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Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
Robert H. Lavenda
,https://browsegrades.net/singlePaper/416761/testbank-for-anthropology-what-does-it-mean-to-b
CHAPTER 1 ws
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
ws ws
MULTIPLEwsCHOICEwsQUESTIONS
1. Inwsthewstextbook,ws"anthropology"wsiswsdefinedwsaswsthewsstudywsofws .
a) humanwsnature,wshumanwssociety,wshumanwslanguage,wsandwsthewshumanwspast
b) thewsremainswsofwsearlierwssocietieswsandwspeoples
c) thewswayswsofwslifewsofwscontemporarywspeoples
d) thewsphysicalwsandwsmentalwscapacitieswsofwshumanwsbeings
2. Thewsauthorswsdefinews"holism"wsasws .
a) tryingwstowsstudywseverythingwspossiblewsaboutwsawsgroupwsofwspeople
b) integratingwswhatwsiswsknownwsaboutwshumanwsbeingswsandwstheirwsactivities
c) studyingwshumanwsbiologywsandwsculturewsatwsthewssamewstime
d) fittingwstogetherwseconomics,wspoliticalwsscience,wsreligiouswsstudies,wsandwsbiology
3. Towssaywsthatwsanthropologywsiswscomparativewsmeanswsthatws .
a) eachwsanthropologistwsstudieswsmanywsdifferentwssocietieswsduringwshiswsorwsherwscareer
b) anthropologicalwsgeneralizationswsdrawwsonwsevidencewsfromwsthewswidestwspossiblewsrangewsofwssocieties
c) anthropologistswsusewsdatawsfromwsmanywsdifferentwsacademicwsdisciplines
d) therewsiswsnowsonewswaywsforwsthewsanthropologistwstowsdowsresearch
4. iswsNOTwslistedwsinwsthewstextwsaswsanwselementwsofwsthewsanthropologicalwsperspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. Aws
studywsexamineswshowwseconomics,wspolitics,wsreligion,wsandwskinshipwsshapewsonewsanotherwsinwsawsspecificwsso
ciety.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. Anwsanthropologistwsstudyingwsawssocialwsgroupwsobserveswsthatwspeoplewsshakewshandswswhenwsgreetingwsonewsanother
wsand
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concludeswsthatwshandshakingwsiswsuniversalwsamongwshumans.wsThiswsstudywsiswsfaultywsbecausewsitwswaswsnotws .
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. Whenwswewssaywsthatwsanthropologywsiswsawsfield-basedwsdiscipline,wswewsmeanwsthatws .
a) informationwsaboutwsparticularwssocialwsgroupswscomeswsthroughwsdirectwscontactwswithwsthem
b) anthropologistswsworkingwsinwsuniversitieswsinterspersewsteachingwsandwsotherwstaskswswithwsfieldwsresearch
c) researchwsconnectswsanthropologistswsdirectlywswithwsthewslivedwsexperienceswsofwsotherwspeoplewsandwstowsth
ewsmaterialwsevidencewsthatwspeoplewshavewsleft
d) Allwsofwsthewsabove
8. Accordingwstowsthewstext,wsculturewsconsistswsofws .
a) setswsofwslearnedwsbehaviourswsandwsideaswsthatwshumanswsacquirewsaswsmemberswsofwssociety
b) elementswsofwshumanwsexperiencewsthatwsrequirewseducationwsandwsgoodwstaste,wssuchwsaswsfinewsart,wsclassicalws
music,wsandwsliterature
c) setswsofwsinnatewsbehaviourswsthatwsenablewshumanswstowsfunctionwsinwsawscomplexwsworld
d) thosewspracticeswsthatwsdistinguishwsonewsgroupwsofwshumanswsfromwsanother
9. NorthwsAmericanswstypicallywsdowsnotwseatwsinsectswsbecausewstheywshavewslearnedwstowslabelwsinsectswsaswsine
dible.wsThiswsexplanationwsiswsbasedwsonws .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) geneticwsprogramming
10. Whenwswewsstatewsthatwshumanswsarewsbioculturalwsorganisms,wswewsmeanwsthatws .
a) humanwsbiologywsmakeswsculturewspossible,wsandwshumanwsculturewsmakeswshumanwsbiologicalwssurvivalwspossible
b) biologywsiswsmorewsimportantwsthanwsculturewsforwshumans
c) humanwsculturewspredateswsourwsbiologicalwsorganism
d) humanswsevolvedwsindependentlywsofwsourwsabilitywstowscreatewsculture
11. Traditionally,wsNorthwsAmericanwsanthropologywshaswsbeenwsdividedwsintows subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. Accordingwstowsthewstext,ws iswsNOTwsawsmajorwssubfieldwsofwsNorthwsAmericanwsanthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Culturalwsanthropology
c) Biologicalwsanthropology
d) Physiologicalwsanthropology
13. ThewsfollowingwsstatementwsiswsNOTwsassociatedwswithwsthewstraditionalwsNorthwsAmericanwsmodelwsofwsanthropolog
y:
.
a) Thiswsconfigurationwsreflectswsanthropology'swscommitmentwstowsholism.
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b) Thiswsconfigurationwsiswsassociatedwswithwsanthropology'swssuccessfulwsfightwsagainstws19thwscenturywsscientificwsracis
m.
c) Thiswsconfigurationwsconstituteswsawsprotectedws"tradingwszone"wswithinwswhichwsfreshwsconceptswsandwsknowled
gewsfromwsawsvarietywsofwsresearchwstraditionswsarewsbroughtwstogether.
d) ThiswsmodelwsiswswidespreadwsinwsEuropewsandwsotherwspartswsofwsthewsworld.
14. Socialwsgroupingswsthatwsallegedlywsreflectwsbiologicalwsdifferenceswsarewscalledws .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-
centurywsattemptswstowsgroupwsallwshumanswsintowsunambiguouswscategorieswscalledws"races"wswerewsbasedwson
.
a) observablewsphysicalwsfeatures,wssuchwsaswsskinwscolor,wshairwstype,wsandwsskullwsshape
b) supposedwsmentalwsandwsmoralwsattributes
c) existingwsbeliefswsaboutwsthewsinherentwsbiologicalwssuperioritywsofwssomewsraceswsandwsthewsinferioritywsofwsothers
d) Allwsofwsthewsabove
16. MichelwsBouchard'swsresearchwsonwsstatuswsandwsstigmawsamongwsFrench-speakerswsinwsAlbertawsshowswsthatws .
a) youngwschildrenwsknowwswhichwslanguagewsiswsdominant
b) FrenchwsiswsspokenwsonlywsbywspeoplewswhowshavewsrecentlywsarrivedwsinwsAlbertawsfromwsQuebec
c) French-speakingwschildrenwsinwsAlbertawsbelievewsthatwstheywsbelongwstowsawshigh-status-group
d) mediawscampaignswscanwsreducewsthewsstigmawsfeltwsbywslinguisticwsminorities
17. Bywsthewsearlywstwentiethwscentury,wssomewsanthropologistswsandwsbiologistswsconcludedwsthatwsthewsconceptwsofws"rac
e"wswas
.
a) justifiedwsbywsthewsincreasinglywsscientificwsbiologicalwsresearchwsonwshumans
b) awsculturalwslabelwsinventedwsbywshumanswstowssortwspeoplewsintowsgroups
c) awspoliticalwsliability,wsalthoughwsthewsevidencewswaswsincreasinglywsstrongwsinwsitswsfavor
d) awslabelwsthatwsrecognizedwsimportantwsculturalwsandwsbiologicalwsdifferenceswsbetweenwsgroups
18. Afterwsdiscreditingwsscientificwsracismwsandwsmovingwsawaywsfromwsthewsclassificationwsofwshumanswsintowsdisti
nctwsraces,wsbiologicalwsanthropologistswsshiftedwstheirwsattentionwstows .
a) patternswsofwsvariationwsandwsadaptationwswithinwsthewshumanwsspecieswsaswsawswhole
b) thewsmaterialwsremainswsofwsthewshumanwspast
c) present-daywssocialwsarrangementswsinwshumanwsgroups
d) humanwssymbolicwscommunication
19. referswstowsthewssystematicwsoppressionwsofwsmemberswsofwsonewsorwsmorewssociallywsdefinedws"races"wsbyws
memberswsofwsanotherwssociallywsdefinedws"race"wsthatwsiswsjustifiedwsinwstermswsofwsthewssupposedwsinherentwsbiologi
calwssuperioritywsofwsthewsrulerswsandwsthewssupposedwsinherentwsbiologicalwsinferioritywsofwsthosewstheywsrule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
20. Primatologistswsarewsbiologicalwsanthropologistswswhowsstudyws .
a) thewsclosestwslivingwsrelativeswsofwshumans
Anthropology What Does It Mean to Be Human? Second Canadian Edition by
Robert H. Lavenda
,https://browsegrades.net/singlePaper/416761/testbank-for-anthropology-what-does-it-mean-to-b
CHAPTER 1 ws
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
ws ws
MULTIPLEwsCHOICEwsQUESTIONS
1. Inwsthewstextbook,ws"anthropology"wsiswsdefinedwsaswsthewsstudywsofws .
a) humanwsnature,wshumanwssociety,wshumanwslanguage,wsandwsthewshumanwspast
b) thewsremainswsofwsearlierwssocietieswsandwspeoples
c) thewswayswsofwslifewsofwscontemporarywspeoples
d) thewsphysicalwsandwsmentalwscapacitieswsofwshumanwsbeings
2. Thewsauthorswsdefinews"holism"wsasws .
a) tryingwstowsstudywseverythingwspossiblewsaboutwsawsgroupwsofwspeople
b) integratingwswhatwsiswsknownwsaboutwshumanwsbeingswsandwstheirwsactivities
c) studyingwshumanwsbiologywsandwsculturewsatwsthewssamewstime
d) fittingwstogetherwseconomics,wspoliticalwsscience,wsreligiouswsstudies,wsandwsbiology
3. Towssaywsthatwsanthropologywsiswscomparativewsmeanswsthatws .
a) eachwsanthropologistwsstudieswsmanywsdifferentwssocietieswsduringwshiswsorwsherwscareer
b) anthropologicalwsgeneralizationswsdrawwsonwsevidencewsfromwsthewswidestwspossiblewsrangewsofwssocieties
c) anthropologistswsusewsdatawsfromwsmanywsdifferentwsacademicwsdisciplines
d) therewsiswsnowsonewswaywsforwsthewsanthropologistwstowsdowsresearch
4. iswsNOTwslistedwsinwsthewstextwsaswsanwselementwsofwsthewsanthropologicalwsperspective.
a) Holism
b) Comparison
c) Evolution
d) Culturalism
5. Aws
studywsexamineswshowwseconomics,wspolitics,wsreligion,wsandwskinshipwsshapewsonewsanotherwsinwsawsspecificwsso
ciety.
a) detailed
b) cultural
c) holistic
d) comparative
6. Anwsanthropologistwsstudyingwsawssocialwsgroupwsobserveswsthatwspeoplewsshakewshandswswhenwsgreetingwsonewsanother
wsand
,https://browsegrades.net/singlePaper/416761/testbank-for-anthropology-what-does-it-mean-to-b
concludeswsthatwshandshakingwsiswsuniversalwsamongwshumans.wsThiswsstudywsiswsfaultywsbecausewsitwswaswsnotws .
a) holistic
b) evolutionary
c) ethnocentric
d) comparative
7. Whenwswewssaywsthatwsanthropologywsiswsawsfield-basedwsdiscipline,wswewsmeanwsthatws .
a) informationwsaboutwsparticularwssocialwsgroupswscomeswsthroughwsdirectwscontactwswithwsthem
b) anthropologistswsworkingwsinwsuniversitieswsinterspersewsteachingwsandwsotherwstaskswswithwsfieldwsresearch
c) researchwsconnectswsanthropologistswsdirectlywswithwsthewslivedwsexperienceswsofwsotherwspeoplewsandwstowsth
ewsmaterialwsevidencewsthatwspeoplewshavewsleft
d) Allwsofwsthewsabove
8. Accordingwstowsthewstext,wsculturewsconsistswsofws .
a) setswsofwslearnedwsbehaviourswsandwsideaswsthatwshumanswsacquirewsaswsmemberswsofwssociety
b) elementswsofwshumanwsexperiencewsthatwsrequirewseducationwsandwsgoodwstaste,wssuchwsaswsfinewsart,wsclassicalws
music,wsandwsliterature
c) setswsofwsinnatewsbehaviourswsthatwsenablewshumanswstowsfunctionwsinwsawscomplexwsworld
d) thosewspracticeswsthatwsdistinguishwsonewsgroupwsofwshumanswsfromwsanother
9. NorthwsAmericanswstypicallywsdowsnotwseatwsinsectswsbecausewstheywshavewslearnedwstowslabelwsinsectswsaswsine
dible.wsThiswsexplanationwsiswsbasedwsonws .
a) culture
b) biology
c) ethnocentrism
d) geneticwsprogramming
10. Whenwswewsstatewsthatwshumanswsarewsbioculturalwsorganisms,wswewsmeanwsthatws .
a) humanwsbiologywsmakeswsculturewspossible,wsandwshumanwsculturewsmakeswshumanwsbiologicalwssurvivalwspossible
b) biologywsiswsmorewsimportantwsthanwsculturewsforwshumans
c) humanwsculturewspredateswsourwsbiologicalwsorganism
d) humanswsevolvedwsindependentlywsofwsourwsabilitywstowscreatewsculture
11. Traditionally,wsNorthwsAmericanwsanthropologywshaswsbeenwsdividedwsintows subfields.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
12. Accordingwstowsthewstext,ws iswsNOTwsawsmajorwssubfieldwsofwsNorthwsAmericanwsanthropology.
a) Archaeology
b) Culturalwsanthropology
c) Biologicalwsanthropology
d) Physiologicalwsanthropology
13. ThewsfollowingwsstatementwsiswsNOTwsassociatedwswithwsthewstraditionalwsNorthwsAmericanwsmodelwsofwsanthropolog
y:
.
a) Thiswsconfigurationwsreflectswsanthropology'swscommitmentwstowsholism.
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b) Thiswsconfigurationwsiswsassociatedwswithwsanthropology'swssuccessfulwsfightwsagainstws19thwscenturywsscientificwsracis
m.
c) Thiswsconfigurationwsconstituteswsawsprotectedws"tradingwszone"wswithinwswhichwsfreshwsconceptswsandwsknowled
gewsfromwsawsvarietywsofwsresearchwstraditionswsarewsbroughtwstogether.
d) ThiswsmodelwsiswswidespreadwsinwsEuropewsandwsotherwspartswsofwsthewsworld.
14. Socialwsgroupingswsthatwsallegedlywsreflectwsbiologicalwsdifferenceswsarewscalledws .
a) populations
b) cultures
c) races
d) ethnicities
15. Nineteenth-
centurywsattemptswstowsgroupwsallwshumanswsintowsunambiguouswscategorieswscalledws"races"wswerewsbasedwson
.
a) observablewsphysicalwsfeatures,wssuchwsaswsskinwscolor,wshairwstype,wsandwsskullwsshape
b) supposedwsmentalwsandwsmoralwsattributes
c) existingwsbeliefswsaboutwsthewsinherentwsbiologicalwssuperioritywsofwssomewsraceswsandwsthewsinferioritywsofwsothers
d) Allwsofwsthewsabove
16. MichelwsBouchard'swsresearchwsonwsstatuswsandwsstigmawsamongwsFrench-speakerswsinwsAlbertawsshowswsthatws .
a) youngwschildrenwsknowwswhichwslanguagewsiswsdominant
b) FrenchwsiswsspokenwsonlywsbywspeoplewswhowshavewsrecentlywsarrivedwsinwsAlbertawsfromwsQuebec
c) French-speakingwschildrenwsinwsAlbertawsbelievewsthatwstheywsbelongwstowsawshigh-status-group
d) mediawscampaignswscanwsreducewsthewsstigmawsfeltwsbywslinguisticwsminorities
17. Bywsthewsearlywstwentiethwscentury,wssomewsanthropologistswsandwsbiologistswsconcludedwsthatwsthewsconceptwsofws"rac
e"wswas
.
a) justifiedwsbywsthewsincreasinglywsscientificwsbiologicalwsresearchwsonwshumans
b) awsculturalwslabelwsinventedwsbywshumanswstowssortwspeoplewsintowsgroups
c) awspoliticalwsliability,wsalthoughwsthewsevidencewswaswsincreasinglywsstrongwsinwsitswsfavor
d) awslabelwsthatwsrecognizedwsimportantwsculturalwsandwsbiologicalwsdifferenceswsbetweenwsgroups
18. Afterwsdiscreditingwsscientificwsracismwsandwsmovingwsawaywsfromwsthewsclassificationwsofwshumanswsintowsdisti
nctwsraces,wsbiologicalwsanthropologistswsshiftedwstheirwsattentionwstows .
a) patternswsofwsvariationwsandwsadaptationwswithinwsthewshumanwsspecieswsaswsawswhole
b) thewsmaterialwsremainswsofwsthewshumanwspast
c) present-daywssocialwsarrangementswsinwshumanwsgroups
d) humanwssymbolicwscommunication
19. referswstowsthewssystematicwsoppressionwsofwsmemberswsofwsonewsorwsmorewssociallywsdefinedws"races"wsbyws
memberswsofwsanotherwssociallywsdefinedws"race"wsthatwsiswsjustifiedwsinwstermswsofwsthewssupposedwsinherentwsbiologi
calwssuperioritywsofwsthewsrulerswsandwsthewssupposedwsinherentwsbiologicalwsinferioritywsofwsthosewstheywsrule.
a) Ethnocentrism
b) Hierarchy
c) Racism
d) Hegemony
20. Primatologistswsarewsbiologicalwsanthropologistswswhowsstudyws .
a) thewsclosestwslivingwsrelativeswsofwshumans
