ANT2000 Possible Questions Exam 1

What process unifies people by providing common, shared experience through learning? a. enculturation b. unformitarianism c. diffusion d. catastrophism

True or False: DNA results suggest that Kennewick Man was a descendant of European populations.

True or False: The dimensions of human variation studied by anthropologists include the biological, social, and cultural.

Culture is considered to be all of the following except: a. integrated b. based on symbols c. static d. shared

Which of the following best serves the anthropologist in his/her study of another culture? a. ethnocentrism b. cultural relativism c. adaptation d. indoctrination

Darwin's theory was known as the theory of: a. natural selection b. natural variation c. animal evolution d. circumnavigation

Lamarck's theory of acquired characteristics was rejected because a. there is no evidence to support any theory of biological change b. traits acquired during the lifetime of an organism are not inherited by offspring c. Lamarck did not account for environmental change as a factor affecting biological change d. None of the above

For an arboreal primate, which sense is most important in locating food? a. hearing b. taste c. vision d. smell

Two of Mendel's pea plants were tall, one was heterozygous, the other homozygous. In other words, the two plants had similar _________ but different _________. a. genotypes, phenotypes b. fitness, environments c. alleles, phenotypes d. phenotypes, genotypes

Humans are remarkable among primates in that they a. use a communication system b. share among individuals c. inhabit such a wide geographical range d. make tools

What was significant about the Laetoli site in Tanzania? a. It was where the earliest human ancestors were found from 7 million years ago b. It was the site where the earliest biped was excavated in 1978 c. It was the site where volcanic ash preserved the remains of 36 human beings d. It was the site where bipedal impressions were captured 3.6 million years ago

Acheulian technology was more complex than Oldowan technology because a. it predated Oldowan technology b. it involved a two-stage process: blank production and bifacial shaping/thinning c. it was used for hunting large mammals d. Acheulian hand axes were attached to handles

Evidence for the hypervegetarian adaptation of robust Paranthropus species includes a. saggital crest b. large morals with thick enamel c. large cheekbones d. all of the above

True or False: Bipedalism predates the evolution of larger brains in fossil hominins

The fossil skulls of transitional forms known as Archaic homo sapiens show a mixture of a. Homo habilis and Neanderthal features b. Homo erectus and Homo sapiens traits c. Neanderthal and Australopithecine triats d. little evolutionary potential

Which of the following is not an accurate statement? a. food production is not necessarily a more secure means of subsistence than food foraging b. before food production some foragers actively managed the resources on which they depended c. the switch from food foraging to food production allowed people to work in less subsistence pursuits d. the switch to food production was not the result of the discovery that seeds grow into plants

Active interference by humans in life cycles of plants or animals so that subsequent generations are of greater value to humans is one definition of a. domestication b. cultivation c. foraging d. unintentional consequences

Natufian foragers unintentionally selected for which beneficial traits of wild wheat and barley a. tough axes and thin husks b. brittle axes and thick husks c. tough axes and thick husks d. brittle axes and thin husks

True or False: North America was first colonized sometimes after 20,000 years ago by fully modern humans.

True or False: Facing food shortages, Natufian hunter-gatherers intentionally domesticated wild forms of what and barley.

Which of the following best serves the anthropologist in his/her study of another culture?

All of the following are approaches that linguistic anthropologists may take except

Horace Miner's article "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" provides a description of an exotic tribe from Australia

Which of the following is not an attribute of culture?

All cultures are:

In Mendel's experiments, the reappearance of short pea plants in the second generation of offspring from purebred tall and short plants proves the "Law of _____"

For an arboreal primate, which sense is most important in locating food?

In modern terms, Mendel's pea experiments showed that

Lamarck's theory of acquired characteristics was rejected because

Two of Mendel's pea plants were tall, one was heterozygous, the other homozygous. In other words, the two plants had similar______ but different ______

The first hominin species to spread from Africa, to make systematic tools, and to be associated with probable evidence for hunting and controlled use of fire is

Neanderthal subsistence

The Oldowan tool tradition is primarily associated with what group of early human ancestors?

The oldest member of the genus Homo is the east African species known as

Acheulian technology was more complex than Oldowan technology because

Where is the Fertile Crescent?

True or False? North America was first colonized sometime after 20,000 years ago by fully modern humans.

Natufian foragers unintentionally selected for which trait of wild forms of wheat and barley

Brittle axes, thick husks, and dispersed occurrences were among the limitations of

The earliest evidence for plant domestication comes from what region?