Question 1

What is the category of anthropological work in which the anthropologist not only performs research but also gets involved in the design, implementation, and management of some organization, process, or product?

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A)   Salvage ethnography
B)   Comparative anthropology
C)   Natural selection
D)   Practicing anthropology D

Question 2

When an anthropologist examines birthing practices in the United States and Mexico, he or she is employing

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A)   the scientific method.
B)   cultural relativism.
C)   participant observation.
D)   the comparative method.

Question 3

Anthropologists like E. E. Evans-Pritchard and Renato Rosaldo do not see cultural anthropology as a science.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The scientific method begins with

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A)   a hypothesis.
B)   the observation of a fact.
C)   an experiment.
D)   detailed measurements.

Question 5

Individuals with an undergraduate or graduate background in anthropology are prepared to be ________, because they recognize that even in the most seemingly chaotic situation, there are social, historical, institutional, natural, and cultural patterns at work, and they are deft at identifying and understanding those patterns.

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A)   Pattern-seekers
B)   Critical thinkers
C)   Relationship builders
D)   Adapters

Question 6

How would you use anthropology's holistic perspective to understand the effects of low-fat diets in American lives?

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In bringing together the study of human biology, prehistory, language, and social life under one disciplinary roof, anthropology offers powerful conceptual tools for understanding the entire context of human experience. The effort to synthesize these distinct approaches and findings into a single comprehensive explanation is called holism. It is American anthropology that has strived to be the most holistic. This was a legacy of German-born Franz Boas, long considered the founder of American anthropology, through his work in the American Anthropological Association and at Columbia University in the early twentieth century. His student Alfred Kroeber once described four-field anthropology as a "sacred bundle."

Question 7

Contemporary cultural anthropologists rank societies along an evolutionary scale from "primitive" to "advanced" to categorize human diversity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In a study where an anthropologist is collecting stories, memories, beliefs, jokes, conversations, interviews, and disagreements, he or she is collecting what kind of data?

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A)   Quantitative
B)   Qualitative
C)   Archival
D)   Ethnocentric B

Question 9

Why do you think anthropologists are so concerned with the ethics of research?

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Question 10

It is important to be clear about the anthropological work you are doing in any field site; therefore, it is important to get the permission of your subjects by

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A)   force.
B)   any means necessary.
C)   informed consent.
D)   archival documents.

Question 11

What role do you think the scientific method plays in the application of anthropology to solving social problems?

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Question 12

The advent of systemic comparisons through careful observation of people occurred during

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A)   the Industrial Revolution.
B)   the Renaissance.
C)   the Enlightenment.
D)   the Dark Ages.

Question 13

Some anthropologists believe that the ethical principle of " " is not enough, and that anthropologists have a responsible to actively "do good" in a society.

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Question 14

___________ is an approach in anthropology that directly addresses issues of social justice, such as poor health and political disempowerment.

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A)   Radical social science
B)   Action anthropology
C)   Practicing archaeology
D)   Cultural anthropology

Question 15

The subfield of anthropology that studies the material remains of past cultures is called

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A)   biological anthropology.
B)   linguistic anthropology.
C)   cultural anthropology.
D)   archaeology.

Question 16

Holism

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A)   synthesizes the entirety of the human experience.
B)   is part of the scientific method.
C)   is a universal truth.
D)   counts, measures, and constructs statistical models.

Question 17

During anthropological fieldwork, cultural anthropologists

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A)   learn the local language, record people's economic transactions, and study how environmental changes affect agriculture.
B)   examine items of material culture and the rise of cities and states.
C)   excavate sites where written historical documentation exists in order to understand the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
D)   study how language use is shaped by group membership and identify and how language helps people organize their cultural beliefs and ideologies.

Question 18

When did anthropology emerge as an academic discipline?

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A)   400 BCE
B)   1800s
C)   1900s
D)   1500s

Question 19

Anthropologists have a responsibility to the public, including the obligation to disseminate the findings of their research-even when certain findings might lower public opinion about a group of people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

___________ is an approach in anthropology that directly addresses issues of social justice, such as poor health and political disempowerment.

Accepted Answer

A)   Radical social science
B)   Action anthropology
C)   Practicing archaeology
D)   Cultural anthropology

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