1. Question : The value of ethnographic data is based on authentic human 

relationships established over time.

Student Answer:

True 

False 

2. Question : In anthropology, the term culture refers to:

student Answer:

biological traits shared by a population. 

the better things in life as these show you have class. 

the learned behaviors, values, attitudes and beliefs shared by members of a population. 

the unique behavior of an individual in a society. 

3. Question : Which of the following is not a part of cultural relativism?

Student Answer:

We should view other ways of acting, thinking and feeling as 

just as valid as those of our own culture. 

This approach requires that the anthropologist search for the 

rationality of actions and beliefs that seem puzzling. 

We should not view foreign lifeways as inferior to our own. 

Anthropologists should not have personal opinions or make 

judgments. 

4. Question : Examining the daily activities of a people is called:

Student Answer:

temporal anthropology. 

time allocation. 

spatial allocation. 

spatial anthropology. 

5. Question : All of the following are subfields of anthropology except:

Student Answer:

physical anthropology. 

archaeology. 

historic anthropology. 

cultural anthropology. 

6. Question : Anthropologists believe that to be valid, theories about humans:

Student Answer:

must be formulated from an emic perspective. 

must be formulated from a comparative perspective. 

must be formulated from a purely biological perspective. 

must be confirmed with fieldwork in a specific society. 

7. 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. 

Instructor 

8. 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 

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 : Ethnocentrism refers to:

Student Answer:

the need to focus on another society’s problems. 

the judging of another culture in terms of your own. 

the view that your own society is inferior to others. 

the view that people’s ideal behavior is better than their real 

behavior.