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