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Today Pilfershire is considered: |
| | A) | an archaeological site. |
| | B) | a thriving community. |
| | C) | a wildlife sanctuary. |
| | D) | a trail in the woods. |
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With its cleared fields, cider mill, and various small industries, Pilfershire was inhabited around: |
| | A) | 50 years ago. |
| | B) | 200 years ago. |
| | C) | 500 years ago. |
| | D) | 1000 years ago. |
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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. |
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When the author refers to the ‘detritus of past people’ he is writing about their: |
| | A) | debris. |
| | B) | written records. |
| | C) | gravestones. |
| | D) | all the above. |
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What do we mean when we say, “the past is a foreign country?” |
| | A) | A passport is required to visit. |
| | B) | The past is lost and can never be recovered. |
| | C) | The past is a place we visit that can seem exotic. |
| | D) | The past is a nice place to go but you should not drink the water. |
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How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and sociology? |
| | A) | Anthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach. |
| | B) | The other social sciences are holistic and integrative in their approach. |
| | C) | Anthropology tends to specialize in the workings of specific systems. |
| | D) | Anthropology is more important than the other social sciences. |
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Researchers who study humans by residing in particular societies and observing the behaviors of the people are: |
| | A) | ethnographers. |
| | B) | archaeologists. |
| | C) | linguists. |
| | D) | paleoanthropologists. |
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Who is best known as an ethnographer? |
| | A) | Jane Goodall |
| | B) | Dian Fossey |
| | C) | Margaret Mead |
| | D) | Farley Mowat |
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Which subfield of anthropology could be described as studying “other people’s garbage?” |
| | A) | primatology |
| | B) | archaeology |
| | C) | paleoanthropology |
| | D) | linguistics |
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A person who believes that the current appearance of the earth can be best explained as having resulted from a series of natural disasters is known as a: |
| | A) | debaclist. |
| | B) | cataclysmist. |
| | C) | calamitist. |
| | D) | catastrophist. |
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The belief that processes like weathering and erosion are responsible for the appearance of the earth is known as: |
| | A) | natural selection. |
| | B) | uniformitarianism. |
| | C) | creationism. |
| | D) | adaptation. |
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Stratigraphy is: |
| | A) | the study of the earth’s layers. |
| | B) | the jutting forward of the lower face and jaw area. |
| | C) | a design etched into a rock face. |
| | D) | the study of ancient diseases. |
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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. |
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Charles Darwin entered Cambridge University in pursuing of a degree in: |
| | A) | theology. |
| | B) | geology. |
| | C) | astrology. |
| | D) | botany. |
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In nature a mode or strategy for survival is known as: |
| | A) | association. |
| | B) | artificial selection. |
| | C) | adaptation. |
| | D) | adaptive radiation. |
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Evolution is always: |
| | A) | positive. |
| | B) | painful. |
| | C) | conscious. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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The nonbiological strategy for survival is called: |
| | A) | adaptation. |
| | B) | culture. |
| | C) | artificial selection. |
| | D) | association. |
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Charles Darwin is the author of which book? |
| | A) | Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man |
| | B) | The Origin of Species |
| | C) | Woman in the Mists |
| | D) | A New Theory of the Earth |
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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. |
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Scientists like Charles Darwin and Charles Lyell saw the universe a |
| | A) | ancient and dynamic. |
| | B) | unpredictable and serendipitous. |
| | C) | awesome and awful. |
| | D) | all the above |
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