Question: Question: Employment in anthropology exists: A) almost exclusively in colleges and universities. B) in government, private research organizations, museums, and corporations. C) mostly in museums. D) mostly in private research organizations.

Answer: B) in government, private research organizations, museums, and corporations.

Question: Question: Which of the following theoretical perspectives distinguishes cultural anthropology from other disciplines? A) Monetarism B) Ethnocentrism C) Humanism D) Holism

Answer: D) Holism

Question: Question: How are the terms morality and piety related in this text? A) Piety is a form of morality. B) Morality is a form of piety. C) Morality and piety are unrelated. D) Piety justifies morality.

Answer: A) Piety is a form of morality.

Question: Question: Sir Edward Burnett Tylor’s concept of survivals is best defined by which of the following? A) Cultural traits change the least because they are the means by which a society copes with its environment. B) Primitive cultures have avoided extinction as more complex forms of life developed. C) Evidence of major catastrophic events in the past. D) Remnants of earlier social customs and ideas aid in reconstructing the evolutionary past of societies.

Answer: D) Remnants of earlier social customs and ideas aid in reconstructing the evolutionary past of societies.

Question: Question: During the author’s fieldwork among the Shoshone, he examined all of the following aspects of their way of life EXCEPT: A) language B) religion C) kinship D) mythology

Answer: A) language

Question: Question: Using the International Phonetic Alphabet, is it possible to record any of the sounds of all of the known languages using approximately how many sound symbols? A) 50 B) 100 C) 500 D) 1,000

Answer: B) 100

Question: Question: Anthropologists believe that biological differences are not a barrier to a shared way of life because: A) biological differences do not exist. B) how people live is shaped by their life experiences and opportunities. C) culture can influence one’s biologically endowed abilities. D) people of the same race have the same biology.

Answer: B) how people live is shaped by their life experiences and opportunities.

Question: Question: Which of the following is NOT true of performance on intelligence tests? A) It is best measured by a culture-free test. B) It is influenced by the education of the test taker. C) It is influenced by motivation. D) It is influenced by the test taker’s perception of his/her abilities.

Answer: A) It is best measured by a culture-free test.

Question: Question: Membership in an ethnic group is best described as ____. A) singular B) contextual C) unchanging D) fixed

Answer: B) contextual

Question: Question: Which of the following is true of nonverbal communication? A) Nonverbal symbols express meaning the same way in all parts of the world. B) The nonverbal use of social distance is not symbolic. C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit. D) It consists of spontaneous expression.

Answer: C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit.

Question: Question: As a youth, Greg Williams discovered that: A) race is socially defined. B) race is a natural subdivision of the human species. C) race is promoted the same everywhere. D) race has become unimportant in contemporary America.

Answer: A) race is socially defined.

Question: Question: In the US, Irish male immigrants used to be perceived as: A) moral. B) intelligent. C) hard-working. D) violent.

Answer: D) violent.

Question: Question: Which of the following is a relationship between slavery and racism? A) Racism became the dominant rationale after the first generation of slaves. B) Slavery could not have existed without racism. C) Racism became a dominant part of racial life at the same time as slavery. D) Racism preceded slavery and functioned to make it easier for slavery to be adopted.

Answer: A) Racism became the dominant rationale after the first generation of slaves.

Question: Question: Which of the following statements convey Boas’ argument about race? A) People of the same race always share the same culture. B) Individuals within a race differ in their capacities to acquire culture. C) Biological differences between races do not account for cultural differences. D) Cultural differences among races are caused by biological differences.

Answer: C) Biological differences between races do not account for cultural differences.

Question: Question: Which of the following is NOT true of the concept of human race? A) Human races are social statuses. B) The idea that there are natural human races arose during the period of European expansionism. C) It is a natural subdivision of the human species. D) Race is a cultural construct.

Answer: C) It is a natural subdivision of the human species.

Question: Question: Which of the following is true of the film movement known as German Expressionism? A) It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form. B) It included rules about how films would be made, which were called the “laws of industry.” C) It was first adapted to film after World War II. D) It opposed the use of heavily controlled studio looks in films.

Answer: A) It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form.

Question: Question: “I will fight no more forever” is a famous statement made by _______ at his surrender in Montana. A) Geronimo B) Chief Joseph C) Sitting Bull D) Chief Red Cloud

Answer: B) Chief Joseph

Question: Question: The wave of nonviolent protests in the civil rights movement resulted in many of the legislative gains in the 1960s. Which of the following was not true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A) It prevented discrimination in federally assisted programs. B) It established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. C) It eliminated discriminatory voter tricks that prevented African Americans from registering to vote. D) It provided relief against discrimination in public accommodations.

Answer: C) It eliminated discriminatory voter tricks that prevented African Americans from registering to vote.

Question: Question: Anti-imperialists held various opinions on why the United States should not annex foreign territories. For example, the American Anti-Imperialist League believed that imperialism: A) was subjugation and a violation of democratic principles. B) added large numbers of unassimilated non-Whites to the nation. C) degraded the country’s Anglo-Saxon heritage. D) would move more immigrants to steal industrial jobs from Americans.

Answer: A) was subjugation and a violation of democratic principles.