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Anthropology 101 2024 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct (1) Ethnography is: - Answer-the firsthand, personal study of local settings. How are cultural rights different from human rights? - Answer-Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology? - Answer-Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology Current evidence suggests that the last common ancestor of hominins and the ...

Anthropology 101 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers All Correct (1) What does it mean to take a "holistic perspective?" - Answer-To seek interconnections and relatedness between various parts of human cultures and biology A "culture bond" theory is - Answer-a theory based on assumptions common to a particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many different cultures Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or similarities occur be...

ANTHRCUL 101 UMICH Exam 1 (2025)|FINAL BRAND NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST UPDATE four fields of anthropology - ANSWER--sociocultural -archaeology -biological -linguistic sociocultural anthropology - ANSWER--study of human society and culture -cultural similarities and differences -based on ethnography (long term field work in one community, participant observation) archaeological anthropology - ANSWER--reconst...

Anthropology 101 Test Questions with Correct Answers (1) anthropology - Answer-the study of the human species and its immediate ancestors holistic - Answer-encompassing past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture culture - Answer-traditions and customs transmitted through learning ethnology - Answer-the study of sociocultural differences and similarities anthropological archaeology - Answer-the study of human behavior through material remains historical p...

Anthropology 101 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct (1) Ethnography is: - Answer-the firsthand, personal study of local settings. How are cultural rights different from human rights? - Answer-Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology? - Answer-Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology Current evidence suggests that the last common ancestor of hominins and the Afric...

Anthropology 101 2024 Test Questions with Answers (1) What are the 6 skeletal evidences for Bipedalism? - Answer-1. The pelvis is bowl shaped. 2. The vertebral column is S-shaped (curved spine to set center of balance). 3. The big toe is not opposable, but in line with other toes (we also have a larger heel). 4. The femur is angled inward so that the knees are centered (for balance). 5. The foramen magnum is positioned at the base of the skull and parallel to floor. 6. Relative arm and le...

Anthropology 101 Exam with Complete Solutions (1) Cultural Relativism - Answer-The position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect. Anthropology is characterized by methodological rather than moral relativism: In order to understand another culture fully, anthropologists try to understand its member's beliefs and motivations. Methodological relativism does not preclude making moral judgments or taking action Ethnocentrism - Answer-The tendency to view one's ...

ANTH 101 All Chapters Exam Questions and Answers All Correct (1) Humans and other primates have powerful masticatory muscles to bite prey. - Answer- FALSE This is the study of what happens to a fossil from the time of death to the time of discovery. - Answer-TAPHONOMY Charles Lyell was the first scientist to help us understand the distribution of the earth layers, which influenced Darwin's work. - Answer-TRUE This principle of stratigraphy states that with all other factors equal,...

ANTH 101 Practice Test Questions with Correct Answers (1) Explain how fossils are formed and why they are not equally prevalent in all areas. - Answer-fossils are the remains of past life forms that have been partially or wholly transformed into rock and displaced through a long process of chemical replacement. minerals in bones and teeth are replaced with rock forming minerals like iron and silica. can be from any body part however 99% are made up of teeth and and bones. taphonomy (how fossi...

Anthropology 101 Exam Questions with Correct Answers (1) Taxonomic categories and classifications - Answer-are generally based on a comparison of traits and the adaptations of the organism Primates rely primarily on to negotiate their environment. - Answer- vision Primates ability to grasp with their limbs is called - Answer-prehensile Primates have a long period of dependency after birth because they - Answer-rely more on learned behaviors for survival In primate societies, the ...