Question 1

Anthropology is unique is its __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  focus on biology
B)  focus on race and disease
C)  cultural and biological perspective
D)  social focusE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a subfield of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  biological anthropology
B)  linguistic anthropology
C)  biocultural anthropology
D)  archaeologyE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Nutritional anthropologists study the interrelationship of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  disease,evolution,and culture
B)  diet,culture,and evolution
C)  environment,genetics,and adaptation
D)  culture,evolution,and non-human primate eating habitsE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following does NOT fall under the discipline of human biology?

Accepted Answer

A)  nutritional anthropology
B)  the study of human variation
C)  forensic anthropology
D)  biocultural anthropologyE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

One place primatologists often find jobs are at conservation agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is most likely to study the effects of urbanization,pollution,and health?

Accepted Answer

A)  osteologists
B)  molecular anthropologists
C)  biomedical anthropologists
D)  paleoanthropologistsE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following best defines anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  the study of non-human primates,their anatomy,and their evolution.
B)  the study of ancient humans
C)  a study of humanity focusing on its biological and genetic aspects
D)  the study of humankind in all its formsE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

You would contact a paleopathologist if the skeleton you just found __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  seemed to have recently suffered from a blow to the head
B)  may have signs of infectious disease
C)  may be that of an extinct hominin
D)  may be that of a non-human primateE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

__________ is perhaps the major human endeavor.

Accepted Answer

A)  Language
B)  Communication
C)  Culture
D)  Reproduction.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

The neo-Darwinian synthesis emerged by the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  second half of the nineteenth century
B)  mid twentieth century
C)  first half of the eighteenth century
D)  late seventeenth centuryE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The majority of anthropologists in the United States are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural anthropologists
B)  biological anthropologists
C)  applied anthropologists
D)  none of theseE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

A hominin is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an ape-like primate that walks on two legs
B)  a non-human animal
C)  an example of a "paradigm"
D)  none of theseE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 13

A scientist is carefully excavating a fossil hominin.She is participating in which discipline?

Accepted Answer

A)  osteology
B)  paleoanthropology
C)  paleopathology
D)  ethnographyE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Biomedical anthropologists study the influence of __________ on the spread of infectious disease.

Accepted Answer

A)  primate anatomy
B)  extreme environmental conditions
C)  cultural practices
D)  the skeletonE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

__________ is sometimes considered a fifth anthropological subfield.

Accepted Answer

A)  Archaeology
B)  Molecular biochemistry
C)  Economic anthropology
D)  Applied anthropologyE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Provide a brief discussion of the roots of modern biological anthropology.Explain the specific contribution of Sherwood Washburn.

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Question 17

The earliest physical anthropologists focused mostly on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  primate evolution
B)  anthropometry and craniometry
C)  the behavioral studies of non-human primates
D)  ecology and geneticsE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Define anthropology.Describe the various subfields of anthropology.Using examples from each,explain what they have all have in common.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Which of the following typifies the work of an osteologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  a scientist who studies the relationship of culture,medicine,and evolution
B)  a researcher livening amongst Lowland Gorillas
C)  a scientist piecing together tiny fragments of a skeleton
D)  a scientist researching the cultures of living peoplesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 20

From the perspective of biological theory,humans are ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  not like all other biological species
B)  unrelated to primates
C)  the product of the same long process of adaptation as all other biological species
D)  much like all other biological species,but did not result from evolutionary processesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The neo-Darwinian synthesis emerged by the __________.

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__________ is sometimes considered a fifth anthropological subfield.

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Which of the following is most likely to study the effects of urbanization,pollution,and health?

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__________ is perhaps the major human endeavor.

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A hominin is __________.

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One place primatologists often find jobs are at conservation agencies.

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Which of the following is NOT a subfield of anthropology?

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The majority of anthropologists in the United States are __________.

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Biomedical anthropologists study the influence of __________ on the spread of infectious disease.

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