Test Bank - Cultural Anthropology, 4th edition (Nancy Bonvillain, 2019), Chapter 1-17
what type of anthropologists explore any and all aspects of living human culture-from war and violence
to love, sexuality, and child rearing- and look at the meanings that people from all over the world place
on these things? - (answer)cultural anthropologists
Audrey Richards conducted a detailed ethnography of the coming-of-age rituals of the Bemba, and is
often credited with opening the door to the study of health and nutrition among women and children.
Which of the four fields of anthropology was Richards working in? - (answer)cultural anthropolgy
Global forces are expanding rapidly and moving into local communities everywhere. according to the
author, people in local communities respond to these global forces by: - (answer)working to reshape
encounters with these forces to their own benefit
there is a huge inflow or refugees from from the wars in the Middle East to parts of Europe and
Scandinavia. What kind of anthropologist would probably offer the most useful input to the politicians
making decisions about resettlement programs? - (answer)cultural anthropologist
material remains help prehistoric archaeologists reconstruct - (answer)human behavior
what kind of researchers work to record languages that are disappearing by finding the last speakers
and making recordings and dictionaries to preserve them for the future? - (answer)historic linguists
human beings have long been migrant, moving themselves, their material goods, and even ideas from
one part of the world to another. What makes this process, which is now called globalization, seem so
different today than in the past? - (answer)intensification
both historic archaeologists and prehistoric archaeologists study the past through the analysis of
artifacts. what do historic archeologists have access to that prehistoric archaeologists do not? -
(answer)written records
Recently, anthropological research has begun to look at the upper segments of society, such as financial
institutions, aid and development agencies, medical laboratories, and doctors. What is this process
called? - (answer)studying up
, Test Bank - Cultural Anthropology, 4th edition (Nancy Bonvillain, 2019), Chapter 1-17
the scientific discipline that looks at genetics, evolution, the fossil record, and our closest relatives in the
animal kingdom in order to gain a greater understanding of humans is known as: - (answer)physical
anthropology
which of the following primarity contributes to climate change and global warming? - (answer)increasing
concentrations of greenhouse gases created by the burning of fossil fuels
what key dynamic of globalization is characterized by the movement of people, not only between
countries but also within the individual countries themselves? - (answer)increasing migration
the sequencing of mitochondrial DNA to trace changes in human ancestors over time involves which
specialization of anthropology - (answer)paleoanthropology
the so-called "n-word" would be most likely studied for its origins, uses, and meaning by a(n): -
(answer)sociolinguist
when companies move their production facilities around the world to take advantage of cheaper labor
and lower taxes, what do anthropologists call this? - (answer)flexible accumulation
cultural anthropologists often spend a great deal of time in the communities where they conduct
research and they ask lots of questions as people work, celebrate, dance, or play games. what is the
term used for this process? - (answer)participant observation
in late nineteenth-century debates on american immigration, many scholars and government officials
privileged immigrants from northern europe over those from southern europe, sch as italians and
greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with
primitive ways. this is an example of: - (answer)ethnocentrism
archaeology, the study of cultures in the human past, focuses on what? - (answer)any human material
remains
what type of anthropologists explore any and all aspects of living human culture-from war and violence
to love, sexuality, and child rearing- and look at the meanings that people from all over the world place
on these things? - (answer)cultural anthropologists
Audrey Richards conducted a detailed ethnography of the coming-of-age rituals of the Bemba, and is
often credited with opening the door to the study of health and nutrition among women and children.
Which of the four fields of anthropology was Richards working in? - (answer)cultural anthropolgy
Global forces are expanding rapidly and moving into local communities everywhere. according to the
author, people in local communities respond to these global forces by: - (answer)working to reshape
encounters with these forces to their own benefit
there is a huge inflow or refugees from from the wars in the Middle East to parts of Europe and
Scandinavia. What kind of anthropologist would probably offer the most useful input to the politicians
making decisions about resettlement programs? - (answer)cultural anthropologist
material remains help prehistoric archaeologists reconstruct - (answer)human behavior
what kind of researchers work to record languages that are disappearing by finding the last speakers
and making recordings and dictionaries to preserve them for the future? - (answer)historic linguists
human beings have long been migrant, moving themselves, their material goods, and even ideas from
one part of the world to another. What makes this process, which is now called globalization, seem so
different today than in the past? - (answer)intensification
both historic archaeologists and prehistoric archaeologists study the past through the analysis of
artifacts. what do historic archeologists have access to that prehistoric archaeologists do not? -
(answer)written records
Recently, anthropological research has begun to look at the upper segments of society, such as financial
institutions, aid and development agencies, medical laboratories, and doctors. What is this process
called? - (answer)studying up
, Test Bank - Cultural Anthropology, 4th edition (Nancy Bonvillain, 2019), Chapter 1-17
the scientific discipline that looks at genetics, evolution, the fossil record, and our closest relatives in the
animal kingdom in order to gain a greater understanding of humans is known as: - (answer)physical
anthropology
which of the following primarity contributes to climate change and global warming? - (answer)increasing
concentrations of greenhouse gases created by the burning of fossil fuels
what key dynamic of globalization is characterized by the movement of people, not only between
countries but also within the individual countries themselves? - (answer)increasing migration
the sequencing of mitochondrial DNA to trace changes in human ancestors over time involves which
specialization of anthropology - (answer)paleoanthropology
the so-called "n-word" would be most likely studied for its origins, uses, and meaning by a(n): -
(answer)sociolinguist
when companies move their production facilities around the world to take advantage of cheaper labor
and lower taxes, what do anthropologists call this? - (answer)flexible accumulation
cultural anthropologists often spend a great deal of time in the communities where they conduct
research and they ask lots of questions as people work, celebrate, dance, or play games. what is the
term used for this process? - (answer)participant observation
in late nineteenth-century debates on american immigration, many scholars and government officials
privileged immigrants from northern europe over those from southern europe, sch as italians and
greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with
primitive ways. this is an example of: - (answer)ethnocentrism
archaeology, the study of cultures in the human past, focuses on what? - (answer)any human material
remains
