Homework answers / question archive / Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which of the following would not be an appropriate task for an anthropologist?    all of these would be appropriate tasks    translating a religious text in the Navajo language    studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park    excavating the ruins of a Mayan temple     Question 2 1 / 1 pts Cultural anthropology is the study of:    mammal species    contemporary and recent human societies    the human species and immediate ancestors    different races of humans     Question 3 0 / 1 pts The four subfields of anthropology include cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and    contemporary human variation studies, and linguistics    archaeology, and linguistics    ethnology, and linguistics    CRM, archaeology, and descriptive linguistics     Question 4 1 / 1 pts Paleoanthropologists are mostly interested in learning about:    the fossil record of human evolution    sub-cultures of modern, large-scale societies    none of these    the cultures of living people     Question 5 1 / 1 pts What are the traditional areas of focus within cultural anthropology?     primatology and contemporary human variation    ethnographic research    forensic archaeology and descriptive linguistics    cultural prehistory and applied anthropology     Question 6 1 / 1 pts What is meant by the "holistic" approach in anthropology?     the entire time of human existence is studied     cultures are studied using fieldwork and participant observation, together with a perspective of cultural relativism    entire cultures are studied and compared    human beings are viewed in the broadest context possible—biologically and culturally through time     Question 7 1 / 1 pts Biological anthropology includes the following areas of study:     artifacts, primates, and human fossils     artifacts, human fossils, and forensics     human fossils, artifacts, and ecofacts    primates, population genetics, and human fossils     Question 8 1 / 1 pts Linguistics is a subfield of anthropology that     focuses on the mechanics of language

Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which of the following would not be an appropriate task for an anthropologist?    all of these would be appropriate tasks    translating a religious text in the Navajo language    studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park    excavating the ruins of a Mayan temple     Question 2 1 / 1 pts Cultural anthropology is the study of:    mammal species    contemporary and recent human societies    the human species and immediate ancestors    different races of humans     Question 3 0 / 1 pts The four subfields of anthropology include cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and    contemporary human variation studies, and linguistics    archaeology, and linguistics    ethnology, and linguistics    CRM, archaeology, and descriptive linguistics     Question 4 1 / 1 pts Paleoanthropologists are mostly interested in learning about:    the fossil record of human evolution    sub-cultures of modern, large-scale societies    none of these    the cultures of living people     Question 5 1 / 1 pts What are the traditional areas of focus within cultural anthropology?     primatology and contemporary human variation    ethnographic research    forensic archaeology and descriptive linguistics    cultural prehistory and applied anthropology     Question 6 1 / 1 pts What is meant by the "holistic" approach in anthropology?     the entire time of human existence is studied     cultures are studied using fieldwork and participant observation, together with a perspective of cultural relativism    entire cultures are studied and compared    human beings are viewed in the broadest context possible—biologically and culturally through time     Question 7 1 / 1 pts Biological anthropology includes the following areas of study:     artifacts, primates, and human fossils     artifacts, human fossils, and forensics     human fossils, artifacts, and ecofacts    primates, population genetics, and human fossils     Question 8 1 / 1 pts Linguistics is a subfield of anthropology that     focuses on the mechanics of language

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Question 1

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following would not be an appropriate task for an anthropologist?

  

all of these would be appropriate tasks

  

translating a religious text in the Navajo language

  

studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park

  

excavating the ruins of a Mayan temple

 

 

Question 2

1 / 1 pts

Cultural anthropology is the study of:

  

mammal species

  

contemporary and recent human societies

  

the human species and immediate ancestors

  

different races of humans

 

 

Question 3

0 / 1 pts

The four subfields of anthropology include cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and

  

contemporary human variation studies, and linguistics

  

archaeology, and linguistics

  

ethnology, and linguistics

  

CRM, archaeology, and descriptive linguistics

 

 

Question 4

1 / 1 pts

Paleoanthropologists are mostly interested in learning about:

  

the fossil record of human evolution

  

sub-cultures of modern, large-scale societies

  

none of these

  

the cultures of living people

 

 

Question 5

1 / 1 pts

What are the traditional areas of focus within cultural anthropology? 

  

primatology and contemporary human variation

  

ethnographic research

  

forensic archaeology and descriptive linguistics

  

cultural prehistory and applied anthropology

 

 

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

What is meant by the "holistic" approach in anthropology? 

  

the entire time of human existence is studied

   

cultures are studied using fieldwork and participant observation, together with a perspective of cultural relativism

  

entire cultures are studied and compared

  

human beings are viewed in the broadest context possible—biologically and culturally through time

 

 

Question 7

1 / 1 pts

Biological anthropology includes the following areas of study: 

  

artifacts, primates, and human fossils

   

artifacts, human fossils, and forensics

   

human fossils, artifacts, and ecofacts

  

primates, population genetics, and human fossils

 

 

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

Linguistics is a subfield of anthropology that 

  

focuses on the mechanics of language.

   

reconstructs the history of language

   

evaluates the relationship between language and social relationships

  

all of these

 

 

Question 9

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Archaeologists excavate and interpret the remains of dinosaurs. 

  

True

  

False

 

 

Question 10

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I have just written a paper on the knee joint of the early human fossil known as "Lucy." What type of anthropologist am I? 

  

paleoanthropologist

   

primatologist

   

prehistoric archaeologist

   

paleontologist