Exam 1: What Is Anthropology?

A) unwritten languages
B) the ways in which language is related to beliefs and behaviors
C) the way language is used in different social contexts
D) the historical connections of different languages to each other

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A) They believe that any generalization about humans should be applicable across time and space.
B) A key tenet within anthropology is that there is a fundamental base to all human culture.
C) Many anthropologists believe that other disciplines lack scientific rigor.
D) Anthropology attracts people who have difficulty narrowing their research focus.

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A) Most anthropologists have some overlap with other disciplines that share their research.
B) Specialization isolates anthropologists from other disciplines.
C) There is very little specialization in anthropology, so communication with other disciplines is frequent.
D) Anthropologists can become so specialized they become a part of another discipline altogether.

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A) Paleontologists study many different types of animals, while paleoanthropologists focus on humans and their relatives.
B) Paleontologists work in the lab, while paleoanthropologists work in the field.
C) Paleontologists study humans, while paleoanthropologists study dinosaurs.
D) Paleontologists study archaeological and biological remains, while paleoanthropologists focus on only skeletal remains.

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A) the customary ways that a particular population or society thinks and behaves
B) the religion, language, and values of a population
C) advanced knowledge of literature and fine arts
D) traditional beliefs that have been unchanged over generations

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A) 1800s
B) 1700s
C) 1600s
D) 1900s

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A) Anthropological research has shown that many ethnic groups in different parts of the world, including Asians, Arabs, Jews, and African Americans, avoid fresh milk because they cannot digest it.
B) Anthropologists established that milk was intentionally being withheld from black students as a form of institutionalized racism.
C) Researchers established that African Americans can afford milk but do not like the taste of it.
D) Anthropologists demonstrated that all ethnic groups who do not drink fresh milk are poor and uneducated, not just African Americans.

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A) It provides the data needed to describe the typical behavior and thought of a group of people.
B) It allows researchers to become more sympathetic to their research subjects' concerns.
C) Fieldwork is a training period to prepare ethnologists for jobs as professors.
D) It is a rite of passage for anthropologists, as it is a traditional component of anthropological work.

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A) specialize in one certain topic or area
B) investigate many different aspects of life of the people studied
C) study a geographically more distant society
D) do fieldwork alone

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A) typical characteristics of a cultural group
B) abnormal characteristics within a group
C) differences in individual behavior
D) behavioral changes over time

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A) ethnographer
B) archaeologist
C) ethnohistorian
D) linguistic anthropologist

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A) People from all populations can successfully interbreed.
B) All modern humans have the same blood type.
C) Humans from around the world look pretty much the same.
D) Historical documents can trace ancestry back to the origin of our species.

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A) sociolinguist
B) anthropological linguist
C) historical linguist
D) ethnologist

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A) Primates
B) humans
C) Homo sapiens
D) mammals

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A) Understanding differences in body language across cultures helps with communication.
B) Anthropologists insist that you learn at least one other language.
C) Anthropology teaches that all behaviors are acceptable.
D) Anthropology encourages everyone to do a cross-cultural immersion course in college.

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A) Anthropologists now have more specialized areas of research.
B) Modern anthropologists are no longer trained with a holistic approach.
C) Anthropologists only work in academic settings today.
D) Anthropologists are now only interested in non-Western cultures.

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A) Many other disciplines also study humans.
B) The focus of anthropology is on pre-human creatures.
C) Anthropologists study only certain aspects of human life.
D) Anthropologists study all species of mammals.

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