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What are the four sub disciplines of anthropology? |
Biological, linguistic, cultural, archaeology |
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Anthropologists’ early interest in Native North Americans… |
Is an important historical reason for the development of four-field anthropology in the U.S |
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How are the four subfields of U.S. anthropology unified? |
Each subfield studies human variation through time and space. |
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Cultural anthropologist carry out their fieldwork in… |
all kinds of societies |
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Ethnography is the… |
fieldwork component of cultural anthropology |
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Archaeologists studying sunken ships off the coast of Florida or analyzing the content of modern garbage are examples of how… |
archaeologists study the culture of historical and even living peoples |
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What is anthropology? |
the study of humans around the world and through time |
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Which of the following best describes biological anthropology? |
the study of human biological diveristy |
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Primatology is a specialty within… |
biological anthropology |
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Linguistic anthropology… |
includes sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics, and the study of the biological basis for speech |
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Applied anthropology… |
encompasses any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of its four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems |
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Anthropology is a science, yet it has been suggested that anthropology is among the most humanistic of all academic fields. This is because… |
of its fundamental respect for human diversity. |
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A holistic and comparative perspective… |
most characterizes anthropology when compared to other disciplines that study humans. |
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T or F: Human can adapt to their surroundings through both biological and cultural means |
True |
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T or F: Adaptation refers to the processes by which organisms cope with environmental forces and stresses, such as those posed by climate and topography. |
True |
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T or F: Archaeologists study only prehistoric communities. |
False |
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What is the process by which children learn a particular cultural tradition? |
enculturation |
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The presence of more efficient respiratory systems to extract oxygen from the air among human populations living at high elevations is an example of which form of adaptation? |
long-term physiological adaaptation |
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Over time, humans have become increasingly dependent on which of the following in order to cope with the range of environments they have occupied in time and space?T or |
culture means of adaptation |
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T or F: Anthropologists study only non-Western cultures. |
False |
