Multiple Choice Quiz

Select the one answer that best completes the thought.

1		Anthropology can be best described as:
			A)	the study of behavior and customs
			B)	digging up bones to study the evolution of the human species
			C)	the comparison of cultures in order to identify similarities and differences of patterning
			D)	the analysis of the weaving of tapestry
2		Culture can be defined as:
			A)	a set of ideas and meanings which people use based on the past and by which they construct the present
			B)	symphony orchestras and opera
			C)	the knowledge about yourself and your past that you're born with and is transmitted through your genes.
			D)	all of the above
3		Society is:
			A)	the same thing as culture
			B)	common to humans, animals, and insects living in groups
			C)	only what elites in a community have
			D)	a social grouping of individuals of the same age and gender
4		Since all cultures need to solve the basic problems of human existence, all cultures share certain cultural universals such as:
			A)	language and incest taboos
			B)	the same set of ideas about marriage and kinship
			C)	incest taboos
			D)	the same laws to keep people under control
5		Claude Levi-Strauss is most closely associated with the theoretical perspective of:
			A)	Cultural evolution
			B)	Social Darwinism
			C)	Functionalism
			D)	Structuralism