Anthropology Quiz

What is the definition of cultural relativism?

• The study of humanity across time and space.

• The contemporary period of increasing human impact on the ecosystems of our planet.

• Understanding every element of culture within the broader whole of that culture.

• The notion that one's own culture is so superior that no other culture is worth consideration.

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 study of how people in different cultures categorize and use plants for various purposes?

• Archaeoastronomy

• Ethnobotany

• Forensic anthropology

• Zooarchaeology

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

• Enculturation

• Ethnography

• Excavation

• Fieldwork

What is the study of how people in the past understood and used celestial objects for various purposes?

• 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 role of hydrogen bonds in biological processes compared to ionic bonds?

What are Lewis structures and what do they represent in a molecule?