8) Anthropologists have emphasized a global perspective that enables them to
consider the biological environmental, psychological, economic, historical,
social and:
A) to predict the future
B) even submerged continents
C) the extraterrestrial record
D) cultural conditions of humans at all times and in all places
11) One of the most important tool types invented by Homo erectus was the:
A) Acheulian hand axe
B) Clovis projectile point
C) Neolithic grinding stone
D) Mousterian hammerstone
18) Colorful paintings of bison, deer, and other animals in caves were made by:
A) Homo erectus
B) modern Homo sapiens
C) Neanderthals
D) australopithecines
32) Psychological anthropologists take it for granted that:
A) psychological conditions are primarily organic in nature
B) no two cultures are similar in the way they perceive the world
C) all humans think alike and share the same emotions
D) emotional functioning can vary widely in different cultures
39) The methodology Morgan used to investigate foreign cultures included:
A) training students as ethnographers
B) excavating ancient archaeological sites
C) the distribution of questionnaires by travelers and missionaries
D) participant observation of societies on South Pacific islands
43) According to White’s theory of the evolution of sociocultural systems, the
most highly evolved culture would be one:
A) using nuclear energy to generate electricity
B) with industries powered by coal and steam
C) based on the use of human labor alone
D) dependent upon animals to pull plows
79) One of the principal beliefs of the Ghost Dance movement was that:
A) Hawaii would be ruled again by traditional chiefdoms
B) white people would go away
C) indigenous people would go to battle against ghosts
D) the world would come to an end
80) Cargo cults were successful at:
A) increasing foreign exports
B) getting importation of soft drinks to Melanesia
C) driving away Western settlers
D) mobilizing political resistance against colonial powers
82) The concepts of rising expectations and relative deprivation are most useful
in explaining ________ in Latin America.
A) processes of religious syncretization
B) revolutionary movements
C) the elimination of formal social categories
D) the growth of haciendas
83) For 2004, the annual per capita income in Nigeria was:
A) $1000
B) $13,600
C) $9675
D) $1250
84) The so-called “culture of poverty” does not exist where poor people:
A) receive support, such as welfare, from a central government
B) work primarily as seasonal, migrant laborers
C) see no end to their marginal economic existence
D) are provided with real opportunities for social mobility
85) The monarchy of Thailand was successful in:
A) avoiding all Western influence
B) adopting some Western innovations and playing the British against the
French
C) protecting neighboring countries from colonization
D) developing an exclusive trade relationship with the British Empire
93) During stage one of the demographic transition both fertility and mortality are
high, resulting in minimal population growth. In stage two fertility continues
to be high, but mortality rates decline, as a result of which the population:
A) usually goes extinct within a few generations
B) tends to increase in size rapidly
C) ceases to grow and starts to decline
D) remains rathe
