1. Anthropology can be best described as____?

A. The study of behavior and customs

B. Digging up bones to study the evolution of the human species
C. The comparison of cultures in order to identify similarities and differences of
patterning
D. The analysis of the weaving of tapestry
2. Culture can be defined as _____?
A. A set of ideas and meanings that people use based on the past and by which
they construct the present
B. Symphony orchestras and opera
C. The knowledge about yourself and your past that you’re born with and is
transmitted through your genes
D. All of the above
3. Society can be defined as___?
A. The same thing as culture
B. Common to humans, animals, and insects living in groups
C. Only what elites in a community have
D. A social grouping of individuals of the same age and gender
4. Since all cultures need to solve the basic problems of human existence, all
cultures share certain cultural universals such as _______?
A. Language and incest taboos
B. The same set of ideas about marriage and kinship
C. Food preferences
D. The same laws to keep people under control
5. How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and
sociology?
A. Anthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach.
B. The other social sciences are holistic and integrative in their approach.
C. Anthropology tends to specialize in the workings of specific systems.
D. Anthropology is more important than the other social sciences.
6. Researchers who study humans by residing in particular societies and observing
the behaviors of the people are called?
A. Ethnographers.
B. Archaeologists.
C. Linguists.
D. Paleoanthropologists.
7. Which subfield of anthropology could be described as studying 'other people's
garbage?
A. Primatology
B. Archaeology
C. Paleoanthropology
 D. Linguistics
8. According to Lewis Henry Morgan's stages of human culture, labeled savagery,
barbarism and civilization, which of the following statements is correct?
A. A culture that is in a stage other than civilized is 'stuck' there due to something
lacking in their society.
B. A culture is civilized once it discovers pottery and animal husbandry.
C. The advancement of raw materials is the determining factor in deciding what
stage a society is in.
D. All the above
9. The learning of cultural norms throughout childhood is related to?
A. Language acquisition
B. Cultural variables in child–rearing techniques
C. Emulating the language and social behavior of those around them
D. All of the above
10. The process by which children learn the rules and values of their society is
called?
A. Acculturation
B. Enculturation
C. Deculturation
D. Culturation
11. Acculturation is the process by which a child learns cultural rules and norms.
True
False
12. All members of a culture know exactly how to act and what the consequences
are for violating the norms; therefore, everyone follows the same rules the same
way.
True
False
13. What is the name of the post marital residence pattern in which the married
couple is expected to establish their own home?
A. Neolocal
B. Virilocal
C. Duolocal
D. Matrilocal
14. The cultural construction of gender refers to ______?
A. The different ways cultures organize behaviors around the way they
conceptualize differences between men and women.
B. the different ways societies punish men and women who don’t act the way
they should
C. The way all cultures keep women in domestic spaces
D. All of the above.
15. Gender stratification refers to______?
A. Men’s economic tasks invariably having greater prestige than women’s
B. Whatever the economic role of men, it is that role the culture values
C. Gender associations extend into economic and political roles
D. All of the above
16. Masculinist studies states that…
A. The multiple ways men are inherently more powerful than women because of
male biological characteristics
B. The universal characteristics of male dominance
C. The multiple constructions of masculinity in different cultures and historical
periods
D. The jobs that men are better at than women
17. Queer studies states that…
A. The analytical weaknesses in dichotomous sexual opposites
B. The problems associated with dichotomous “gay” and “straight” categories
C. Multiple, nonexclusive, and overlapping forms of sexual identity
D. All of the above
18. Which is the most important factor in determining an individual’s political position
in a chieftainship?
A. Oratory skills
B. Negotiating skills
C. Physical prowess
D. Ancestry
19. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a state?
A. Multiple institutions patterned around kin-based relationships
B. Fixed territorial boundaries
C. Class stratification
D. Economic specialization
20. Religions in general have function to?
A. Create group cohesion
B. Helps alleviate psychological fears
C. Provide some comfort in the face of the unexplainable
D. All of the above
21. NGOs are ______?
A. Development organizations
B. Labor unions
C. Private schools
D. The media
22. Ethnicity is _______?
A. A term comparable to cultural identity
B. Can be negotiable and situational
 C. Invoked for political claims in pluralistic states
D. All of the above
23. Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children?
A. School
B. Religion
C. Family
D. Community
24. Biological characteristics distinguishing male and female is called?
A. Heterosexuality
B. Gender
C. Sex
D. Homosexuality
25. A distinguishing feature of anthropology is the goal of understanding how
aspects of human experience are interconnected, such as local history, physical
environment, organization of family life, language, settlement patterns, and
religion. This multi facted approach to culture is referred to as ______?
A. Participant-observation.
B. The sociological approach.
C. Cultural materialism.
D. The holistic approach.
26. Anthropology includes all of the following EXCEPT.
A. Why contemporary peoples have different cultures.
B. How humans vary biologically
C. How insect colonies are organized.
D. When humans first appeared on the earth.
27. Which of the following would is NOT considered part of cultural anthropology?
A. Archaeology
B. Anthropological linguistics
C. Ethnology
D. Human paleontology
28. The study of how language is used in social contexts is called?
A. Historical linguistics.
B. Descriptive linguistics
C. Structural linguistics
D. Sociolinguistics
29. The study of anthropology may be useful for all of the following EXCEPT.
A. Giving us a sense of humility about our own culture's failings.
B. Helping us avoid misunderstandings between people.
C. Giving us a better understanding of humankind.
D. Helping us determine which culture traits are the best.
30. What is Ethnocentrism?
 A. The practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own
culture
B. The dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns the way
we view the world is socially constructed
C. Are the guidelines we claim to accept
D. Culturally defined standards by which people asses desirability, goodness,
and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living
31. What are the types of culture?
A. Relationship-focused cultures
B. Social Groups, Arts, and Government
C. Organizational culture
D. Material culture and Non-Material culture
32. What is a folkways?
A. Are formally defined and are enforced by designated people
B. Norms for routine or casual interaction. “Everyday behaviors.”
C. Specific statements that people hold to be true or false
D. Have great moral significance. “taboos"
33. What is Society?
A. Refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture
B. Is the values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that, together, form a
people’s way of life
C. Social cohesion (unity) results from the various parts of society functioning
as parts of society functioning as an integrated whole.
D. Culturally defined standards by which people asses desirability, goodness,
and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living
34. Which one is NOT a Social institution?
A. Government
B. Technology
C. Media
D. Organization
35. When studying different areas of the world, it is important to have an idea of a
particular regions culture before continuing. But, how do we define “culture”?
A. A particular person’s lifestyle
B. A delicious desert from Oregon Dairy
C. All the elements that make up a society or civilization
D. A particular segment that has interesting values
36. The cultural element of religion is probably of the most important parts of the
study of culture available to researches and also one of the most controversial.
What is one of the functions of religion, within a particular culture or society?
A. To help generate money and prestige for certain segments of society
B. To provide reassurance and unite to a community
 C. To try and answer questions and provide morals
D. To educate people and care for the sick and outcasts of society
37. The cultural element of language is one of the most diverse when looking at
different societies from around the world. Which of the following examples is
NOT an example of language?
A. Reading
B. Writing
C. Speaking
D. Gestures or body language
38. When the Spanish Men’s and Women’s Olympic basketball team posed for the
cameras doing the “slit-eyed” gesture, what was this an example of that we have
to be cautious of when studying other cultures?
A. Segregation
B. Racism
C. Stereotyping
D. Ethnocentrism
39. What is Cultural studies?
A. Is a multidisciplinary field
B. Focuses upon quantifying human activity
C. Do not focus upon the context in which human activity occurs
D. Accepts the position of psychic unity
40. Which two subfields share a focus upon studying groups rather than individual
activity?
A. Cultural studies and psychology
B. Cultural studies and anthropology
C. Anthropology and sociology
D. Sociology and cross-cultural psychology
41. Sociology is defined as?
A. The study of human groups across all times
B. The study of social relations, institutions, and social problems
C. The study of psychic unity
D. The study of the content and context in which human activity occurs
42. Which of the following is a traditional topic in sociology?
A. Social inequality
B. Emotion
C. Language
D. Marriage
43. The view that humans think, act, and feel the same way across cultural contexts
aligns with which of the following positions?
A. Absolutism
B. Cultural relativism
 C. Universalism
D. Emics and etics
44. If you believe human nature is culturally patterned, then you would agree with
which of the following positions?
A. Absolutism
B. Psychic unity
C. Cultural relativism
D. universalism
45. Many Westerners view female genital surgery as a dangerous and immoral
procedure. Judging another community’s practices and customs in the context of
your own cultural experiences is an example of?
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural relativism
C. Absolutism
D. Universalism
46. In some Pacific Rim communities, caregivers use strict physical discipline when
their children do not behave appropriately. If you want to understand these
beliefs and practices in their local context and in a non-judgmental way you are
taking which of the following approaches?
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural relativism
C. Absolutism
D. Universalism
47. If you were trying to help someone reduce his or her ethnocentric thinking, you
might suggest all the following EXCEPT.
A. Acknowledge that we always try to interpret actions from a familiar perspective
B. Be mindful of judging behavior using your own cultural framework
C. Work at accepting the actions and practices in the local cultural and social
contexts
D. Always judge others using your own cultural framework
48. Individualism is a belief system that emphasizes:
A. Self-expression
B. Group harmony
C. Interdependent relationships
D. Sensitivity to others
49. In individualism, the self is viewed as:
A. Interconnected
B. Bounded and distinct
C. Interdependent
D. A conformist
50. Some Asian teachers of Asian heritages may misinterpret when Native Asian
children remain silent in class because the teachers:
A. Are using Asian behavioral scripts and norms
B. Are taking a cultural relativist approach
C. Are taking a universalist approach
D. Are taking an absolutist approach