Question: Anthropologists are not interested in proving or disproving religious beliefs as true or false. Nor do anthropologists try to indoctrinate students into any one particular religion. Instead, anthropologists examine the significance of religious beliefs for those who believe and how these beliefs intersect with other systems of meaning and power.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: True
Question: American students typically have a negative reaction when told that Guinea pigs are a major part of the cuisine in the highlands of Peru. This judgement by American students is based on U.S. standards of what is considered appropriate food to eat. This tendency to judge other cultures by the standards and customs of one’s own culture is called __________.
Answer Choices: A. ethnocentrism, B. cultural relativism, C. contextual ethics, D. moral relativism
Answer: A. ethnocentrism
Question: Which of the following statements about culture is FALSE?
Answer Choices: A. Culture is passed on from generation to generation; B. Culture guides the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to it; C. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations; D. Culture is a key aspect of human adaptability and success; E. Cultural forces consistently mold and shape human biology and behavior
Answer: C. Culture is passed on genetically to future generations
Question: According to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie our lives are composed of many overlapping stories. In her TEDTalk, she discusses her belief that a single story about another person or country is critical for a true understanding of our lives and culture.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: False
Question: A client is using limes and garlic to manage hypertension. The nurse’s best response is:
Answer Choices: A. “You should stop your pills if this works.” B. “Herbal remedies are always safer than medications.” C. “Garlic and lime are ineffective for blood pressure control.” D. “The limes and garlic may help, but continue taking your blood pressure pills as ordered.”
Answer: D. The limes and garlic may help, but continue taking your blood pressure pills as ordered.
Question: As newly independent nations sought to expand their markets, generate economic growth, and improve living standards for their peoples, Western governments and global financial institutions such as the World Bank provided technocratic and institutional support through the framework of ________.
Answer Choices: A. accumulation; B. modernization; C. development; D. neoclassical theory
Answer: C. development
Question: The cecum is located at the inferior end of the descending colon.
Answer Choices: True or False
Answer: False
Question: __________ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Answer Choices: A. Climate resilience; B. Environmental equity; C. Environmental justice; D. Ecojustice
Answer: C. Environmental justice
Question: ________ is an important concept for considering how evolution occurs. For (same term) to transpire, a species must be able to survive long enough to produce the next generation, which in turn survives and reproduces, and so on. If something about the environment changes – for instance, if a key food item becomes less readily available – a species may need to adapt or else face extinction over a period of time.
Answer Choices: A. Adaptation; B. Domestication; C. Conditioning; D. Speciation
Answer: A. Adaptation
Question: Anthropologist Clifford Geertz defined culture as ideas based on cultural learning and symbols. What is a symbol?
Answer Choices: A. a linguistic sign within a particular language that comes to stand for something else in another language; B. something verbal or nonverbal within a particular language or culture that comes to stand for something else, with no necessary or natural connection to the thing for which it stands; C. any element within a culture that distinguishes it from other cultures, precisely because it is difficult to translate; D. something verbal or nonverbal with a nonarbitrary association with what it symbolizes; E. a distinctive or unique cultural trait, pattern, or integration that can be translated into other cultures
Answer: B. something verbal or nonverbal within a particular language or culture that comes to stand for something else, with no necessary or natural connection to the thing for which it stands
Question: Because race is culturally constructed, it is viewed the same in different cultures and has not changed its definition over time.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: False
Question: What culture built large temple complexes for worship that included animal and human sacrifice?
Answer Choices: A‑ Olmec B‑ Inca C‑ Inuit D‑ Etruscan
Answer: A Olmec
Question: How are nonindustrial economic systems embedded in society?
Answer Choices: A. Most economic activity takes place far from home; B. The economic system has little to do with the everyday life of the people; C. People are not aware that they are working toward a goal; D. The economic system cannot easily be separated from other systems, such as kinship; E. Most nonindustrial economies are managed systems
Answer: D. The economic system cannot easily be separated from other systems, such as kinship
Question: The most common fracture noted in the elderly is
Answer Choices: A. wrist B. leg C. arm D. hip
Answer: D. hip
Question: Marasmus is characterized by:
Answer Choices: A. Skeletal‐like appearance B. Edematous swelling C. Inflammation of the intestinal mucosa D. Hypoglycemia
Answer: A. Skeletal‐like appearance
Question: The emergence of agriculture was initially because of the actions of a really smart inventor.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: False
Question: There is more genetic variability within a race than there is between any two races. The biological variation that we see in humans is largely the result of the combined forces of mutation, adaptation, and environmental variability.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: True
Question: What is the term for the marital practice in which the bride’s family provides substantial gifts to the groom’s family at marriage?
Answer Choices: A. dowry; B. polygamy; C. bridewealth; D. brideservice; E. progeny price
Answer: A. dowry
Question: A large upright stone or marker.
Answer Choices: A‑ headstone B‑ megalith C‑ dolmen D‑ stele
Answer: D stele