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Introduction to Anthropology

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The argument that behavior in one culture should not be judged in relation to other cultures, but rather should be judged objectively.
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Human Rights
c)
Cultural Relativism
d)
Cultural Evolution
2.
The view that the people in another culture are backward or "not as good as us."
a)
Diffusion
b)
Ethnocentrism
c)
Acculturation
d)
Innovation
3.
Which of the following is not a culturally universal trait?
a)
Manipulative language
b)
Nuclear families
c)
Sexual differences
d)
Homosexuality
4.
What is particularity?
a)
A trait that only exists in one place.
b)
A trait which is spread throughout the world.
c)
A trait that is only particular to humans.
d)
Multiple combined traits.
5.
Although he argued for Cultural Evolution, this British anthropologist is known as the father of Cultural Evolution.
a)
Clifford Geertz
b)
Sir Edward Tylor
c)
Sir Edward Veddr
d)
Franz Boas
6.
What does it mean that culture is maladaptive?
a)
Cultural advances can cause harm
b)
No cultural advance can harm humans
c)
Some cultures are behind others
d)
Some cultures are inherently better than others.
7.
Spreading of cultural ideas
a)
Cultural traits
b)
Cultural diffusion
8.

People Anthropologists use to interview about the culture who are reliable and knowledgeable about the culture are called:

a)

Experts

b)

Informants

c)

Interviewees

d)

Assistants

9.

Ethnography is the study of:

a)

the origins and cultures of different people

b)

the study of institutions in society

c)

the brain activity during sleep

d)

the evolution of the human species

10.

Paleoanthropology is the study of:

a)

Ancient cultures

b)

Human differences in population

c)

Cultures of prehumans

d)

Bone and stone remains of ancient ancestors

11.

People who study Apes and Monkeys are called:

a)

Zoologists

b)

Veteranarians

c)

Animal Anthropologists

d)

Primatologists

12.

A social institution involving beliefs and practices based on recognizing the sacred

a)

Government

b)

Religion

c)

Education

d)

Economy

13.

belief based on conviction rather than on scientific evidence

a)

Faith

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Church

d)

Denomination

14.

the historical decline in the importance of the supernatural and the sacred

a)

Secularization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Atheism

d)

Polytheism

15.

A _____________ is a system of beliefs usually involving the worship of supernatural forces or beings.

a)

ritual

b)

religion

c)

rite of passage

d)

all of these

16.

Which of the following things are normally characteristic of religions?

a)

They allow us to be free in deciding what to do in difficult life situations.

b)

In most societies, religions do not play an important role in social control.

c)

Sacred texts of religions usually set precedents for proper behavior in common situations.

d)

They usually undermine the norms of a society.

17.

Which of the following does not involve the belief in a supernatural being?

a)

animatism

b)

animism

c)

ancestral spirit

d)

all of the above involve the belief in supernatural beings

18.

The traditional Polynesian belief in the existence of "mana" is an example of ______________ .

a)

animatism

b)

animism

c)

ancestral spirits

d)

gods

19.

Animism is a belief in:

a)

ancestral ghosts or spirits

b)

otiose deities

c)

spirits that are in natural objects such as trees, rivers, and mountains

d)

minor supernatural beings such as leprechauns, elves, and pixies

20.
Which of the following is not true about kinship?
a)
It refers only to the biological ties to other people that people recognize.
b)
t refers to one's relationship to members of one's immediate family.
c)
It refers to one's relationship to members of one's extended family.
d)
It may refer to cultural ties to other people modeled on biological ones.
21.
In the diagrams devised by anthropologists to represent kinship ties, a vertical line represents:
a)
Marriage between two people.
b)
The offspring from a marriage.
c)
Sibling relationships.
d)
Gender of family members.
22.
Polyandry means:
a)
Any marriage system that allows multiple spouses.
b)
A man having several wives.
c)
A marriage involving just one spouse.
d)
A woman having multiple husbands.
23.
In unilineal descent systems:
a)
Men and women inherit property equally.
b)
Residence rules apply to one gender only.
c)
Individuals recognize both sides of the family.
d)
Some biological relatives are not included in one's kin group.
24.
Kinship where an individual is a member of the mother's descent line is called:
a)
Matriarchal.
b)
Feminist.
c)
Bilateral.
d)
Matrilineal.
25.
The incest taboo:
a)
Forbids mating with the same relatives in all societies.
b)
Applies only to biological relationships.
c)
Is linked to kinship terminology.
d)
Only has a biological function in society
26.
refers to a group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in the society
a)
minorities
b)
ethnic groups
c)
stereotypes
d)
race
27.
refers to people sharing certain biologically inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society
a)
race
b)
ethnic group
c)
minority group
d)
stereotype
28.
refers to group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics
a)
ethnic group
b)
race
c)
minority
d)
stereotype
29.
Pattern of assimilation in which all racial and ethnic minorities blend together
a)
Melting Pot
b)
Tossed Salad
c)
Subjugation
d)
Cultural Pluralism 
30.
refers to the systematic effort to destroy fan entire population
a)
genocide
b)
subjagation
c)
discrimination
d)
accommodation
31.
Which of the following is INCORRECT statement about gender?
a)
Gender is not determined by biology.
b)
Gender is a social construction.
c)
Sex is a less complex concept than gender.
d)
Gender roles are all the same in all societies.
32.
Heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality are examples of
a)
sexual orientation
b)
heterosexism
c)
Intersexuals
d)
Transexuals
33.

Which field of anthropology is primarily interested in the prehistory and early history of societies and their cultures?

a)

archaeology

b)

forensics

c)

ethnobotany

d)

cultural anthropology

34.
A holistic and comparative perspective:
a)
makes general anthropology superior to sociocultural anthropology.
b)
refers only to the cultural aspects of human diversity that anthropologists study.
c)
most characterizes anthropology, compared to other disciplines that study humans.
35.
Over time, humans have become increasingly dependent on which of the following to cope with the  environments they have occupied in time and space?
a)
cultural means of adaptation
b)
biological means of adaptation, mostly thanks to advanced medical research
c)
social institutions, such as the state that coordinates collective action

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