Cultural Anthropology Lesson 1 Homeork Study

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n 1 5 / 5 points An example of nonhuman primate culture is: Question options: a) sign language when the group decides to migrate. b) female chimpanzees wearing leaves around their waist. c) certain forms of greeting such as the raised hand clasp. d) making musical sounds. Quest ion 2 5 / 5 points The domestication of __________ was the first step in the transition to the Neolithic in Africa. Question options: a) cattle b) wheat c) millet d) goats Questi on 3 5 / 5 points Evidence suggests that the most important factor leading to sedentism in the Western Hemisphere was: Question options: a) population pressure. b) climate change.

c) lack of large game. d) cultivation of maize. Quest ion 4 5 / 5 points The opening of a Western-style clothing retail store in a previously isolated area has resulted in the popularity of blue jeans among local youth. Many of the wearers have replicated local fabric designs in paint on the jeans. What model of cultural interaction does this scenario best represent? Question options: a) Clash of civilizations b) Westernization c) Ethnocentrism d) Localization Quest ion 5 0 / 5 points The San peoples of Southern Africa fought a long legal battle to gain profits from: Question options: a) diamond mines on their land. b) oil deposits on their land. c) a new diet pill. d) documentaries of their lifestyle. Quest ion 6 5 / 5 points

What was the most important factor leading to state formation in the Andes? Question options: a) Warfare b) Class stratification c) Population pressure d) Maize cultivation Quest ion 7 5 / 5 points Homo habilis is associated with a tool set called: Question options: a) Microlithic. b) Oldowan. c) Acheulian. d) Mousterian. Questi on 8 5 / 5 points The most recently discovered species of Homo, a dwarfed form found on an island in the Pacific, has been named: Question options: a) H. erectus. b) H. baliensis. c) H. floresiensis .

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d) H. sapiens. Questi on 9 5 / 5 points Tapeworm infections in archaic Homo likely indicate that the species: Question options: a) did not have a varied diet. b) ate meat. c) cultivated food crops. d) lived in groups with at least 30 members. Questi on 10 0 / 5 points The cultural materialist interpretation of the Hindu belief in sacred cows addresses their: Question options: a) ritual purity. b) role in social relationships. c) economic value. d) symbolic value. Questi on 11 5 / 5 points A recent mental health disorder in Japan related to sleep is: Question options:

a) insomnia. b) nightmares about work. c) falling asleep during the day. d) sleeping sickness. Questi on 12 5 / 5 points The French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss is associated with the theoretical perspective known as: Question options: a) functionalism. b) holism. c) French structuralism. d) cultural relativism. Questi on 13 5 / 5 points Paul Farmer has done most of his work in: Question options: a) Mexico. b) Haiti. c) Guatemala. d) Puerto Rico. Questi 5 / 5 points

on 14 The fossil "Lucy" fits in the category of: Question options: a) early hominins. b) archaic Homo . c) Neanderthals. d) Homo floresiensis. Questi on 15 5 / 5 points Most known Neanderthal sites in Western Europe are located: Question options: a) in caves and rock shelters. b) in open savanna areas. c) on mountain slopes. d) in forested areas. Questi on 16 5 / 5 points __________ is the term applied to nonhuman primates whose diet is not specialized. Question options: a) Frugivore b) Folivore c) Gummivore

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d) Omnivore Questi on 17 5 / 5 points In some societies we find that powerful social structures, such as the economy, government, and the media, work together to create an entrenched system of inequality and oppression. According to your text, anthropologists refer to this sort of phenomenon as: Question options: a) infrastructural rigidity. b) cultural determinism. c) cultural imperialism. d) over-developed structuralism. Questi on 18 5 / 5 points Current paleoanthropological evidence indicates that the human ancestral line diverged from that of the living great apes __________ million years ago. Question options: a) 1-2 b) 2-3 c) 4-8 d) 8-15

Questi on 19 5 / 5 points Which subfield of archaeology provides insights into social change in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Question options: a) Archaeology of contemporary life b) Prehistoric archaeology c) Underwater archaeology d) Industrial archaeology Questi on 20 5 / 5 points Evidence suggests that the first hominids left Africa __________ years ago. Question options: a) 10,000 b) 100,000 c) around 2 million d) more than 20 million