Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 15th Edition Ember (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology, 15th Edition by Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember ; ISBN13: 9780134732831. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 17)....1. What Is Anthropology? 2. Culture and Culture Change 3. Culture and the Individual 4. Understanding and Explaining Culture 5. Communic...
Cultural Anthropology
Fifteenth Edition
Carol Ember, Human Relations Area Files
Melvin Ember
Prepared by
Cathy Cooke, University of Washington in St. Louis
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,CHAPTER 1: What Is Anthropology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Anthropology is literally the study of __________.
A) history
B) fossils
C) humans
D) religion
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Explain the general definition and purpose of anthropology.
Topic: What Is Anthropology?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which type of culture was the traditional focus for anthropologists?
A) non-Western cultures
B) extinct cultures
C) Western cultures
D) post-industrialized cultures
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the scope of anthropology.
Topic: The Scope of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The anthropological curiosity is primarily interested in __________.
A) abnormal characteristics within a population
B) differences in individual behavior
C) behavioral changes over time
D) typical characteristics of populations
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.4 Explain anthropology’s distinctive curiosity.
Topic: Anthropological Curiosity
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?
A) contemporary and ancient
B) biological and cultural
C) Western and non-Western
D) theoretical and practical
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
, 5. Which of the following can encompass any of the four main subfields of anthropology?
A) biological anthropology
B) anthropological linguistics
C) archaeology
D) applied anthropology
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans are all members of the order __________.
A) Primates
B) Humans
C) Homo sapiens
D) Mammals
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What is culture?
A) the religion, language, and values of a population
B) advanced knowledge of literature and fine arts
C) the customary ways that a particular population or society thinks and behaves
D) traditional beliefs that have been unchanged over generations
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The study of how languages change through time and how they may be related is called
__________.
A) historical linguistics
B) sociolinguistics
C) ethnolinguistics
D) structural linguistics
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.5 Differentiate among the five major fields of anthropology.
Topic: Fields of Anthropology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. A __________ might study speech patterns in varying social contexts.
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