True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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It
would be ridiculous to think of ethnology as the study of alternative ways of doing
things.
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Since the subject matter of anthropology is vast, it is almost impossible for a single anthropologist
to study everything that has to do with people.
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Anthropologists know that even if formulated correctly their theories will never be completely beyond
challenge.
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4.
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Archaeologists are physical anthropologists.
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One function of anthropological linguistics would be to study languages throughout time to determine
how they have changed.
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6.
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All cultures have two and only two gender categories.
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Anthropologists view their findings as related to those of other social sciences.
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8.
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The subdisciplines of cultural and physical anthropology are not closely related; however, it hardly
matters since we can understand what people do without knowing what people are.
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9.
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In addition to studying fossil skulls, physical anthropologists also are interested in studying the
recently deceased.
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10.
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Anthropological research has shown that the ever increasing amount of household appliances purchased
by consumers has not resulted in an increase in leisure time.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
importance of unexpected events in the field cannot be understated because such events bring
__________. a. | new
friends | b. | new
understanding | c. | much animosity and
ill will | d. | financial
rewards | e. | unwanted
problems | | |
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Anthropologists, like other scientists, are concerned with the ______ and ______ of
hypotheses. a. | formulation and
testing | b. | validation and
discovering | c. | sampling and
questioning | d. | research and
redistribution | e. | universality and
distribution | | |
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Anthropologists hope to develop explanations, known as theories, which are
________________. a. | validated by
experts | b. | acceptable
conclusions | c. | supported by
bodies of data | d. | absolute
truths | e. | found to be
facts | | |
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It is through fieldwork that anthropologists test existing ______________. a. | observations | b. | beliefs | c. | patterns | d. | hypotheses | e. | truths | | |
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Archaeologists seek to explain human behaviour by studying material objects, usually from
_____________. a. | museums | b. | garbage dumps | c. | past cultures | d. | other countries | e. | present societies | | |
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Works of anthropological significance have considerable ______________; one example is the
description of other people by Herodotus. a. | worth | b. | antiquity | c. | validity | d. | authenticity | e. | legitimacy | | |
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The social science most often compared to anthropology is ______________. a. | economics | b. | political science | c. | history | d. | psychology | e. | sociology | | |
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Culture bound theories are those that are based on the assumptions and values of
_______________. a. | another
culture | b. | an alien
society | c. | one's own
culture | d. | one's own
religion | e. | universality | | |
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What is participant observation in ethnography? a. | persons that secretly provide information to the
ethnographer | b. | persons that
gossip to the ethnographer | c. | busybody old people | d. | the study of cultures from a comparative point of view,
using ethnographic accounts | e. | the technique of learning a people's culture through direct
participation in everyday life | | |
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Cross cultural studies show that__________________. a. | it is rare for infants to sleep alongside their
mothers | b. | co-sleeping
between mothers and infants causes long term psychological damage to
children | c. | there are many
benefits to both mothers and infants connected with co-sleeping | d. | co-sleeping benefits infants but causes mothers emotional
hardship | e. | mothers get less
sleep when infants sleep next to them than when they sleep separately | | |
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______________ in anthropology derive from George Peter Murdock's efforts to develop a rigorous
methodology. a. | Modern
cross-cultural studies | b. | Extensive use of survey methods | c. | Sampling procedures | d. | Replication methods | e. | Validation methods | | |
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The value of HRAF (Human Relations Area File) in anthropology is that it allows
________________. a. | for validity
checks information received from informants | b. | a search for causal relationships by using statistical
techniques to provide testable generalizations | c. | a search for unique examples from a huge data
base | d. | for the
anthropologist to check for reliability of information received | e. | for anthropologists and sociologists to work together on a
study | | |
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_____________ is the author of the Original Study “Eating Christmas in the
Kalahari” about field work with the Ju/hoansi in the Kalahari. a. | Margaret Mead | b. | Edward B. Tylor | c. | Richard B. Lee | d. | Lewis Henry Morgan | e. | Eleanor Leacock | | |
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Why did the Ju/hoansi make disparaging remarks about the ox which an anthropologist purchased for
their Christmas feast? a. | The Ju/hoansi didn’t celebrate
Christmas. | b. | They wanted the
anthropologist to buy one of their own animals. | c. | The ox was very scrawny. | d. | The Ju/hoansi, being hunters, didn’t like to eat the
meat of domesticated animals. | e. | The Ju/hoansi teased people to stop them from becoming too
proud. | | |
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An ethnohistory could be used for which of the following? a. | to gain a broad overview of a particular ethnic group
at the present time | b. | crosscultural comparison | c. | understanding the phenomenon of
change | d. | testing and
confirming hypotheses about culture | e. | all of the above except a | | |
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Ethnographic field work is basic to __________. a. | physical anthropology | b. | survey research | c. | ethnology | d. | archaeology | e. | quantitative research | | |
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It is of the utmost importance for the anthropological fieldworker to be
_____________. a. | very
religious | b. | ethnocentric | c. | a member of the American Anthropological
Association | d. | a good
statistician | e. | free of the
assumptions and biases of her/his own culture | | |
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Sex, as
opposed to gender, refers to _____________. a. | acts of reproduction, as opposed to acts performed entirely
for pleasure | b. | biological and
anatomical differences, as opposed to culturally imposed roles | c. | primary, as opposed to secondary, physiological sexual
characteristics | d. | sexual characteristics of “primitive”, as opposed
to modern, societies | e. | male, as opposed to female,
sexuality | | |
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Which of the following statements best describes prevailing anthropological views about gender
stratification in cross-cultural perspective? a. | All known cultures are characterized by a sharp and rigid
gender hierarchy. | b. | Most traditional societies possessed gender stratification
but contemporary Canadian society does not. | c. | Gender hierarchy exists only in highly developed
societies. | d. | Gender
stratification occurs within all present-day societies, but it is more extreme in some cultures than
others. | e. | Gender hierarchy
exists only in foraging societies. | | |
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Which
of the following can benefit from anthropological knowledge? a. | economists | b. | lawyers | c. | medical practitioners | d. | all of the above | e. | a and c only | | |
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