c. the limited range of topics for study.

• According to the text, perhaps the most unique characteristic of the discipline of anthropology is
• that anthropologists teach in addition to doing fieldwork.
• its scope.
• the limited range of topics for study.
• its age.

ANSWER: b

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REFERENCES: Introduction to Chapter One

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• Anthropology has how many subfields?
• One
• Three
• Five
• Six

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• The excavation of material remains from the remote past is a task for what subfield of anthropology?
• Cultural
• Physical
• Linguistics
• Archaeology

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

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• Which of the following is NOT a subfield of anthropology?
• Anthropological linguistics
• Applied
• Physical
• Sociological

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• What is the difference between prehistoric and historic archaeology?
• Prehistoric archaeology is the study of peoples who had no writing system.
• Historic archaeology is the study of people who had no writing system.
• Prehistoric archaeology has an applied dimension and historic archaeology does not.
• None of these; there is no significant difference between these fields of study.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• The primary goal of archaeological excavations is
• to recover valuable treasures.
• to understand how people lived long ago.
• to give students experience in fieldwork.
• to popularize the field of archaeology and anthropology more generally.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

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• Which of these would historic archaeologists study?
• Fossil humans
• Ancient Native American pottery
• Factories and plantations
• The physical characteristics and identities of crime victims

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• The reconstruction of life in ancient Jerusalem is a job for
• paleoanthropologists.
• forensic anthropologists.
• prehistoric archaeologists.
• historic archaeologists.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• What do primatologists study?
• Plant pollen
• Monkeys and apes
• Prehistoric people and their sites
• The social context of language

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

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• Jane Goodall is famous for her pioneering work in which field?
• Paleoanthropology
• Primatology
• Contract archaeology
• Forensic anthropology

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• Anthropologists who study human variation due to genetic or hereditary factors are part of which subfield?
• Paleoanthropologists
• Forensic anthropologists
• Prehistoric archaeologists
• Biological anthropologists

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HUMA.PEOP.10.1.1 - List the four major subfields of anthropology and describe their primary subject matters.

• What do paleoanthropologists study?
• Our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees
• People such as the Asmat from New Guinea
• The aged
• Our fossil ancestors

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: Subfields of Anthropology

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