ANTH113FA2007TESTOne

ANTH 113 EXAM I on Friday September 28, 2007


1 ________ is very often cited as the "father" of American archaeology and he certainly
attempted one of the first archaeological explanations of the question "who got here first?"
Clarence Darrow.
Harry Harlow.
José Acosta
Thomas Jefferson.

2 The major subdisciplines of Anthropology are:
Archaeology and cultural anthropology.
Cultural anthrology and Physical anthrpology.
Applied Anthropology and Linguistics.
All-of-the-above are major subdisciplines of Anthropology.

3 Urbanowicz (and others) makes the argument that "Evolution" is a neutral term and:
it does not mean progress.
it is not directed towards a goal.
it does not have a destination.
all-of-the-above are correct.

4 A part-time religious specialist who controls supernatural power is known as a:
witch doctor.
polygynist.
shaman.
paleoanthropologist

5 Bohannan (in S&M) discussed translation problems for the Tiv of:
Asia.
Mexico.
China.
None-of-the-above are correct.

6 Why do men and women communicate so differently? According to the Guidebook (for
the video on Non-Verbal Communication), it may be something ______.
in our family upbringing.
in our genes,
in our culture.
in our grammatical skills.

7 Jane Goodall has finally retired and is no longer interested in chimpanzee research.
TRUE
FALSE

8 Grammar refers to categories & rules for combining vocal symbols.
TRUE
FALSE

9 Helen J. Neville and Patricia Kuhl are among many individuals who have done research on communication systems.
TRUE
FALSE

10 The English word "anthropology" first appeared in the English language in the year 1492.
TRUE
FALSE

11 Charles Darwin published hist first edition of "On the Origin of Species" in 1859.
TRUE
FALSE

12 The Guidebook pointed out that about ten percent of the antibiotics produced in the USA each year
(~25 million pounds) are fed to healthy animals to prevent disease or speed growth.
TRUE
FALSE