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A primary reason to study anthropology is to - learn more about our own culture and ask better questions about how to address cultural challenges In anthropology the "holistic," principal means: - integrating what is known about all aspects of human beings and cultures at an inclusive level. To say that anthropology is a "comparative discipline" means that: - anthropological generalizations must draw on evidence from many different societies and cultures. Which of the following is t...

Problems limiting development of theory of evolution: - 1. Lack of knowledge on age of earth --> Bishop Usher stated that Earth was created at 2:30pm of October 23rd, 4004 BC - it was accepted because it was too dangerous to disagree w/ the church 2. Religious concept of fixity of species --> Thought God placed all animals on Earth in their current forms 3. Lack of scientific method --> Many ideas/concepts based on singular observations/accounts of other travellers 4. Religiou...

Ant 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass A primary reason to study anthropology is to - Answer- learn more about our own culture and ask better questions about how to address cultural challenges In anthropology the "holistic," principal means: - Answer- integrating what is known about all aspects of human beings and cultures at an inclusive level. To say that anthropology is a "comparative discipline" means that: - Answer- anthropological generalizations must draw on evidence from ...

ANT 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Some social scientists believe that Increased emphasis placed on appearance increases body anxiety, but it may also diminish other attributes formerly essential to success, such as family, birth, and character. One reason attractiveness has such social and emotional significance is the emergence of "elective sexuality" and sexual autonomy as desire and pleasure are partially de-linked from reproduction, familial control, and traditional morali...

ANT 100 midterm 1(evo. and arch.) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Evolutionary Anthropology(Evo. lec 1) - Answer- - application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of morphology, ecology, and behaviour of human and non-human primates Carolus Linnaeus()(Evo. lec 1) - Answer- - father of taxonomy - helped create system of species classification Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon()(Evo. lec 1) - Answer- - founded biogeography - came up w/ idea that species change over time -...

ANT 100 Final MSU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Indicate each statement that reflects something that the producers of the documentary Schooling the World are suggesting is true. - Answer- all options The British politician Macauley, who was instrumental in developing colonial policies for schools in India, said that, "Macaulay's children will be brown on the outside and white on the inside." - Answer- True The producers of the film Schooling the World introduce and promote an am...

ANT 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass anthropology - Answer- geographical and historical, all people, all time periods, traces the development of humans until the present holistic approach - Answer- study all varieties of people, but many aspects of human experience subfields of anthropology (4) - Answer- (1)social/cultural (2)biological (3)archaeology (4)linguistic biological approach - Answer- biological or physical characteristics of humans and the emergence of humans and their...

ANT 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Culture can NOT be "used up" - Answer- All traits are not adaptations, but all adaptations are traits Anthropology has four aspects: - Answer- Interdisciplinary, Cross-Cultural, Holistic, Evolutionary What four things make Anthropology different from other humanities and sciences? - Answer- Holistic, Comparative, Field-based, Evolutionary Anthropology has been called the most ___________ of the humanities and the most __________ of the scien...

ANT 100 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Holism refers to - Answer- the study of the whole human condition Cultures are described as - Answer- traditions and customs that are transmitted through learning and that form and guide the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to them. Anthropolgy is - Answer- the study of humans around the world and through time. General anthropology refers to - Answer- anthropology as a whole, or the "four fields." The four fields of anthrop...

ANT 100 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass The common practice of "two-spirited" gender roles with most Native American societies is an example of gender binary. - Answer- False Only very closed-minded people are ethnocentric. - Answer- False Chimpanzees and bonobos kiss. Often, they kiss with open mouths and tongues. - Answer- True Fraternal polyandry allows women to marry two brothers, but not three or more. - Answer- False Medical Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology ...