Anthropology Quiz

What is the field of anthropology that focuses on the earliest processes in the biological and sociocultural development of human beings?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Linguistic anthropology

What is the field of anthropology that explores the central role of language in human cultural life?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Linguistic anthropology

What is the process of learning and acquiring a particular culture, often intensified in childhood?

• Enculturation

• Ethnography

• Excavation

• Fieldwork

What is the scientific process of uncovering artifacts and other biological and cultural remains in the historic and prehistoric past of human-inhabited sites?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Linguistic anthropology

What is the application of the techniques of biological anthropology to solve crimes?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Forensic anthropology

What are objects made by humans, such as pottery or tools, called?

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Ecofacts

• Features

What is the study of how people in the past understood and used celestial objects for navigation, calendars, politics, and the timing of ritual events?

• Archaeoastronomy

• Ethnobotany

• Forensic anthropology

• Zooarchaeology

What is the field of anthropology devoted to describing and understanding the wide variety of human cultures?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Linguistic anthropology

What is the study of how people in the past understood and used celestial objects for navigation, calendars, politics, and the timing of ritual events?

• Archaeoastronomy

• Ethnobotany

• Forensic anthropology

• Zooarchaeology

What is the application of the techniques of biological anthropology to solve crimes?

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Cultural anthropology

• Forensic anthropology