TEST BANK
Physical Anthropology
Philip Stein, Bruce Rowe, Brian Pierson
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12th Edition
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank: Physical Anthropology, 12th Edition
By Philip Stein, Bruce Rowe, and Brian Pierson
CHAPTER 1 Investigating the Nature of Humankind
CHAPTER 2 The Study of Heredity
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CHAPTER 3 The Modern Study of Human Genetics
CHAPTER 4 Population Genetics
CHAPTER 5 Natural Selection and The Origin of Species
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CHAPTER 6 People's Place in Nature
CHAPTER 7 The Living Primates
CHAPTER 8 Comparative Studies: Anatomy and Genetics
IA
CHAPTER 9 Nonhuman Primate Behavior
CHAPTER 10 Human Behavior In Perspective
CHAPTER 11 The Record of the Past
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CHAPTER 12 The Early Primate Fossil Record And The Origins Of The Hominins
CHAPTER 13 The Early Hominins
CHAPTER 14 Early Species Of The Genus Homo
CHAPTER 15 The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens
GE
CHAPTER 16 The Biology Of Modern Homo Sapiens
CHAPTER 17 The Analysis Of Human Variation
CHAPTER 18 The Modern World
EK
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, Chapter 1
Student name:
1) The field that studies fossil records is:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
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2) The subfield of physical anthropology includes the study of:
A) human genetics
B) forensic anthropology
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C) human biological variation
D) all of these
3) Cultural anthropology:
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A) is a branch of archaeology
B) is the study of art and music
C) includes the study of human social organizations and learned patterns of behavior
D) includes paleontology as a major topic
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4) The study of a people's political organization would be a part of:
A) cultural anthropology
B) linguistics
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C) archaeology
D) physical anthropology
5) An anthropological linguist:
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A) always attempts to learn to speak as many languages as he or she possibly can
B) teaches students foreign languages
C) studies the history, function, structure, and physiology of language
D) would only be interested in cultures that have writing systems
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, Chapter 1
6) The practical application of anthropological knowledge to real-world concerns is called:
A) academic anthropology
B) lived anthropology
C) applied anthropology
D) realistic anthropology
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7) An empirical observation is one that is:
A) measurable
B) a fact
C) received through the senses
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D) all of these
8) Hypotheses:
A) are always considered to be correct statements
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B) are the same thing as laws in science
C) are not a necessary part of the scientific method
D) must be logical and testable
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9) Hypotheses:
A) can be disproven
B) can be tested through experiments and observations
C) are based on empirical observations
D) all of these
GE
10) A tentative statement about the relationship between two variables is a(n):
A) hypothesis
EK
B) theory
C) empirical statement
D) rationalization
??
Physical Anthropology
Philip Stein, Bruce Rowe, Brian Pierson
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ST
12th Edition
UV
IA
_M
GE
EK
??
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank: Physical Anthropology, 12th Edition
By Philip Stein, Bruce Rowe, and Brian Pierson
CHAPTER 1 Investigating the Nature of Humankind
CHAPTER 2 The Study of Heredity
ST
CHAPTER 3 The Modern Study of Human Genetics
CHAPTER 4 Population Genetics
CHAPTER 5 Natural Selection and The Origin of Species
UV
CHAPTER 6 People's Place in Nature
CHAPTER 7 The Living Primates
CHAPTER 8 Comparative Studies: Anatomy and Genetics
IA
CHAPTER 9 Nonhuman Primate Behavior
CHAPTER 10 Human Behavior In Perspective
CHAPTER 11 The Record of the Past
_M
CHAPTER 12 The Early Primate Fossil Record And The Origins Of The Hominins
CHAPTER 13 The Early Hominins
CHAPTER 14 Early Species Of The Genus Homo
CHAPTER 15 The Evolution Of Homo Sapiens
GE
CHAPTER 16 The Biology Of Modern Homo Sapiens
CHAPTER 17 The Analysis Of Human Variation
CHAPTER 18 The Modern World
EK
??
, Chapter 1
Student name:
1) The field that studies fossil records is:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
ST
2) The subfield of physical anthropology includes the study of:
A) human genetics
B) forensic anthropology
UV
C) human biological variation
D) all of these
3) Cultural anthropology:
IA
A) is a branch of archaeology
B) is the study of art and music
C) includes the study of human social organizations and learned patterns of behavior
D) includes paleontology as a major topic
_M
4) The study of a people's political organization would be a part of:
A) cultural anthropology
B) linguistics
GE
C) archaeology
D) physical anthropology
5) An anthropological linguist:
EK
A) always attempts to learn to speak as many languages as he or she possibly can
B) teaches students foreign languages
C) studies the history, function, structure, and physiology of language
D) would only be interested in cultures that have writing systems
??
, Chapter 1
6) The practical application of anthropological knowledge to real-world concerns is called:
A) academic anthropology
B) lived anthropology
C) applied anthropology
D) realistic anthropology
ST
7) An empirical observation is one that is:
A) measurable
B) a fact
C) received through the senses
UV
D) all of these
8) Hypotheses:
A) are always considered to be correct statements
IA
B) are the same thing as laws in science
C) are not a necessary part of the scientific method
D) must be logical and testable
_M
9) Hypotheses:
A) can be disproven
B) can be tested through experiments and observations
C) are based on empirical observations
D) all of these
GE
10) A tentative statement about the relationship between two variables is a(n):
A) hypothesis
EK
B) theory
C) empirical statement
D) rationalization
??
