Anthropology 1101

Which of the following most characterizes anthropology among disciplines that studyhumans?
A. It studies foreign places.
B. It uses personal interviews of the study population.
C. It includes biology.
D. It studies only groups that are thought to be “dying.”
E. It is holistic and comparative.

Over time, how has human reliance on cultural means of adaptation changed?
A. Humans have become increasingly more dependent on it.
B. Humans are just beginning to depend on it.
C. Humans have become increasingly less dependent on it.
D. Humans no longer use it.
E. Humans have become entirely reliant on biological means.

The presence of more efficient respiratory systems to extract oxygen from the air amonghuman populations living at high elevation is an example of what form of adaptation?
A. long-term physiological adaptation
B. symbolic adaptation
C. immediate physiological adaptation
D. genetic adaptation
E. cultural adaptation

The fact that anthropology focuses on both culture and biology
A. is the reason it has traditionally studied primitive societies.
B. is a result of the ethnographic method.
C. is unique to the kind of anthropology found in Europe.
D. allows it to address how culture influences biological traits and vice versa.
E. is not important at all, since biology is studied by biological anthropologists while culture is studied by cultural anthropologists.

5. What are the four subdisciplines of anthropology?
A. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, anthropologyand linguistics.
B. archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology.
C. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, andarchaeology.
D. primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleoscatology.
E. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology.

How are the four subfields of American anthropology unified?
A. Each subfield studies human genetic variation through time and space.
B. Each subfield studies human variation through time and space.
C. Each subfield studies the human capacity for language.
D. Each subfield studies human biological variability.
E. The subfields really are not unified; their grouping into one discipline is a historicalaccident.

What is ethnography?
A. The generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology.
B. The study of animal behavior.
C. The study of biological adaptability.
D. The fieldwork aspect of cultural anthropology.
E. The comparative component of cultural anthropology.

What term is synonymous with applied anthropologists?
A. practicing anthropologists
B. working anthropologists
C. functioning anthropologists
D. employed anthropologists
E. performing anthropologists

Which of the following is an example of cultural resource management?
A. any archaeological research funded by the US government.
B. the emergency excavation and cataloging of a site that is about to be destroyed by a newhighway
C. a museum returning archaeological finds to the indigenous peoples whose ancestorsproduced the artifacts
D. any archaeological work done in an urban setting
E. archaeology sponsored by indigenous peoples

What is a disease?
A. An artificial product of biomedicine.
B. An unnatural state of health.
C. A consequence of foraging.
D. A scientifically described health threat.
E. A health problem as it is experienced by the one affected.

Why would companies designing and marketing products hire an anthropologist like the onesmentioned in your reading “Coming of Age in Palo Alto” and like Dr. Lucy Suchman whoworks for Xerox (in textbook)?
A. to pretend they care about customers’ cultural preferences
B. to gain a better understanding of their customers in an increasingly multicultural world
C. to make sure that they are abiding by the American Anthropological Association’s codeof ethics
D. to provide jobs for the growing number of unemployed academics
E. to fulfill the requirements to become a non-profit organization

Non-western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological andpsychological illnesses.
True False

Anthropologists study only non-Western cultures.
True False

Ethnography is one of applied anthropology’s most valuable research tools.
True False

Biomedicine, which aims to link illness to scientifically demonstrated agents that bear nopersonal malice toward their victims, is an example of naturalistic medicine.
True False

Anthropology is unique among other social sciences in its emphasis on both holistic andcross-cultural perspectives.
True False