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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
B Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
C Studies how humans adapt to local, environmental conditions
D Every one of these statements is true
Question #2
A Evolutionary anthropologists try to understand humans by understanding how we evolved
B Evolutionary anthropologists have no interest in social justice; it is only an academic pursuit
C It is a multidisciplinary approach
D It is concerned with modern human behavior and culture
Question #3
A human skeletal material
B skeletal remains at crime scenes
C non-human primates
D disease in earlier human groups
Question #4
A Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
B Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
C The study of human genetic diversity.
D Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
Question #5
A Studying disease and injury in human and animal remains.
B Studying the fossils of human ancestors.
C Investigating skeletal remains to determine whether or not a crime has been committed.
D The study of human genetic diversity.
Question #6
A advancing an understanding of the life sciences
B humans as a single population with very little genetic variation
C population genetics
D race classification and skull measurements
Question #7
A Can only focus on the measurement of isolated groups of humans
B Should be called physical anthropology rather than biological anthropology
C Should not be concerned with modern theories of evolution
D Should be referred to as biological anthropology rather than physical anthropology
Question #8
A primatology
B archaeology
C physical/biological anthropology
D osteology
Question #9
A courtship dances among non-human primates
B patterns of lines on ancient pottery
C how language is used to reinforce hierarchical relationships
D the anatomy of the larynx
Question #10
A are not interested in human behavior
B never work with physical anthropology
C primarily recover valuable artifacts
D study earlier human groups using artifacts and structures as their evidence
Question #11
A anthropometry
B applied anthropology
C ethnology
D linguistic anthropology
Question #12
A focuses solely upon the study of traditional societies
B has no practical application in modern society
C is the study of the patterns of belief and behavior found in modern and historical cultures.
D includes the recovery and analysis of material culture from earlier civilization
Question #13
A Linguistic
B Psychological
C Archaeology
D Cultural
Question #14
A It is often focused on trying to find solutions for human problems
B American anthropologists only study Americans
C It includes four subfields
D It is a very broad branch of the social sciences
Question #15
A A narrow field of study that is not concerned with other branches of the social sciences
B Studies humans and primates of the past and the present
C Only studies modern cultures
D Includes the study of all things human except laws and legal codes
Question #16
A one branch of the social sciences
B one of the academic life sciences
C the recovery of dinosaur fossils
D only practiced by adventurers who wear fedoras and use bullwhips