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Educational anthropologists work in |
| | A) | classrooms. |
| | B) | homes. |
| | C) | neighborhoods. |
| | D) | after-school programs. |
| | E) | All the above. |
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Applied anthropology |
| | A) | refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems. |
| | B) | is the field of inquiry concerned with the relationships between anthropological knowledge and the uses of that knowledge in the world beyond anthropology. |
| | C) | encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems. |
| | D) | aims to find humane and effective ways of helping people whom anthropologists have traditionally studied. |
| | E) | All the above. |
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The anthropologist portrayed in the News Brief is practicing which type of applied anthropology? |
| | A) | Cultural resource management |
| | B) | Family planning |
| | C) | Public health |
| | D) | Business development |
| | E) | None of the above |
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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 has 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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Cultural resource management is the application of the data, theory, and methods of which subdiscipline? |
| | A) | cultural anthropology |
| | B) | biological anthropology |
| | C) | linguistic anthropology |
| | D) | archaeological anthropology |
| | E) | physical anthropology |
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Where are the fastest population growth rates? |
| | A) | Second World cities |
| | B) | Third World cities |
| | C) | Third World countryside |
| | D) | First World cities. |
| | E) | First World suburbs |
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In 2003, the United Nations estimated that some 940 million people were living in |
| | A) | urban slums. |
| | B) | rural communities. |
| | C) | suburbs. |
| | D) | urban high-rises. |
| | E) | deserts. |
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Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is not true? |
| | A) | It is academic and theoretical. |
| | B) | It is a branch of archaeological anthropology. |
| | C) | It is applied and practical. |
| | D) | It is a branch of cultural anthropology. |
| | E) | It is a branch of biological anthropology. |
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What is a disease? |
| | A) | A condition that can be treated by a full- or part-time healer. |
| | B) | A condition of poor health perceived 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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