ANTH103/FA2002/EXAM#1

ANTH 103 /Fall 2002/Self-Testing Quizfor EXAM I on September 27, 2002.


1 For various anthropologists, "evidence" can be:
tools.
bones.
genes.
All-of-the-above

2 Ethnocentrism refers to the idea that:
one's own way of life is superior to others
we can describe
cultures are equal.
cultures are evolving.

3 According to ______, culture must be public because :meaning" is created through public acts.
Marvin Harris.
Bronislaw Malinowski.
Ian Tattersall.
Clifford Geertz.

4 According to Endicott and Welsch, the theory of "cultural ecology" was developed in the 1930s by:
 
Leslie A. White.
Homer G. Barnett.
Lewis Binford.
Julian Steward.

5 Among the Yanomamo, the following took place:
 
alliances.
feasts.
trading.
all-of-the-above!

6 KINSHIP: The complex system of social relations based on marriage (affinity) and birth (consanguinity).
TRUE
FALSE

7 Tattersall (E&W) contends that anatomical & behavioral differences between neanderthals
& modern humans was too great for them to have been members of the same species.
TRUE
FALSE

8 E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh (E&W) has worked with the Bonobo chimp Kanzi and believes that
Kanzi learned symbols by having humans shape his hands.
TRUE
FALSE

9 At the end of this 50 minute exam, the population of planet Earth will have increased by approximately 500 individuals (or approximately 10 per minute).
TRUE
FALSE