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1
Culture changes as a result of internal influences through a process called
A)enculturation
B)innovation.
C)diffusion.
D)invention.
2
The anthropologist Ward Goodenough pointed out that culture is
A)composed of standards for decision making.
B)learned and transmitted by symbolic systems.
C)genetic and transmitted by language.
D)re-learned each generation through trial and error.
3
Microcultures and subcultures are similar in that both
A)are comprised of groups that share behaviors, and values.
B)have difficulty existing as parts of a larger culture.
C)are composed of 100 or fewer members.
D)are example of racial groups.
4
Which of the following is a FALSE statement about culture?
A)Culture rarely changes.
B)Culture consists of shared values.
C)Culture is passed on from generation to generation through the process of enculturation.
D)Different aspects of a single culture are integrated, or interrelated.
5
Real culture refers to behaviors that people
A)believe are appropriate.
B)wish others would conform to.
C)think are ideal
D)actually practice.
6
Geertz's definition of culture focuses on how culture is
A)learned.
B)transmitted from one generation to the next.
C)changed through diffusion.
D)a blueprint for behavior.
7
Biological anthropologists study culture because humans
A)adapt mainly through genetic changes.
B)adapt to the environment through natural selection.
C)adapt primarily through cultural means.
D)would become extinct from disease without cultural solutions.
8
The fact that many subcultures, ethnic groups, and microcultures live in China demonstrates that culture is
A)cumulative.
B)learned.
C)dynamic.
D)diverse.
9
___________ describes a small cultural group, such as the indigenous pygmy of the Ituri forest.
A)Heterogeneous culture
B)Microculture
C)Homogeneous culture
D)Subculture
10
Ethnic groups are groups of people with the same geographical point of origin and consist of
A)cultural groups
B)racial groups
C)language groups
D)races and language groups
11
Based on all available data anthropologists conclude that races are
A)geographic groups.
B)hereditary groups that share the same cluster of genes.
C)groups with the same skin color.
D)cultural constructs.
12
Anthropologists have demonstrated that human skin color is an evolutionary adaptation to
A)the amount of melanin in the skin.
B)environmental levels of UVA and UVB.
C)the amount of transfer RNA in a person's cells
D)environmental responses to dietary intake of vitamin D.
13
It has been demonstrated that environmental UVA and UVB levels have resulted in this feature in Homo sapiens:
A)blue eyes
B)variations in skin color.
C)ABO blood groups.
D)our species lack of the ability to synthesize vitamin D
14
Data on Mayan refugees from Guatemala now living in Los Angeles, California, showed an average height increase in one generation of
A)1.2 inches
B)2.2 inches
C)3.2 inches
D)4.2 inches





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