Question: Archaeological evidence shows that the life of hunter gathers was difficult: poor diets, hard work, poor health, and dangerous animals.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: False
Question: What is the development process during which the contents of a zygote are divided into increasingly smaller cells called?
Answer Choices: Cleavage Gastrulation Fertilization Implantation
Answer: A: Cleavage
Question: This concept emerged in the mid-20th century as anthropologists tried to move away from the concept of “tribe” as a way of classifying humans in an attempt to remedy the ethnocentric bias in our own field.
Answer Choices: A. Race; B. Nation; C. Class; D. Ethnicity
Answer: D. Ethnicity
Question: Which of the statements below about race is true?
Answer Choices: A. Race is a cultural category, not a biological reality; B. Racial classification is arbitrary, not based on scientific criteria; C. Human genetic variation is real, but it is not the same as race; D. To say that race is not a biological reality does not mean that race is not real; E. Race has very real impacts on our lived experience; F. All of the above
Answer: F. All of the above
Question: Whereas ________ is the ways in which societal institutions or cultural systems and patterns may impinge upon or facilitate the types of opportunities made available to someone, ________ focuses on people’s capacity to make choices, creatively explore possible futures, and exert freedom over systems that may seek to constrain.
Answer Choices: A. structure, agency; B. agency, structure; C. culture, society; D. sociology, anthropology
Answer: A. structure, agency
Question: All societies have a creation myth. These myths are symbolic narratives that explain how the world, animals, and humans were created. It also explains humans’ place in the universe and their place in it relative to the supernatural and other animals. An examination of creation myths across 50 societies found six recurring themes. Which of the options below is NOT a recurring theme.
Answer Choices: A. a castration element; B. a monster-slaying element; C. a sibling rivalry elemen; D. an androgynous deity element; E. a flood element; F. a boat; G. an incest-element
Answer: D. an androgynous deity element
Question: The field of environmental anthropology seeks to examine the cross-cultural differences that exist between how people understand and conceptualize the natural world, use environmental resources, care for life (near and far), and construct our built environments that might negatively affect some more than others.
Answer Choices: True, False
Answer: True
Question: The most important information that comes from any archaeological site is where things are found and what things are found together, known as provenance or __________.
Answer Choices: A. natural levels; B. arbitrary levels; C. excavation; D. context
Answer: D. context
Question: Which of the following agencies is involved in the U.S. Refugee Screening Process?
Answer Choices: A. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); B. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); C. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC); D. Department of Defense (DoD); E. State Department; F. All of the above
Answer: F. All of the above
Question: What are the four subdisciplines of anthropology?
Answer Choices: A. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology; B. genetic anthropology, physical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and anthropology and linguistics; C. medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, and cultural anthropology
Answer: A. biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology