Question 1

The Moundbuilder Myth provides an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  how the social, cultural, and political context of archaeology can influence its theories. 
B)  the infallibility of science. 
C)  how more civilized cultures (the Moundbuilders) can be destroyed by less civilized cultures (the Native Americans). 
D)  how pseudoarchaeology can be useful to professional archaeologists. 
A)  how the social, cultural, and political context of archaeology can influence its theories. 
B)  the infallibility of science. 
C)  how more civilized cultures (the Moundbuilders) can be destroyed by less civilized cultures (the Native Americans). 
D)  how pseudoarchaeology can be useful to professional archaeologists.

Question 2

A humanistic approach in archaeology tends to reject a search for universals in favor of emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual and the individual's lived experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following does not apply to the concept of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Culture is learned. 
B)  Culture is shared. 
C)  Culture is patriotism. 
D)  Culture is symbolic. 
A)  Culture is learned. 
B)  Culture is shared. 
C)  Culture is patriotism. 
D)  Culture is symbolic.

Question 4

The processual approach takes a scientific approach and focuses on material factors of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The processual paradigm has several key characteristics, which does not include:

Accepted Answer

A)  processual archeology emphasizes evolutionary generalization, not historical specifics. 
B)  processual archaeology does not downplay the importance of the individual. 
C)  processual archaeology views culture from a systemic perspective. 
D)  explanation in processual archaeology is explicitly scientific. 
A)  processual archeology emphasizes evolutionary generalization, not historical specifics. 
B)  processual archaeology does not downplay the importance of the individual. 
C)  processual archaeology views culture from a systemic perspective. 
D)  explanation in processual archaeology is explicitly scientific.

Question 6

Multiple working hypotheses result when:

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A)  several hypotheses potentially explain the same data. 
B)  scientists have no sound hypothesis to test, but end up testing several equally unlikely explanations in order to keep their research moving forward. 
C)  the simplest hypothesis cannot be falsified. 
D)  scientists cannot produce replicable results with the most likely hypothesis. 
A)  several hypotheses potentially explain the same data. 
B)  scientists have no sound hypothesis to test, but end up testing several equally unlikely explanations in order to keep their research moving forward. 
C)  the simplest hypothesis cannot be falsified. 
D)  scientists cannot produce replicable results with the most likely hypothesis.

Question 7

Which of the following is untrue about paradigms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paradigms provide specific guidelines for high-level theory. 
B)  Paradigms generate more specific claims about a regions' prehistory. 
C)  Like culture, paradigms provide understandings of the world. 
D)  Paradigms do not reflect bias. 
A)  Paradigms provide specific guidelines for high-level theory. 
B)  Paradigms generate more specific claims about a regions' prehistory. 
C)  Like culture, paradigms provide understandings of the world. 
D)  Paradigms do not reflect bias.

Question 8

What makes an anthropologist an anthropologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Studying native people 
B)  Studying fossils 
C)  Studying chimpanzees 
D)  Using a global, comparative and holistic approach 
A)  Studying native people 
B)  Studying fossils 
C)  Studying chimpanzees 
D)  Using a global, comparative and holistic approach

Question 9

Participant observation is:

Accepted Answer

A)  an archaeological teaching strategy where students are introduced to excavation techniques by participating in real archaeological digs. 
B)  a research strategy employed by linguistic anthropologists to help revive dying languages. 
C)  the primary strategy of cultural anthropologists in which data are gathered by questioning and observing people while the observer lives in their society. 
D)  a research strategy mostly employed by biological anthropologists while studying human biological variation. 
A)  an archaeological teaching strategy where students are introduced to excavation techniques by participating in real archaeological digs. 
B)  a research strategy employed by linguistic anthropologists to help revive dying languages. 
C)  the primary strategy of cultural anthropologists in which data are gathered by questioning and observing people while the observer lives in their society. 
D)  a research strategy mostly employed by biological anthropologists while studying human biological variation.

Question 10

The potlatch:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a ceremony among 19th century Northwest Coast Native Americans. 
B)  involved the giving away or destruction of property in order to acquire prestige. 
C)  like many cultural behaviors, is best explained through both ideational and adaptive perspectives. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  was a ceremony among 19th century Northwest Coast Native Americans. 
B)  involved the giving away or destruction of property in order to acquire prestige. 
C)  like many cultural behaviors, is best explained through both ideational and adaptive perspectives. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 11

Science is the best way to examine the material world because it is always objective, and therefore cannot be influenced by the social or political climate of the times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The study of human biological evolution would most likely be the specialty of a cultural anthropologist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Anthropology is the study of:

Accepted Answer

A)  past human behavior. 
B)  all aspects of humankind. 
C)  humans as biological organisms. 
D)  humans as cultural organisms. 
A)  past human behavior. 
B)  all aspects of humankind. 
C)  humans as biological organisms. 
D)  humans as cultural organisms.

Question 14

Anthropology embraces four primary fields of study:

Accepted Answer

A)  biological, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology. 
B)  economic, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology. 
C)  religion, biological, linguistic, and archaeology. 
D)  biological, cultural, social, and archaeology. 
A)  biological, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology. 
B)  economic, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology. 
C)  religion, biological, linguistic, and archaeology. 
D)  biological, cultural, social, and archaeology.

Question 15

Deductive reasoning involves working from specific observations to more general hypotheses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is not true of science?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is empirical. 
B)  It is systematic and explicit. 
C)  It always provides the right answer to a question. 
D)  It is self-critical, always trying to prove itself wrong. 
A)  It is empirical. 
B)  It is systematic and explicit. 
C)  It always provides the right answer to a question. 
D)  It is self-critical, always trying to prove itself wrong.

Question 17

Anthropologists who argue that an adaptive perspective is the best way to study culture would argue that the driving forces shaping human behavior are ideas, symbols, and mental structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Cyrus Thomas contributed to dispelling the Myth of the Moundbuilders by:

Accepted Answer

A)  supporting Squier's and Davis's conclusions. 
B)  scientifically evaluating previous claims and concluding that the Native Americans had indeed built the mounds. 
C)  demonstrating once and for all through the testing of multiple hypotheses that the Native Americans had not built the mounds. 
D)  supporting Squier's and Davis's conclusions and scientifically evaluating previous claims and concluding that the Native Americans had indeed built the mounds. 
A)  supporting Squier's and Davis's conclusions. 
B)  scientifically evaluating previous claims and concluding that the Native Americans had indeed built the mounds. 
C)  demonstrating once and for all through the testing of multiple hypotheses that the Native Americans had not built the mounds. 
D)  supporting Squier's and Davis's conclusions and scientifically evaluating previous claims and concluding that the Native Americans had indeed built the mounds.

Question 19

In science, an idea is testable if the implications of the hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A)  can be measured in some fashion with the same results obtained by different observers. 
B)  can be measured with different results obtained by the same observers. 
C)  can be measured with the same results obtained by the same observers. 
D)  cannot be measured. 
A)  can be measured in some fashion with the same results obtained by different observers. 
B)  can be measured with different results obtained by the same observers. 
C)  can be measured with the same results obtained by the same observers. 
D)  cannot be measured.

Question 20

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

A)  Define a relevant research problem 
B)  Generate one or more hypotheses 
C)  Test the hypothesis or hypotheses with relevant data 
D)  Prove the hypothesis or hypotheses true 
A)  Define a relevant research problem 
B)  Generate one or more hypotheses 
C)  Test the hypothesis or hypotheses with relevant data 
D)  Prove the hypothesis or hypotheses true

The Moundbuilder Myth provides an example of:

A humanistic approach in archaeology tends to reject a search for universals in favor of emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual and the individual's lived experience.

Which of the following does not apply to the concept of culture?

The processual approach takes a scientific approach and focuses on material factors of life.

The processual paradigm has several key characteristics, which does not include:

Multiple working hypotheses result when:

Which of the following is untrue about paradigms?

What makes an anthropologist an anthropologist?

Participant observation is:

The potlatch:

Science is the best way to examine the material world because it is always objective, and therefore cannot be influenced by the social or political climate of the times.

The study of human biological evolution would most likely be the specialty of a cultural anthropologist.

Anthropology is the study of:

Anthropology embraces four primary fields of study:

Deductive reasoning involves working from specific observations to more general hypotheses.

Which of the following is not true of science?

Anthropologists who argue that an adaptive perspective is the best way to study culture would argue that the driving forces shaping human behavior are ideas, symbols, and mental structures.

Cyrus Thomas contributed to dispelling the Myth of the Moundbuilders by:

In science, an idea is testable if the implications of the hypothesis

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

Meet Some New Archaeologists

Doing Fieldwork Surveying For Archaeological Sites

Doing Fieldwork Why Archaeologists Dig Square Holes

Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes

Chronology Building How To Get A Date

The Dimensions Of Archaeology Time Space And Form

Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

People Plants and Animals In The Past

Bioarchaeological Approaches To The Past

Reconstructing Social And Political Systems Of The Past

The Archaeology Of The Mind

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

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Exam 2: The Structure Of Archaeological Inquiry

The Moundbuilder Myth provides an example of:

A humanistic approach in archaeology tends to reject a search for universals in favor of emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual and the individual's lived experience.

Which of the following does not apply to the concept of culture?

The processual approach takes a scientific approach and focuses on material factors of life.

The processual paradigm has several key characteristics, which does not include:

Multiple working hypotheses result when:

Which of the following is untrue about paradigms?

What makes an anthropologist an anthropologist?

Participant observation is:

The potlatch:

Science is the best way to examine the material world because it is always objective, and therefore cannot be influenced by the social or political climate of the times.

The study of human biological evolution would most likely be the specialty of a cultural anthropologist.

Anthropology is the study of:

Anthropology embraces four primary fields of study:

Deductive reasoning involves working from specific observations to more general hypotheses.

Which of the following is not true of science?

Anthropologists who argue that an adaptive perspective is the best way to study culture would argue that the driving forces shaping human behavior are ideas, symbols, and mental structures.

Cyrus Thomas contributed to dispelling the Myth of the Moundbuilders by:

In science, an idea is testable if the implications of the hypothesis

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

Meet Some New Archaeologists

Doing Fieldwork Surveying For Archaeological Sites

Doing Fieldwork Why Archaeologists Dig Square Holes

Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes

Chronology Building How To Get A Date

The Dimensions Of Archaeology Time Space And Form

Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

People Plants and Animals In The Past

Bioarchaeological Approaches To The Past

Reconstructing Social And Political Systems Of The Past

The Archaeology Of The Mind

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

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