The study of disease in prehistoric populations is called paleoanthropology
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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A specialized role in which an applied anthropologist presents culturally relevant research findings as part of a judicial proceeding is called a(n):
a. advocate. b. cultural broker. c. expert witness. d. policy researcher. e. needs assessor.
All of the following are arguments commonly used to explain the existence of a gender hierarchy except:
a. Women's lowered status is due to the private/public dichotomy. b. Women's status is higher in societies where they do not have any domestic duties and work, instead, outside of the home. c. Women and men have differential status based on their distribution and exchange of resources. d. The expansion of capitalism and colonialism has had enormous impact on non-Western gender hierarchies. e. Male dominance correlates with the existence of ecological stress and warfare.
Biologists have rejected the idea of three great races-white, black, and yellow-largely because it fails to account for Native Americans.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that __________
A. Samoan society differed little from that of the United States in the 1920s B. many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand C. Franz Boas's theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws D. becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the United States