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100
Discovered in modern-day Ethiopia, Australopithecus afarensis is believed to be a distant ancestor of human beings, who lived 2.9 to 3.9 million years ago. The first member of this species discovered was female. What was she named?
A. Lucy
B. Gertrude
C. Mary
D. Eve
A. Lucy
100
A ____________ residence, is when two people marry and take up residence in a place of their own?
A. Matrilocal
B. Neolocal
C. Patrilocal
D. Ambilocal
B. Neolocal
100
Stratigraphy refers to ____________.
A. An approach to dating using carbon
B. A type of measurement of the human body conducted in biological anthropology
C. The types of analyses common to cultural anthropology
D. The study of earth sediments deposited in demarcated layers or strata
E. A method of primatological study that focuses on social hierarchy
D. The study of earth sediments deposited in demarcated layers or strata
100
Who is considered to be the father of anthropology?
A. Eugene Dubois
B. Robert Bloom
C. Louis Leakey
D. Franz Boas
D. Franz Boas
100
Which subfield of anthropology could be described as studying 'other people's garbage?'
A. primatology
B. archaeology
C. paleoanthropology
D. linguistics
B. archaeology
200
Which of the following is correct?
A. Primates include Gorillas, Monkeys and Humans. Monkeys include Pro-Simians and Chimpanzees.
B. Primates include Apes and Pro-Simians. Pro-Simians include Humans. Apes include Gorillas, Orangutans and Monkeys.
C. Primates include Monkeys, Pro-Simians, and Apes. Apes include Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Humans.
D. Primates include Humans, Pro-Simians and Apes. Apes include Orangutans, Gorillas, and Monkeys.
C. Primates include Monkeys, Pro-Simians, and Apes. Apes include Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Humans.
200
Approximately 10,000 years ago, humans expanded their ability to provide food, with many adding food production to hunting and gathering. This change is called the _______.
A. Organic Revolution
B. Pastoral Revolution
C. Cultivation Revolution
D. Neolithic Revolution
D. Neolithic Revolution
200
Experimental archaeology refers to:
A. Techniques that are new and still being tested
B. The phase of archaeology where hypotheses are examined
C. The reconstruction of ancient skills and technologies
D. The use of real scientific equipment in archaeology
C. The reconstruction of ancient skills and technologies
200
Bergmann and Allen's rules describe _________.
A. How shorter, rounder body types are best adapted to cold environments
B. How taller, thinner body types are best adapted to warm environments
C. How longer noses are better adapted to cold environments
D. How shorter, rounder body types are best adapted to warm environments
E. Both a and b
F. Both b and c
E. Both a and b
200
The three-age system refers to:
A. the human physical stages of infancy, puberty and adulthood.
B. the ripening of cheese.
C. the breakdown of human culture into a Stone Age, a Bronze Age and an Iron Age.
D. the chronological classification of human achievement into a Gold Age, a Silver Age, and a Bronze Age.
C. the breakdown of human culture into a Stone Age, a Bronze Age and an Iron Age.
300
Which of the following modern diseases evolved as a protection against malaria?
A. Tay Sachs
B. Asthma
C. Lactose Intolerance
D. Sickle Cell Anemia
D. Sickle Cell Anemia
300
To study all aspects of a culture in order to understand the whole culture is ______.
A. Functionalism
B. Holyism
C. Holism
D. Structural functionalism
C. Holism
300
A place where people lived and/or worked and where the physical evidence of their existence can be or has been recovered is:
A. a feature.
B. an ecofact.
C. an artifact.
D. a site.
D. a site
300
Creationists believed the Earth had not changed since its creation less than six _________ years earlier.
A. hundred
B. thousand
C. million
D. billion
B. thousand
300
A foundation of research in which people agree to take part only after being fully informed about the research is called _______.
A. Ethical standards approach
B. Paleo-ethics
C. Informed consent
D. Cultural Resource Management
E. Ethical survey standards
C. Informed consent
400
Which anatomical direction refers to being farther from the point of attachment?
Ex. The ankle is _______ to the knee
A. Lateral
B. Distal
C. Ventral
D. Medial
E. None of the above
B. Distal
400
When we say that a cultural system is "integrated" we mean:
A. A culture operates as a system of interrelated parts
B. All races possess culture
C. Culture is intimately connected to and derived from biology
D. Once established a cultural system never changes
A. A culture operates as a system of interrelated parts
400
The Antikythera Mechanism is an archeological artifact that is the product of which of the following fields?
A. Linguistic archaeology
B. Underwater archaeology
C. Experimental archaeology
D. Garbage archaeology
B. Underwater archaeology
400
According to Lewis Henry Morgan's stages of human culture, labeled savagery, barbarism and civilization, which of the following statements is correct?
A. A culture that is in a stage other than civilized is 'stuck' there due to something lacking in their society.
B. A culture is civilized once it discovers pottery and animal husbandry.
C. The advancement of raw materials is the determining factor in deciding what stage a society is in.
D. All the above
A. A culture that is in a stage other than civilized is 'stuck' there due to something lacking in their society..
400
What is the name for a competitive feast that occurs on the North Pacific coast of North America and functions as redistribution exchange?
A. Market principle
B. Weddings
C. Potlatch
D. Conspicuous consumption
E. Hyper-funding
C. Potlatch
500
Which of the following is NOT a feature of bipedality (walking upright)?
A. Foramen magnum placed forward
B. Opposable big toe
C. Shorter, broader iliac blades
D. Femur angled medially
B. Opposable big toe
500
_________ is a process by which a new cultural product is created by the selective borrowing of elements from other cultures.
A. Culture contact
B. Cultural evolution
C. Appropriation
D. Syncretism
D. Syncretism
500
Which of the following statements about the famed "Terra Cotta Army" is true?
A.There were over 10,000 horses in the 'army'
B. No two soldiers are exactly alike
C. The figures were carved from various colors of jade
D. There was a pit full of terra cotta concubines
B. No two soldiers are exactly alike
500
Which is NOT a part of Lamarck's inheritance of acquired characteristics?
A. Recognition by an organism of environmental change
B. Automatic production of new adaptive traits
C. Possibility of extinction when adaptation doesn't work
D. Passing on of acquired traits to offspring
C. Possibility of extinction when adaptation doesn't work
500
The following are true about culture, EXCEPT:
A. Entirely learned during our lifetimes
B. The full range of learned behavior, patterns and knowledge acquired by people as members of society
C. Knowing which utensils to use and in what order while attending a fancy dinner
D. What made it possible for humans to transform themselves into a truly powerful and global species that controls the fate of other species (mainly plants and animals)
E. It is symbolic and shared
D. What made it possible for humans to transform themselves into a truly powerful and global species that controls the fate of other species (mainly plants and animals)