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Introduction to Anthropology – Exam 2 Fall 2023
Instructions: Download this exam file. Follow the instructions for each section. Save it. Send to
my email:
eboeving@uca.edu
by Sunday 12/07/23 11:59 PM. Highlight your answers for
multiple choice. Type in for the rest. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME PDF – WORD DOC ONLY!
Multiple choice –2.5 pts. Each:
highlight the correct answer.
1.
Platyrrhini live here (geographically)
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Central and South America
2. Tarsiformes live here (geopgraphically)
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Central and South America
3.Catarrhini live here (geographically). Hint: More than one answer could be correct!
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Central and South America
4. This is an example of Hylobitidae or a lesser ape
a. Gibbon
b. Orangutan
c. Bonobo
5. Primates that live in trees
a. terrestrial
b. arboreal
c. crepuscular
6. Chimpanzee scientific name
a.
Pan troglodytes
b.
Homo erectus
c.
Hylobates syndactylus
7. Bonobo scientific name
a.
Pan paniscus
b.
Homo erectus
c.
Macaca nigra
8.
Platyrrhini have a nose that is described as
a. sharp or protruding
b. flat
c. questionable
9. A grasping tail
a. prehensile
b. fractionated
c. proctured
10.Active during the day
a. nocturnal
b. crepuscular
c. diurnal
11. Folivore vegetation patterns are
a. abundant and everywhere
b. scarce and found in clumps
c. randomly distributed
12. Frugivore vegetation patterns are
a. abundant and everywhere
b. scarce and found in clumps
c. randomly distributed
13. Insectivore patterns
a. abundant and everywhere
b. scarce and found in clumps
c. scarce and randomly distributed
14. Species are considered sympatric when they
a. communicate often
b. occupy the same area
c. occupy different areas
15. Species are considered allopatric when they
a. communicate often
b. occupy the same area
c. occupy different areas
16. Measured by the genes a living being shares with relatives
a. inclusive fitness
b. direct fitness
c. individual fitness
17. Primates may live in groups for
a. access to important information
b.
predation avoidance
c. so they aren’t lonely
18. Associations between two or more species in which at least one species changes behavior
a. contralateral associations
b. paired associations
c. polyspecific associations
19. When sympatric species avoid competition through different uses of the environment
a. niche partitioning
b. problem solving
c. competitive space use
20. When two species compete for the same resources cannot occupy the same niche
a. competitive space use
b. niche partitioning
c. competitive exclusion principle
21. The only primate known to use venom as a predation avoidance tactic
a. slow loris
b. pigmy marmoset
c. tarsier
22. Chimpanzees are known to have this many traditions across test sites
a. 5+
b. 40+
c. 200+
23. It is common in primate groups for one or both sexes to do this at the time of sexual
maturity
a. disperse to new groups
b. mate with home group members
c. become more solitary within home group
24. Another term for longterm pair bonding
a. monogamy
b. relationship
c. polygamy
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25. When there is one male and multiple females in a group
a. polygyny
b. polygamy
c. penultimate
26. Distinctive pattern of behavior shared by multiple individuals in a social group that persists
over time
a. Glacials
b. cultural tradition
c. cultural agreement
27. The most well known of the evolutionists
a. Charles Darwin
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Jane Goodall
28. This type of dating is a method that provides estimates for carbon-based materials that
originated from living organisms
a. RadioCarbon Dating
b. Chemical Dating
c. Dendro Dating
29. These ancient footprints were found in Tanzania by Mary Leakey
a. Laetoli footprints
b.
Homo erectus
footprints
c. Pan footprints
30. Charles Lyell was known for this
a. Uniformitarianism
b. Deep Time
c. Evolution
SHORT ANSWER – 5 pts. each
Type in complete sentences.
1.
Describe the four different types of relative dating. What are the differences between
them?
2.
Describe the differences between social systems and mating systems.
3.
Tell me what you know about the American primatologist Dian Fossey.
4.
Primates cannot be separated from other species by one specific trait but rather have
several characteristics in common that distinguish them as primates…what are some of
those general characteristics of primates?
5.
What are the four types of communication? Provide examples of each.
Bonus: The only wrong answer is no answer. Question is intentionally vague. What is possible?
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