Reading Check 1 - Anthropology

In Mexico, traditions like Día de Muertos, customs such as quinceañeras, along with typical dishes, lifestyles, and regional religious festivals are examples of:

• The field of study of Anthropology.

• • The study of Anthropology techniques.

• • The ethnographic method of Anthropology.

• • The history of Mexican folklore.

Select the correct subdiscipline of Anthropology: A group of researchers is studying the skeletal remains discovered during the construction of a new shopping mall and they are trying to know more about who lived in that area long time ago.

• Physical archeology

• Cultural anthropology.

• Anthropological linguistics.

• Anthropological research

Elena wants to study the origins, lifestyle, and characteristics of several urban tribes at her high school, such as alucines, otakus, goths and FIFAs. Which subdiscipline of Anthropology should she use?

• Cultural anthropology.

• Anthropological linguistics.

• Physical archeology

Differences in sign language from one country to another.

• Anthropological linguistics.

• Cultural anthropology.

• Physical archeology.

• Verbal archeology.

What is the key feature of a holistic perspective in Anthropology?

• It examines all aspects of human life, including biology, culture, history, and language, to understand a society as a whole.

• It focuses on studying different cultures side by side to find similarities and differences.

• It compares social practices across time periods to analyze changes in behavior.

• It specializes in one particular element of culture, such as language, to draw conclusions about society.

Which of the following statements DOES NOT define the study of culture in Anthropology?

• Beliefs and customs of a society

• The highest level of knowledge about art that we can achieve.

• Knowledge and skills acquired by man living in society.

• Evolution understood as a multi-stage process towards higher development.

At which level of savagery was the use of the bow and arrow introduced for hunting, sibling marriage prohibited, and family relationships recognized exclusively through the maternal line?

• Higher savagery

• Lower savagery

• Barbarism

• Civilization

Which Anthropological current states that cultures adopt their elements by imitation?

• Diffusionism

• Functionalism

• Neoevolutionism

• Structuralism

Which concept describes a group of people who live according to certain forms of behavior, gathered to fulfill, through mutual cooperation and related by common laws?

• Government

• State

• Society

• Community

What does ethnocentrism refer to?

• Judging other cultures based on one’s own cultural standards.

• Adopting and integrating elements from other cultures into one’s own.

• Understanding other cultures through their own cultural perspectives.

• Valuing all cultures equally without comparison.