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Ethnology: |
| | A) | provides an account of a particular community, society, or culture. |
| | B) | reconstructs, describes, and interprets past human behaviors. |
| | C) | examines, interprets, analyzes, and compares the results of other anthropological studies. |
| | D) | is a systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims through experiment, observation, and deduction to produce reliable explanations of phenomena. |
| | E) | refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems. |
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The Kottak text suggests that there are proportionally more black football and basketball players in the U.S. and proportionally more white tennis, golf, and hockey players because of all the following reasons except: |
| | A) | differential access to equipment and facilities. |
| | B) | cultural traditions of excellence in those sports. |
| | C) | race-based physical differences. |
| | D) | different patterns of play among children. |
| | E) | traditional career opportunities. |
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Anthropology has strong links to all of following academic fields except: |
| | A) | history. |
| | B) | zoology. |
| | C) | economics. |
| | D) | physics. |
| | E) | sociology. |
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Anthropology is traditionally composed of how many subfields? |
| | A) | one |
| | B) | two |
| | C) | three |
| | D) | four |
| | E) | five |
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Which of the following is not one of the subdisciplines of anthropology? |
| | A) | cultural anthropology |
| | B) | biological anthropology |
| | C) | developmental anthropology |
| | D) | linguistic anthropology |
| | E) | archaeological anthropology |
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Children learn cultural traditions by growing up in a particular society through a process called: |
| | A) | adaptation. |
| | B) | invention. |
| | C) | investment. |
| | D) | enculturation. |
| | E) | development. |
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Ethnography: |
| | A) | examines, interprets, analyzes, and compares the results of other anthropological studies. |
| | B) | provides an account of a particular community, society, or culture. |
| | C) | reconstructs, describes, and interprets past human behaviors. |
| | D) | refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems. |
| | E) | is a systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims through experiment, observation, and deduction to produce reliable explanations of phenomena. |
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The field that investigates the relationships between social and linguistic variation is: |
| | A) | medical anthropology. |
| | B) | physical anthropology. |
| | C) | ethnology. |
| | D) | sociolinguistics. |
| | E) | applied anthropology. |
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As an early student of Third World urbanization, Robert Redfield focused on the contrasts between: |
| | A) | the sacred and the profane. |
| | B) | urban and suburban communities. |
| | C) | urban and rural life. |
| | D) | diseases and illnesses. |
| | E) | urban and industrial economies. |
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What is the Samoan matai? |
| | A) | a traditional drink used in Samoan initiation ceremonies |
| | B) | the traditional Samoan incest taboo |
| | C) | the traditional Samoan subsistence strategy |
| | D) | the Samoan term for respecting the elders. |
| | E) | the native term for a Samoan nuclear family |
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What is an illness? |
| | A) | a condition that can be treated by a full- or part-time healer |
| | B) | a condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual |
| | C) | a vector that introduces illness and poor health into an individual or community |
| | D) | a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen |
| | E) | a cultural universal found only in tropical foragers |
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What is the carrier for schistosomiasis? |
| | A) | snails |
| | B) | mosquitoes |
| | C) | fleas |
| | D) | rats |
| | E) | All animals carry schistosomiasis. |
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Which of the following has helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa? |
| | A) | prolonged contact with bonobos |
| | B) | high rates of divorce |
| | C) | cultural colonialism |
| | D) | highways |
| | E) | None of the above have helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa. |
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Western medicine is an example of which kind of disease theory? |
| | A) | emotionalistic disease theory |
| | B) | personalistic disease theory |
| | C) | naturalistic disease theory |
| | D) | gradualistic disease theory |
| | E) | parasitic disease theory |
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Which of the following statements about curers is not true? |
| | A) | They are often shaman. |
| | B) | They are found in only band-level and tribal societies. |
| | C) | They emerge through a culturally defined process of selection. |
| | D) | They are certified by older practitioners. |
| | E) | They treat illnesses. |
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