Question 1

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Anthropologists only study contemporary, living peoples.

True
Correct!

False

Question 2
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Although providing factual accounts of the fate of victims who had disappeared (desaparecidos)
to their surviving kin, Dr. Snow’s work was not able to be used to convict several Argentine
military officers of kidnapping, torture, and murder.
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True
Correct Answer

False

Question 3
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When doing anthropological research, one should overcome _______________________ or the
belief that one's own culture is the only proper one.
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pitfalls of e

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ethnocentrism

Question 4
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The anthropologist has to consider obligations to three sets of people:
Correct!

the people studied, the profession of anthropology, and the people who funded the study

the profession of anthropology, other anthropologists who have studied the community, and the
community studied.

the anthropologist’s family, government, and people studied.

the people who funded the study, the anthropologist’s government, and the people who were
studied.

the people studied, the profession of anthropology, their government

Question 5
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You probably speak differently to your friends than you do to your grandmother; this is an area
of study of ______________________ anthropology which focuses on structure, history, and
relation of language to social and cultural contexts.
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linguistic

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linguistic anthropology
linguistic

Question 6
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Culture is human behavior that is genetically transmitted

True
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False

Question 7
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Archaeologists are principally interested in:

Tracing the course of human evolution through an examination of the fossilized remains.

Collecting artifacts made by ancient peoples.

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Excavating sites and developing museums to preserve ancient landforms

Tracing the early development of Western civilization

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Understanding and reconstructing the cultures of past societies

Question 8
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The link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and economic systems (i.e.
wealth) can only be understood by studying both cultural anthropology and biological
anthropology thus demonstrating the anthropological approach of ________________________
which views that culture, history, and biology are an integrated whole and are essential to a
complete understanding of human society.
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holistic

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holistic
holism

Question 9
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Whether historic or prehistoric, _________________________ is the study of material remains
to understand the diversity in past human cultures.
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archaeolog

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archaeology

Question 10
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The Leakeys, (Louis, Mary, Richard, Meave, and Louise) have discovered and named dozens of
human fossils in East Africa and study ______________________ which documents human
evolution through the fossil record.
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paleoanthro

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paleoanthropology
Quiz Score: 7 out of 10