Weber State University

ANTH 2010

Anthropology 2010

EXAM 1:

Quiz 1 - The Study of Human Diversity

1)The study of humans which examines human fossils, disease, nutrition, health, the skeleton, and physical characteristics is _____________

2. An anthropologist has been hired to research a specific group of people in the Caribbean who have a high infant mortality rate and to suggest strategies to decrease infant mortality. This anthropologist most likely is engaged in _________________

3. A cultural anthropologist is likely to study

4. A description of a particular culture is called an ____________

5. A cross-cultural study is called an _____________

6. Applied anthropology –

7. The evaluation of a culture on its own terms is known as _____________

8. Ethnocentrism _____________

9. The term “emic” refers to _________________

10. The term “etic” refers to ______________

11. An anthropologist studying a particular culture observes that people smile at each other when introduced. The anthropologist theorizes that people in all cultures smile when introduced. This theory is flawed because the anthropologist’s study is NOT______________

12. The field of anthropology that involves the analysis of prehistoric and historic remains

_________________

13. The characteristic that most distinguishes anthropology from other sciences is ________________

14. The film The Goddess and the Computer, the “Green Revolution” resulted in ___________________

15. In the film The Goddess and the Computer, how are the priests “not purely religious functionaries”?

16. In the film The Goddess and the Computer, the irrigation system is important _________________

17. Cultural anthropology studies similarities but not differences between cultures.

18. Anthropologists study only culture, not biology.