ANTHROPOLOGY 13/Spring 2000 Self-Test #1 for 24 Feb 2000 EXAM I

Anthropology 13/Spring 2000/Self-Testing Quiz #1



1 Anthropology 13 (Human Cultural Diversity) deals with an understanding of the phenomenon of _____ as that which differentiates human life from other life forms.
Anomie
Biology
Culture
Personality

2 Anthropology 13 also deals with an understanding of biology, behavior, and _____.
anthropology.
biomechanics.
culture.
development.
evolution.

3 Learning has been described as the acquisition of _______.
anthropological beliefs
biological backgrounds.
computer expertise.
information.

4 The term "anthropology" comes from the Greek and it refers to the "systematic wonder about" and the ______ study of humans.
scientific
humanistic
evolutionary
historical

5 Anthropologists deal with contemporary problems: how can _____ get along peaceably together?
animals
cultures
society
people

6 Anthropologists conduct "fieldwork" and Napoleon Chagnon pointed out that for the Yanomamo, ______ between villages are the products of developmental sequences.
aggression
behavioral assaults
alliances
none-of-the-above

7 Anthropological fieldwork resulted in _____ discovering the "Taung Skull" in 1924.
Louis Leakey
Richard Leakey
Donald Johansen
Raymond Dart

8 The "killer ape" theory of our ancestors was introduced by _____.
Louis & Mary Leakey.
Phillip Tobias.
Jane Goodall.
Raymond Dart.

9 In discussing "Human Cultural Diversity" in class, it was pointed out that _____ does not make predictions.
anthropology
biology
culture
evolution

10 The process of _____ that results in changes in gene frequencies and in the characteristics that genes encode is known as natural selection.
acculturation
differential survival and reproduction
culture change
none-of-the-above

11 As a result of the five weeks of this course, you should have realized that the earth does not yield its secrets easily, yet around the world, numerous scientists are unravelling the story of human _____.
actions.
biological awareness.
evolution.
none-of-the-above!

12 "The way we have learned about ourselves as women or as men affects how we communicate with others. This, in turn, affects others' ______."
attitudes.
behaviors.
perceptions.
descriptions.

13 It was pointed out that "you may not believe in _____, and that is all rights. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves."
evolution
religion
culture
a supreme being

14 It is ______ that is so central to the human mind and it emerges with anyone with normal human abilities, even when hearing is absent at birth.
hope
religion
language
binocular vision

15 Derek Bickerton believes that language developed as a result of ______.
traders.
traders & missionaries.
children.
explorers.