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NETA ASSESSMENT
Test Bank
to accompany
Fourth Edition Test Bank prepared by
Victor Gulewitsch
University of Guelph

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Nature of Anthropology ......................................................................... 1-1
Chapter 2 The Nature of Culture ..................................................................................... 2-1
Chapter 3 The Beginnings of Human Culture ................................................................. 3-1
Chapter 4 Language and Communication ....................................................................... 4-1
Chapter 5 Making a Living ............................................................................................. 5-1
Chapter 6 Economic Systems ......................................................................................... 6-1
Chapter 7 Sex and Marriage ........................................................................................... 7-1
Chapter 8 Family and Household ................................................................................... 8-1
Chapter 9 Kinship and Descent ....................................................................................... 9-1
Chapter 10 Social Stratification and Groupings ........................................................... 10-1
Chapter 11 Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order ................................ 11-1
Chapter 12 Religion and the Supernatural .................................................................... 12-1
Chapter 13 The Arts ...................................................................................................... 13-1
Chapter 14 Anthropology at Work ............................................................................... 14-1
Chapter 15 Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity ............................................. 15-1

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Chapter 1 The Nature Of Anthropology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following best defines anthropology?
a. the study of Western culture, primarily through the analysis of its folklore
b. the study of humankind everywhere in all times
c. the study of nonhuman primates through an analysis of their myths and folklore
d. the study of the species Homo sapiens by analyzing its biological dimension
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 3–4
BLM: REM
2. How is anthropology different from other disciplines that study humans?
a. It was the first science to analyze human diversity.
b. It pays greater attention to details.
c. It requires a longer period of training.
d. It synthesizes data from many fields in an effort to describe human behaviour as a
whole.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 4
BLM: REM
3. What is the key distinction between anthropology and humanities subjects?
a. The humanities are concerned with art and history, while anthropology does not.
b. The humanities are more scientific than anthropology.
c. The humanities examine the great achievements of human cultures, while
anthropology focuses on all aspects of humans.
d. The humanities concentrate on Western civilization, while anthropology
concentrates on Eastern civilization and excludes study of the West.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 4
BLM: HO
4. Why has anthropology only recently appeared as a distinct field of inquiry?
a. Only in the past two centuries have people been interested in their own origins and
in people different from themselves.
b. Previously, most people did not have access to adequate means of travel and
communication necessary for studying distant cultures.
c. The Bible strictly prohibited the study of diverse groups of people.
d. European explorers only wished to dominate the peoples they encountered.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 4
BLM: REM

Chapter 1 The Nature of Anthropology
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5. Which factor contributed most to the development of anthropology as a distinct field for studying
human diversity?
a. the discovery of diverse peoples during biblical days
b. the rise of cultural imperialism, which promoted intellectual development in
Europe
c. attempts during the 18th century to explain human behaviour scientifically in terms
of natural laws
d. the application of biblical mythology to explain human diversity
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 4–5
BLM: REM
6. During which period of their history did Europeans first consider that understanding other
peoples would help them understand themselves?
a. the industrial age
b. the Age of Enlightenment
c. the postindustrial age
d. the modern age
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 5
BLM: REM
7. Early anthropological theorists proposed that all cultures passed through a series of evolutionary
stages, culminating in the technologically advanced level of Western societies. Which term did
critics of this idea use to brand its adherents with?
a. armchair anthropologists
b. diffusionists
c. progressives
d. relativists
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5
BLM: REM
8. Which of the following opinions was NOT one that Franz Boas held?

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Chapter 1 The Nature of Anthropology
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9. Which of the following has most influenced Canadian anthropology?
a. the media in Canada
b. medical schools at Canadian universities
c. the Canadian government
d. Canadian museums
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 6
BLM: REM
10. Which of the following tasks has always been a defining feature of Canadian anthropology?
a. studies of ethnic conflict in Canada
b. advocacy of Aboriginal people’s religious and cultural rights
c. understanding Canadian cultural sovereignty

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14. What are the two major research interests of biological anthropology?
a. the relationship between humans and mammals, and the differences between them
b. variation in human populations, and evolution of human characteristics
c. primate population variation, and the reconstruction of the material remains of
culture
d. the origins of language, and causes of language change
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: 9–10
BLM: REM
15. Which of the following research topics might be the main focus of a biological anthropologist?
a. the point in human evolution at which the anatomical capacity for language
emerged
b. the historical construction of language families to see when different languages
diverged from a common stock
c.

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