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| 451. |
According to anthropology in all the societies the head of the family is |
| A. | Mother |
| B. | Grand father |
| C. | Grand mother |
| D. | Father |
| Answer» E. | |
| 452. |
A big-man own this status from |
| A. | Prestige |
| B. | Voting |
| C. | After war |
| D. | Wealth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 453. |
Which of the following is not a feature of globalization? |
| A. | An increasing awareness of the world as a whole |
| B. | The extended power of nation states |
| C. | The destruction of distance through communications technologies |
| D. | The stretching of social relations beyond national boundaries |
| Answer» C. The destruction of distance through communications technologies | |
| 454. |
When the ratio of brain size to body size is compared, which species has a proportionally larger brain? |
| A. | Homo erectus |
| B. | Premodern Homo sapiens |
| C. | Neandertals |
| D. | Modern Homo sapiens |
| Answer» E. | |
| 455. |
What does the Latin prefix "homo" refer to? |
| A. | Mankind |
| B. | Sameness |
| C. | Study of |
| D. | Science |
| Answer» B. Sameness | |
| 456. |
Describes the process of change that a minority ethnic group may experience when it moves to a country where another culture dominates is called |
| A. | Acculturation |
| B. | Assimilation |
| C. | culture |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. culture | |
| 457. |
One's attitudes, reasoning, values, and actions are |
| A. | Continually impacted by other people |
| B. | Not to be questioned by psychology |
| C. | Very personal and private |
| D. | The domain of cultural anthropology |
| Answer» B. Not to be questioned by psychology | |
| 458. |
The role of a project supervisor is to |
| A. | Give you a reading list |
| B. | Provide academic support, guidance and feedback |
| C. | Negotiate access |
| D. | Schedule and deadlines |
| Answer» C. Negotiate access | |
| 459. |
Which of the following is a good research question in anthropology durinf field work? |
| A. | Questions should be hard and long |
| B. | Research basis |
| C. | Questions only |
| D. | Questions and research |
| Answer» E. | |
| 460. |
Cognitive dissonance theory posits that whenever there is a discrepancy between two thoughts |
| A. | People are likely to give up, and learned helplessness is the possible outcome |
| B. | It creates a state in which attitudes, values, and beliefs are being challenged |
| C. | A state of extreme confusion may arise and eventually lead to psychosis |
| D. | It produces an uncomfortable state of tension that motivates people to take steps to reduce it |
| Answer» E. | |
| 461. |
In which of the following requirements for a dissertation may depend on your institution with? |
| A. | Abstract should be included |
| B. | The format |
| C. | The size of the study and format |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 462. |
War became possible between nation states in the nineteenth century because |
| A. | The world was divided into several rival overseas empires |
| B. | Industrialization provided better transport, technology and administration |
| C. | There was intense economic, political and military competition |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 463. |
According to which theory do people help others (human or otherwise) when situations elicit their feelings of personal obligation? |
| A. | Procedural justice theory of normal behavior |
| B. | Norm activation theory of altruism |
| C. | Social norm theory of humanity |
| D. | Norm extraction theory of friendship |
| Answer» C. Social norm theory of humanity | |
| 464. |
The earliest known European example of Homo sapiens was discovered in 1868 and was given what name? |
| A. | Australopithecus |
| B. | Neanderthal Man |
| C. | Peking Man |
| D. | Cro Magnon Man |
| Answer» E. | |
| 465. |
Identify the period of existence of Premodern Homo sapiens |
| A. | 600,000 to 30,000 years ago |
| B. | 400,000 to 20,000 years ago |
| C. | 300,000 to 10,000 years ago |
| D. | 200,000 to the present |
| Answer» B. 400,000 to 20,000 years ago | |
| 466. |
Anthropologists said that migration is another reason of ethnic groups live in different nation states such dispersed populations, which have spread out, voluntarily or not from common center or homeland are called |
| A. | Diasporas |
| B. | Immigrants |
| C. | Citizens |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Immigrants | |
| 467. |
The most extreme, coerciv abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality people are treated as property |
| A. | Poor |
| B. | Law income |
| C. | Slavery |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 468. |
After the Upper Paleolithic, people began to utilize the food resources of the environment more extensively. This period is known as the |
| A. | Mesolithic |
| B. | Neolithic |
| C. | Modernolithic |
| D. | The Greater Paleolithic |
| Answer» B. Neolithic | |
| 469. |
In anthropology a person spend more then a years in the field is called |
| A. | Anthrpologists |
| B. | Ethnographers |
| C. | Researchers |
| D. | Archaeologist |
| Answer» C. Researchers | |
| 470. |
What does the term "Homo erectus" mean? |
| A. | A hominid |
| B. | A man who is able to stand upright |
| C. | A man who can make tools |
| D. | A creature that has the ability to reason |
| Answer» C. A man who can make tools | |
| 471. |
What does the suffix "lith" refer to (as in Neolithic Age)? |
| A. | Early tools |
| B. | Copper |
| C. | Iron |
| D. | Stone |
| Answer» E. | |
| 472. |
Specialism is |
| A. | Dislike of all species, other than humans |
| B. | A form of prejudice |
| C. | Love of all species |
| D. | A new disease found in fungi |
| Answer» C. Love of all species | |
| 473. |
Which fossil was proved to be a hoax? |
| A. | Neanderthal Man |
| B. | Cro-Magnon Man |
| C. | Piltdown Man |
| D. | Kennewick Man |
| Answer» D. Kennewick Man | |
| 474. |
In 1924, Raymond Dart discovered a fossil which he called "Austral pithecanthropus Africans". What is the meaning of the name? |
| A. | The ape man from southern Africa |
| B. | The man from the Mesolithic Age |
| C. | The old man from Australia |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The man from the Mesolithic Age | |
| 475. |
What does the prefix "pithe" refer to? |
| A. | Mammal |
| B. | Ape |
| C. | Invertebrate |
| D. | Human |
| Answer» C. Invertebrate | |
| 476. |
Cultural anthropology was one of the two classical divisions of anthropology. What was the other one? |
| A. | Physical Anthropology |
| B. | Social anthropology |
| C. | Urban anthropology |
| D. | Variated Anthropology |
| Answer» B. Social anthropology | |
| 477. |
Who is considered to be the father of anthropology? |
| A. | Louis Leakey |
| B. | Franz Boas |
| C. | Robert Bloom |
| D. | Eugene Dubois |
| Answer» C. Robert Bloom | |
| 478. |
The use of 'indentured labor' in the nineteenth century involved |
| A. | people being transported to the British colonies and forced to work for one employer under poor cond |
| B. | The sale of African people through the slave trade in the 'Atlantic triangle |
| C. | selecting the most skilled workers in factories to promote their employer's company overseas |
| D. | Extracting the teeth of the laziest workers to stop them from talking |
| Answer» B. The sale of African people through the slave trade in the 'Atlantic triangle | |
| 479. |
Many married couples live hundreds of miles from their parents their job have determined where they live such a post marital residence pattern is called |
| A. | Joint family |
| B. | Neolocality |
| C. | Nuclear family |
| D. | Verilocal |
| Answer» C. Nuclear family | |
| 480. |
Why is it important to have well formulated research questions during field work? |
| A. | It gives best clarity to the research process |
| B. | Focused on research |
| C. | It provides more structure during work |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 481. |
According to research methodology what is the actually start your research? |
| A. | Institution's requirements are for a dissertation |
| B. | Hardware and software you plan to use |
| C. | Project through an ethics committee |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 482. |
According to anthropologists art may be created, performed, or displayed outdoors in public or a special indoor settings which is called as |
| A. | Museum |
| B. | Home |
| C. | Office |
| D. | Hall |
| Answer» B. Home | |
| 483. |
What does the Greek prefix "anthro" refer to? |
| A. | Mankind |
| B. | study of |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Sameness |
| Answer» B. study of | |
| 484. |
According to anthropology closed hereditary system of stratification, often dictated by religion hieratchical social status is ascribed at birth, so that people are locked into their parents social position is called as |
| A. | Tribe system |
| B. | Caste system |
| C. | Clan system |
| D. | Kinship system |
| Answer» C. Clan system | |
| 485. |
Social norms refer to |
| A. | How we compare other cultures with our own |
| B. | The behavior of others |
| C. | Normal social behavior |
| D. | How best to behave |
| Answer» C. Normal social behavior | |
| 486. |
Norms guide |
| A. | Individual actions; by suggesting what is normal, expected, or correct |
| B. | Political structures with methods to control and coerce people |
| C. | Research scientists with rules about certainty, probability, and accuracy |
| D. | Group activity by signifying what is wrong, difficult, or complex |
| Answer» B. Political structures with methods to control and coerce people | |
| 487. |
Environmentalist social movements are global in the sense that |
| A. | They increase our awareness of risks that affect the whole planet |
| B. | They appeal to universal values and human rights |
| C. | They use global media to generate publicity |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 488. |
What is the meaning of the prefix "paleo" (as in the Paleolithic Age)? |
| A. | Meso |
| B. | New |
| C. | Modern |
| D. | Old |
| Answer» E. | |
| 489. |
Ethnic groups that once had, or that wish to have or regain, autonomous political status are called |
| A. | Citizenship |
| B. | Nationality |
| C. | Imigration |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» D. both a and b | |
| 490. |
The racism issue is mostly exist in |
| A. | India |
| B. | America |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | Asia |
| Answer» C. Africa | |
| 491. |
In anthropology who gave the name HOMO habilis to the earliest members of our genus, first found at Olduvia Gorge in Tanzania |
| A. | L.S.B and Mary Leakey |
| B. | Melvin Ember |
| C. | Fricke |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» B. Melvin Ember | |
| 492. |
According to anthropologists the culture diversity in a country is called |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Immigrants |
| C. | Multicuralism |
| D. | Migration |
| Answer» D. Migration | |
| 493. |
The Nuer had many institutions that are typical of which societies? |
| A. | Developed society |
| B. | Tribal society |
| C. | Segmentary society |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Segmentary society | |
| 494. |
Ecofeminism is |
| A. | A feminist theory that women are more a part of nature than men |
| B. | The belief that women and nature evolved differently than men and nature |
| C. | A movement that emerged in the 70s that brought together the women's movement and the ecology moveme |
| D. | A movement from the 60s and 70s of women who lived in nature communes |
| Answer» C. A movement that emerged in the 70s that brought together the women's movement and the ecology moveme | |
| 495. |
The term 'over-urbanization' means that |
| A. | life in modern Western cities is so far removed from that of the Third World that we find it diffic |
| B. | in poorer countries, the rapidly developing cities drain resources from the rural areas |
| C. | The extent to which urbanization affects development has been exaggerated |
| D. | Governments are so preoccupied with urbanization in the West that they forget to attend to problems |
| Answer» C. The extent to which urbanization affects development has been exaggerated | |
| 496. |
Who found and named the first Homo Erectus in 1891? |
| A. | Eugene Dubois |
| B. | Louis and Mary Leakey |
| C. | David Johansson |
| D. | Franz Boas |
| Answer» B. Louis and Mary Leakey | |
| 497. |
The Peking Man is an example of what species of the genus Homo? |
| A. | Homo erectus |
| B. | Pithecanthropus |
| C. | Homo sapiens |
| D. | Homo habilis |
| Answer» B. Pithecanthropus | |
| 498. |
What does "australo" mean? |
| A. | The Australian Outback |
| B. | South Africa |
| C. | South |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» D. Australia | |
| 499. |
What is the subject of study of paleoanthropologist? |
| A. | Ancient human fossils |
| B. | Older people |
| C. | Old cultures and societies |
| D. | The earliest human discoveries and accomplishments |
| Answer» B. Older people | |
| 500. |
The label used to describe the stage of applied ethnology was coined by |
| A. | Powell |
| B. | Schensul |
| C. | James Mooney |
| D. | Collier |
| Answer» D. Collier | |