group all humans into unambiguous categories called "races" were based on t t t t t t t t t t t t t
.
a) observable physical features, such as skin color, hair type, and skull shape t t t t t t t t t t t
b) supposed mental and moral attributes t t t t
c) existing beliefs about the inherent biological superiority of some races and the inferiority of others
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
d) All of the above
t t t
16. Michel Bouchard's research on status and stigma among French-speakers in Alberta shows that
t t t t t t t t t t t t t .
a) young children know which language is dominant
t t t t t t
b) French is spoken only by people who have recently arrived in Alberta from Quebec
t t t t t t t t t t t t t
c) French-speaking children in Alberta believe that they belong to a high-status-group t t t t t t t t t t
d) media campaigns can reduce the stigma felt by linguistic minorities
t t t t t t t t t
17. By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of "race" was
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
.
a) justified by the increasingly scientific biological research on humans
t t t t t t t t
b) a cultural label invented by humans to sort people into groups
t t t t t t t t t t
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
t t t t t t t t t t
18. After discrediting scientific racism and moving away from the classification of humans into distinct races,
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
biological anthropologists shifted their attention to
t t . t t t t t
a) patterns of variation and adaptation within the human species as a whole
t t t t t t t t t t t
b) the material remains of the human past
t t t t t t
c) present-day social arrangements in human groups t t t t t
d) human symbolic communication t t
19. refers to the systematic oppression of members of one or more socially defined "races" by members of t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
another socially defined "race" that is justified in terms of the supposed inherent biological superiority of the rulers
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
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 t t t t t t .
a) the closest living relatives of humans
t t t t t
