Quiz One Awnseres
CHAP 1 – What is Anthropology
1. Which of the following is not true about Franz Boas?
A. He is considered the Founding Father of American Anthropology
B. He collected anthropological data on the Inuit (Eskimos)
C. He opened the first anthropology department in the U.S. at Columbia University.
D. He was a German-born, Jewish person until the Hitler regime
E. Based on his anthropological data, Boas determined that there was no such thing as “race” and therefore no basis for concepts of “racial inferiority”
2. The American Anthropological Association (or AAA) acknowledges the public service role provided by anthropology by recognition of which of the following dimensions of the field?
A. cultural anthropology
B. applied anthropology
C. biological anthropology
D. general anthropology
E. biocultural anthropology
3. What is the most critical element of cultural traditions?
A. Their stability owing to the unchanging characteristics of human biology.
B. Their tendency to change radically every generation.
C. Their transmission through learning rather than through biological inheritance.
D. Their tendency to remain unchanged despite changing historical circumstances.
E. Their traceability to the cultural evolution of humans according to Social Darwinism.
4. What are the four main subdisciplines (four fields) of anthropology?
A. Medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology
B. Archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology
C. Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology
D. Genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, linguistic anthropology
E. Primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology
5. Which of the following expresses scientists’ preference for explaining biological differences among humans rather than pigeonholing humans into racial classifications?
A. All human populations
1. Which of the following is not true about Franz Boas?
A. He is considered the Founding Father of American Anthropology
B. He collected anthropological data on the Inuit (Eskimos)
C. He opened the first anthropology department in the U.S. at Columbia University.
D. He was a German-born, Jewish person until the Hitler regime
E. Based on his anthropological data, Boas determined that there was no such thing as “race” and therefore no basis for concepts of “racial inferiority”
2. The American Anthropological Association (or AAA) acknowledges the public service role provided by anthropology by recognition of which of the following dimensions of the field?
A. cultural anthropology
B. applied anthropology
C. biological anthropology
D. general anthropology
E. biocultural anthropology
3. What is the most critical element of cultural traditions?
A. Their stability owing to the unchanging characteristics of human biology.
B. Their tendency to change radically every generation.
C. Their transmission through learning rather than through biological inheritance.
D. Their tendency to remain unchanged despite changing historical circumstances.
E. Their traceability to the cultural evolution of humans according to Social Darwinism.
4. What are the four main subdisciplines (four fields) of anthropology?
A. Medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology
B. Archaeology, biological anthropology, applied linguistics, and applied anthropology
C. Biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology
D. Genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, linguistic anthropology
E. Primatology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, and paleopathology
5. Which of the following expresses scientists’ preference for explaining biological differences among humans rather than pigeonholing humans into racial classifications?
A. All human populations