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What is anthropology? |
| | A) | the study of human problems |
| | B) | the study of nonhuman primates in all their aspects |
| | C) | the study of humans and humans' closest biological relatives |
| | D) | the study of human anatomy |
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Which subfield of anthropology focuses on the past and present biological facets of the human species and the nonhuman primates? |
| | A) | archaeology |
| | B) | biological anthropology |
| | C) | cultural anthropology |
| | D) | linguistics |
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What is linguistics? |
| | A) | the study of language, its origins, construction, and uses |
| | B) | the study of the patterns of behavior that humans exhibit in relationships, religions, laws, art, etc. |
| | C) | the study of the material past of humans |
| | D) | the study of ancient literature as evidenced by the material clues left behind |
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What is the study of a specific culture? |
| | A) | ethnography |
| | B) | ethnology |
| | C) | ethnocentrism |
| | D) | entomology |
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What characteristics does anthropology share with other scientific disciplines? |
| | A) | making observations, the scientific method, and collaboration |
| | B) | critical thinking, the scientific method, and calculations |
| | C) | critical thinking, the scientific method, and collaboration |
| | D) | the scientific method and collaboration |
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What is the typical sequence of activities that make up the scientific method? |
| | A) | hypothesize, observe, support or refute, and test |
| | B) | observe, hypothesize, test, support or refute |
| | C) | hypothesize, test, observe, support or refute, and retest |
| | D) | observe, hypothesize, test, support or refute, and retest |
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Which of the following most accurately describes how anthropologists typically regard evolution? |
| | A) | fact |
| | B) | theory |
| | C) | both fact and theory |
| | D) | neither fact nor theory |
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Which of the following is considered a fact of evolution? |
| | A) | Earth and things on it have changed over time. |
| | B) | Natural selection is based on survival of the fittest. |
| | C) | Evolution has occurred in a linear fashion. |
| | D) | Evolution is not considered fact. |
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Which of the following was an early influence on the European natural sciences from which we derive our current ideas about evolution? |
| | A) | Judeo-Christian-Islamic creation stories |
| | B) | Greek and Roman philosophies |
| | C) | The heliocentric theory |
| | D) | All of these answers are correct. |
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Which scientist is credited with creating taxonomy? |
| | A) | Robert Hooke |
| | B) | Carolus Linnaeus |
| | C) | George-Louis Leclerc |
| | D) | Charles Darwin |
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Which scientist is credited with identifying that adaptation is the result of changing to meet environmental challenges? |
| | A) | Cuvier |
| | B) | Buffon |
| | C) | Lamarck |
| | D) | Darwin |
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Which publication is credited with laying the foundation for modern evolutionary perspectives? |
| | A) | Darwin's The Laws of Organic Life |
| | B) | Hutton's Theory of the Earth |
| | C) | Darwin's On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection |
| | D) | Darwin's Journal of a Naturalist |
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Which of the following was one of Charles Darwin's observations from his time on the Galapagos Islands? |
| | A) | Within a species no two individuals are exactly alike. |
| | B) | Selective breeding always creates fitter organisms. |
| | C) | Divine intervention defines an organism's characteristics. |
| | D) | Organisms adapt their environments to their needs. |
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Variations come about in populations of organisms due to differences in the _____________ of individuals based on their fit to a given environment. |
| | A) | natural selection |
| | B) | reproductive success |
| | C) | fitness |
| | D) | survival |
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Which of the following is a misconception about Darwin's ideas? |
| | A) | Humans descended from monkeys. |
| | B) | Accepting natural selection means one cannot believe in God. |
| | C) | Humans are no different from earthworms. |
| | D) | All of these answers are correct. |
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