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What is the importance of the African Burial Ground National Monument?

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This chapter included many examples of types of applied anthropology and ethnographic study that contributed to changes among a group of people.Choose one of the examples and discuss the types of contribution that occurred as a result of the anthropological perspective.

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What are the three primary messages of the RACE Project?

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What do we call anthropology that communicates with nonanthropological audiences in order to have an impact on critical contemporary issues?


A) Critical anthropology
B) Public anthropology
C) Native anthropology
D) Social anthropology
E) Grassroots anthropology

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Unlike anthropologists,art critics in the early 20th century felt that:


A) indigenous art did not qualify as art under any circumstances.
B) all art was indigenous art and should be recognized as "primitive."
C) art had universal intrinsic artistic qualities.
D) art had no intrinsic value.
E) art was highly related to its cultural context.

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In southern Africa some 75% of AIDS victims are women.

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What is the relationship between biology and culture?


A) They are responsive to each other and flexible and adaptable.
B) Culture is a biological imperative and is attached to our genes.
C) Human biology cannot be activated without culture.
D) Biology and culture are both fixed and determined at birth.
E) Although culture is very important,it does not have any biological effect.

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Forensic anthropologists worked to help identify victims of September 11th,2001.

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All of the following are ways that the anthropological perspective is best incorporated into museum exhibits on indigenous art except by:


A) telling the official historical account of Native American history.
B) collaborating with indigenous peoples on exhibits of their art.
C) framing the exhibit with narratives that frame (and explain) the exhibit.
D) labeling objects to emphasize ethnographic context.
E) respecting sacred objects that are included within the exhibit.

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Which of the following best defines "race" in anthropology?


A) the sorting of people by physical differences
B) the categorization of people based upon physical capacities
C) the division of people into groups based upon essential biological differences
D) the separation of people into separate breeding pools
E) the grouping of people based upon intelligence capacities

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Which of the following statements about child sex workers in New York City did Richard Curtis find to be true?


A) They often blamed their parents for their living situations and need to leave their homes.
B) Many youths were attracted to the sex trade by the media glamour surrounding it on television.
C) Girls were found to be far more solitary and disconnected than boys.
D) Almost all of the youths entered the sex trade after being propositioned by a stranger on the street who turned out to be a pimp.
E) Almost 75% of the youths were homeless.

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Which of the following is not an accurate description of the ways that the Qur'an is used by a nongovernmental women's group in Kazakhstan?


A) It is used to support domestic violence as a way of disciplining women.
B) It is used as a basis for counseling and mediation in cases of domestic violence.
C) It used as a way to empower women to have some autonomous aspects of their lives.
D) It is used to define and stabilize gender roles in the society.
E) It is used to help women focus on a commitment to their families.

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Why did the African-American community in Hyde Park not receive any type of compensation or settlement for the damages caused by environmental pollution of local factories?


A) They did not have lawyers who were capable of representing them.
B) They were not told about the lawsuit or settlement.
C) The lawsuit failed and there were not damages paid.
D) The white residents of Hyde Park took all of the settlement money.
E) The court costs were so high that there was no money left after the settlement.

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Anthropology routinely contributes all of the following except:


A) analyses of human events and solutions to human problems.
B) information about the dynamic elements of social organization.
C) ways to become advocates for other cultures.
D) a means to determine which culture is more favorable for an area.
E) help for governments who wish to implement more sensitive policy for indigenous cultures.

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Medical anthropology draws upon which of the following?


A) cultural anthropology
B) linguistic anthropology
C) social anthropology
D) biological anthropology
E) All of these choices are correct.

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