WorksheetsAnthropology Ancest
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
A physical anthropologist studies:
a)
The cultures of the human species.
b)
Language as a human characteristic.
c)
Humans as a biological species.
d)
The fragile remains of past cultures.
2.
A biological anthropologist would probably not focus on:
a)
Variations in cultural systems.
b)
Primatology.
c)
Genetics.
d)
Evolution.
3.
Archaeology includes the topic of:
a)
material/cultural remains
b)
universal features of language
c)
political systems
d)
Human cultural expression.
4.
Which field of anthropology would most likely be interested in the marriage patterns and kinship systems of different societies around the world?
a)
cultural anthropology
b)
linguistic anthropology
c)
zooarchaeology
d)
all of the above
5.
Anthropology is different from most other disciplines in that it:
a)
Is more concerned with resource allocation.
b)
Is holistic as it searches for interrelationships.
c)
Was the first formal science to emerge.
d)
Focuses on past cultures.
6.
All of the following are considered a subfield of cultural anthropology except:
a)
Variation in cultural systems.
b)
Processes of cultural change.
c)
Culture as a trait of the species.
d)
Cultural resource management
7.
An anthropologist would probably not study:
a)
Primates and their behavior.
b)
Human remains.
c)
Dinosaur bones.
d)
Changes in a language.
8.
Understanding the behavior of the human species requires:
a)
Limiting one's focus to either biology or culture.
b)
Limiting one's focus to either evolution or the present.
c)
Adopting a holistic approach to biology and behavior.
d)
Understanding how environment determines behavior.
9.
Which of the following is true about anthropology?
a)
It usually is preferable to do anthropological research alone rather than with a team of researchers.
b)
Anthropology as an academic discipline is comparatively young. Its roots go back to the intellectual Enlightenment of the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America.
c)
Most anthropologists today are generalists--they master all of the fields of anthropology.
d)
All professional anthropologists now work in colleges, universities, or museums.
10.
Which field of anthropology is primarily concerned with the non-cultural aspects of humans and near-humans?
a)
archaeology
b)
biological anthropology
c)
linguistic anthropology
d)
cultural anthropology
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