Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions


1	Anthropology looks for interrelationships among its parts. This means that it:
		A)	is scientific
		B)	is holistic
		C)	uses deduction
		D)	uses induction


2	Another word for learned behavior that is passed on extragenetically is:
		A)	adaptation
		B)	environment
		C)	culture
		D)	instincts


3	Physical anthropology studies:
		A)	humans from a biological perspective
		B)	human language
		C)	human cultural variation
		D)	past human cultures


4	Archaeology studies:
		A)	primates
		B)	the human cultural past
		C)	geology
		D)	contemporary human cultural expression


5	The study of culture as a characteristic of our species is called:
		A)	physical anthropology
		B)	archaeology
		C)	applied anthropology
		D)	cultural anthropology


6	The method of inquiry that requires testing is referred to as:
		A)	physical anthropology
		B)	belief systems
		C)	science
		D)	culture


7	A hypothesis is:
		A)	an investigation
		B)	a description of cause and effect
		C)	an assumption
		D)	an educated guess


8	A explanation based on well supported scientific testing is a(n):
		A)	hypothesis
		B)	belief system
		C)	theory
		D)	experiment


9	Deduction is:
		A)	predicting specific data that would be found if a hypothesis were true
		B)	the process of conducting scientific inquiry
		C)	developing a general explanation from scientific observations
		D)	an educated guess


10	Belief systems differ from science in that:
		A)	science is testable, belief systems are not
		B)	science contributes to society, belief systems do not
		C)	science tells us what is 'possible', belief systems tell us what is 'desirable'
		D)	A & C

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