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Weaver ants build nests because |
| | A) | their instincts tell them to. |
| | B) | their culture tells them to. |
| | C) | they need protection from the sun. |
| | D) | the labor union requires them to. |
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Which of the following is NOT a concept of culture? |
| | A) | Culture is genetic. |
| | B) | Culture is learned. |
| | C) | Culture involves concepts and assumptions. |
| | D) | Culture is realized through artifacts. |
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Which of the following behaviors in chimps is considered cultural? |
| | A) | Chimps grooming each other. |
| | B) | Chimps engaging in sexual activity. |
| | C) | Chimps fishing for termites with a twig. |
| | D) | All of these. |
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A natural object used as a tool but not modified is an |
| | A) | artifact. |
| | B) | ecofact. |
| | C) | artifice. |
| | D) | edifice. |
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Protocultural behavior is |
| | A) | the first cultural behavior ever seen. |
| | B) | having all but not most of the characteristics of a cultural behavior. |
| | C) | having most but not all of the characteristics of a cultural behavior. |
| | D) | behavior that is genetic. |
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The oldest part of the brain is the |
| | A) | limbic system. |
| | B) | R-complex. |
| | C) | neocortex. |
| | D) | corpus callosum. |
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The neocortex |
| | A) | is the primitive portion of the brain involved in self-preservation. |
| | B) | is the portion of the brain involved in emotions. |
| | C) | is the portion of the brain involved in conscious thought. |
| | D) | is a large fiber tract that connects the hemispheres of the brain. |
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The portion of the brain involved with emotion is the |
| | A) | limbic system. |
| | B) | R-complex. |
| | C) | neocortex. |
| | D) | corpus callosum. |
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Our major mechanism for coping with basic biological needs is |
| | A) | shelter. |
| | B) | clothing. |
| | C) | culture. |
| | D) | the toilet. |
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Most cultural adaptations are |
| | A) | unimportant. |
| | B) | important to our basic biological needs. |
| | C) | adaptations to culture itself. |
| | D) | some of these. |
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A collective interpretation of, and response to, the worlds in which a society of people live is called |
| | A) | a worldview. |
| | B) | culture. |
| | C) | protoculture. |
| | D) | humanity. |
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Artifacts |
| | A) | help meet basic environmental needs. |
| | B) | implement and reflect cultural ideas. |
| | C) | can be symbols as well as practical tools. |
| | D) | all of these. |
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Historical archaeology |
| | A) | studies a society that has written records. |
| | B) | studies a society that does not have written records. |
| | C) | tries to understand ancient skills and technologies by reproducing them. |
| | D) | applies anthropology to legal matters, usually with reference to identifying skeletal remains and cause/time of death. |
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The study of gravestones would fall under which subfield of archaeology? |
| | A) | prehistorical archaeology |
| | B) | historical archaeology |
| | C) | forensic anthropology |
| | D) | experimental archaeology |
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Interpreting archaeological data through the observation of activities in existing societies is |
| | A) | ethology. |
| | B) | ethnocentrism. |
| | C) | ethnographic analogy. |
| | D) | ethnology. |
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At an excavation site it is important to |
| | A) | set up a horizontal grid system. |
| | B) | set up a vertical grid system. |
| | C) | record where artifacts are found within the grid system. |
| | D) | all of these. |
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Much of what archaeologists know about past peoples comes from studying their |
| | A) | bones. |
| | B) | art work. |
| | C) | stone tools. |
| | D) | culture. |
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Which of the following is a reason why the domestication of plants and animals in the New World took place much later than in the Old World? |
| | A) | There was a shortage of land in the New World. |
| | B) | Wild food sources were found in abundance in the New World. |
| | C) | There were not many plants and animals in the New World. |
| | D) | All of these. |
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The earliest evidence for plant domestication comes from |
| | A) | Southwest Asia. |
| | B) | Europe. |
| | C) | Antarctica. |
| | D) | South America. |
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Which of the following combinations was a nutritious staple in South America? |
| | A) | dog, chicken, and rice |
| | B) | beans, squash, and maize |
| | C) | sheep, barley, and pig |
| | D) | amaranth, dog, and sunflower |
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