Question : The field of anthropology interested in studying the way of  life of

Question : The field of anthropology interested in studying the way of 
life of contemporary human populations is:
Student Answer: 
archaeology. 
physical anthropology. 
cultural anthropology. 
historic linguistics. 
2. Question : Which of the following statements is most true?
Student Answer: 
culture is learned 
culture is genetically based 
culture is influenced by instincts 
for culture to exist there needs to be language 
3. Question : The process of cultural transmission from one generation to 
another is called:
Student Answer: 
transmigration. 
socialization. 
enculturation. 
diffusion. 
4. Question : Environmental determinism means:
Student Answer:
culture is determined by biology. 
culture is determined by diffusion. 
culture is determined by the environment people live in. 
culture can change an environment people live in. 
5. Question : Margaret Mead was all of the following except:
Student Answer:
a strong proponent of biological explanations for human behavior. 
a student of Boas. 
a public icon of her time. 
influential on sexual behavior in her own culture. 
6. Question : The ethnographic present:
Student Answer: 
provides a slice-through-time description. 
is easier to describe than in the past tense. 
makes the reader think the society is like that presently. 
avoids having to discuss history. 
7. Question : Interviewing traditional healers and recording their thoughts 
and feelings as they pertain to illness is an example of 
gathering quantitative data.
Student Answer: 
True 
False 
8. Question : Race has no biological basis but is a cultural construct.
Student Answer:
True 
False 
9. Question : Ethnology’s success depends on discovering ________ 
categories that make sense in all cultures.
Student Answer:
universal 
emic 
analyzable 
A and B 
10. Question : What is the psychological trauma sometimes experienced by 
people when they are confronted with aspects of a way of life 
very different from their own?
Student Answer: 
cultural disorientation 
cultural relativism 
cultural ambiguity
culture shock