Question 1

Dr. Ken Guest's research compares a community in New York's Chinatown with another community in Fuzhou, China. The two communities are linked by migration. What best describes his research?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnology 
B)  multi-sited ethnography 
C)  historic archeology 
D)  physical anthropology

Question 2

Many large corporations-Walmart, General Motors, and others- routinely operate larger numbers of factories in places like China to take advantage of very cheap wages, putting workers in their home country out of a job. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  paleoanthropology 
B)  increasing migration 
C)  flexible accumulation 
D)  holism

Question 3

Bronislaw Malinowski spent two years doing participant observation among the people of the Trobriand Islands in the early 1900s, and there he learned about the islanders' beliefs and customs regarding trade, warfare, marriage, sex, and death. What kind of anthropologist was Malinowski? Explain how participant observation works and what kind of information it provides. Name another topic you could study this way and how you would do it.

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Question 4

Which concept refers to anthropology's commitment to looking at the full scope of human diversity and experience, including the cultural, biological, historical, and linguistic?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnology 
B)  fieldwork 
C)  holism 
D)  globalization

Question 5

Marcus is studying developments in Chinese dialects over time, and how those dialects have evolved as migration has increased over the last two centuries. What kind of anthropological lens is Marcus using?

Accepted Answer

A)  historic linguistics 
B)  descriptive linguistics 
C)  cultural anthropology 
D)  sociolinguistics

Question 6

Anthropology looks at the complete diversity of human life across space and time. This kind of study requires a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  belief that other cultures are normal. 
B)  belief that one's own culture is superior. 
C)  ability to view human cultures as isolated and disconnected. 
D)  ability to evaluate others on the basis of one's own beliefs.

Question 7

Which subfield of anthropology traces the history of human evolution in fossils?

Accepted Answer

A)  prehistoric archaeology 
B)  primatology 
C)  cultural anthropology 
D)  paleoanthropology

Question 8

Compare and contrast how historic and prehistoric archaeologists investigate past human life and explain what insights can be gained from each perspective.

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Question 9

Material remains help prehistoric archaeologists reconstruct

Accepted Answer

A)  human behavior. 
B)  written records. 
C)  garbage dumps. 
D)  burial sites.

Question 10

What type of anthropologists explore any and all aspects of living human culture-from war and violence to love, sexuality, and child rearing-and look at the meanings that people from all over the world place on these things?

Accepted Answer

A)  archaeologists 
B)  sociolinguists 
C)  physical anthropologists 
D)  cultural anthropologists

Question 11

The text notes that increasing migration is one of the key dynamics of globalization. Explain where people are moving and why. What effect is this having on people around the world?

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Question 12

The Latin language of ancient Rome is no longer spoken routinely. What kind of work is needed to examine how Latin changed into the Romance languages of today (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Italian)?

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive linguistics 
B)  sociolinguistics 
C)  archaeology 
D)  historic linguistics

Question 13

Ancient rift valleys and deep caves often contain human fossils that can provide clues about human evolution and the lives of our ancestors. What do we call an anthropologist who examines just the human evolutionary aspect of fossils?

Accepted Answer

A)  prehistoric archaeologist 
B)  cultural anthropologist 
C)  paleoanthropologist 
D)  primatologist

Question 14

What type of anthropologist studies people from a perspective that considers how humans have adapted to their environments over time?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical anthropologist 
B)  linguistic anthropologist 
C)  paleoanthropologist 
D)  cultural anthropologist

Question 15

Audrey Richards conducted a detailed ethnography of the coming-of-age rituals of the Bemba, and is often credited with opening the door to the study of health and nutrition among women and children. Which of the four fields of anthropology was Richards working in?

Accepted Answer

A)  archaeology 
B)  physical anthropology 
C)  linguistic anthropology 
D)  cultural anthropology

Question 16

What would we call an anthropologist working alongside a Native American group to map their spoken language into a written form?

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive linguist 
B)  cultural anthropologist 
C)  sociolinguist 
D)  historic linguist

Question 17

The so-called "N-word" would be most likely studied for its origins, uses, and meaning by a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive linguist. 
B)  historic linguist. 
C)  biological linguist. 
D)  sociolinguist.

Question 18

The Chinese government counts nearly 230 million internal migrants floating in China's cities. What draws most of these internal migrants?

Accepted Answer

A)  work opportunities 
B)  more affordable housing 
C)  higher education 
D)  social movements

Question 19

In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration, many scholars and government officials privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe, such as Italians and Greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with primitive ways. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  holism. 
B)  ethnocentrism. 
C)  genocide. 
D)  ethnocide.

Question 20

Explain why anthropologists study nonhuman primates like apes and monkeys.

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Exam 1: Anthropology in a Global Age