SOSC103SP2005TESTOne

SOSC 103 EXAM I on February 24, 2005.
1 Urbanowicz believes that today's anthropology can be traced from ideas which came from:
Exploration & Evolution.
Evolution & Enlightenment.
Enlightenment & Exploration.
Exploration, Enlightenment, and Evolution!
2 According to john Marshall, the rock paintings (or "handprints") of the Bushmen of the Kalahari were:
the work of children.
grafiti.
signatures or magical signs.
All-of-the-above.
3 Why do men and women communicate so differently? According to some views, it may be because of:
our family upbringing.
our culture.
our genetic makeup.
in our language abilities.
4 Among the Yanomama of South American, the following took place:
alliances.
trading.
feasts.
all-of-the-above are correct!
5 An idea that is a mixture of belief and feeling that one's own way of life is desirable and actually superior to others is known as:
anthropology.
religion.
natural selection.
ethnocentrism.
6 According to S&M, "cultural anthropology has a two-fold mission: to understand other cultures and _______. 
lecture about them.
write about them.
communicate that understanding.
describe them to students and the public.
7 The concept of a "silent language" consists of speaking distancers, gestures, as well as smiles 9and a host of other tacit signs).
CORRECT.
FALSE
8 According to George C. Williams (in the Guidebook), an overwhelming amount of preventable disease in modern societies results from the devastating results of television.
TRUE
FALSE
9 The largest geographical feature on the planet we call "earth" is what we call Asia.
TRUE
FALSE
10 A shaman has been described as a part-time religious specialist who controls supernatural power.
TRUE
FALSE
11 Homo erectus was the first pre-Home sapiens species to leave Africa.
TRUE
FALSE
12 It is believed that "creole" languages developed as a result of colonialism and the slave trade.
TRUE
FALSE