Quiz 1: The Nature of Anthropology

What is the term for someone who engages activities such as studying the frequency of blood types in human populations,or watching the behaviour of monkeys and apes,or digging for early hominid bones in East Africa?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five major fields of anthropology?

The police need help in identifying a large number of disaster victims.Which type of anthropologist would be best for this task?

Which of the following opinions was NOT one that Franz Boas held?

During which period of their history did Europeans first consider that understanding other peoples would help them understand themselves?

Which factor contributed most to the development of anthropology as a distinct field for studying human diversity?

Which of the following research topics might be the main focus of a biological anthropologist?

What are the two major research interests of biological anthropology?

Which of the following tasks has always been a defining feature of Canadian anthropology?

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate task for a forensic anthropologist?

Early anthropological theorists proposed that all cultures passed through a series of evolutionary stages,culminating in the technologically advanced level of Western societies.Which term did critics of this idea use to brand its adherents with?

What is Jane Goodall best known for doing?

Which of the following best defines archaeology?

Which of the following best defines anthropology?

What does an archaeologist endeavour to understand by studying material remains?

What is the key distinction between anthropology and humanities subjects?

How is anthropology different from other disciplines that study humans?

Why has anthropology only recently appeared as a distinct field of inquiry?

Which of the following has most influenced Canadian anthropology?

Which term do Aboriginal groups in Canada prefer to use to identify themselves?