History and Branches of Anthropology Quiz

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    _________ is known as the study of the behavior of people's groups in specific environments.

    • Cultural anthropology
    • Archaeological anthropology
    • Linguistic anthropology
    • Physical anthropology
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Have you been studying anthropology? It's a history and branches of anthropology quiz for you. If we put it in simple words, anthropology can be known as the study of the origin as well as the development of human societies and different cultures. The study of anthropology is vast, and there are many branches of anthropology. Here, with their history, we are going to learn about the same with a few questions. We hope you score high and learn a lot of things from here.

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  • 2. 

    Linguistic anthropology deals with

    • How thoughts influence social life

    • How language influences social life

    • How culture influences social life

    • None of these

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  • 3. 

    In the early 20th century, the first generation of well-trained anthropologists started undertaking intensive fieldwork on their own account.

    • True

    • False

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  • 4. 

    Physical Anthropology is also known as

    • Theoretical Anthropology

    • Societal Anthropology

    • Practical Anthropology

    • Biological Anthropology

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  • 5. 

    Socio-cultural Anthropology was inspired by Darwin's idea of evolution after his publication of the Origin of Species.

    • True

    • False

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  • 6. 

    Archaeology is meant by the study of the human past

    • Using written text

    • Using material remains

    • Using their fossils

    • None of these

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  • 7. 

    Cultural anthropology is also known as

    • Societal anthropology

    • Traditional anthropology

    • Social anthropology

    • Human anthropology

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  • 8. 

    For many years, anthropology's main focus remained on studying how religions came into existence.

    • True

    • False

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  • 9. 

    Studying fossils of humans who lived around 3000 years ago would come under

    • Biological anthropology

    • Archaeological anthropology

    • Social anthropology

    • Linguistic anthropology

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  • 10. 

    ___________ was known as the beginning of socio-cultural Anthropology.

    • The first half of the 18th century 

    • The second half of the 18th century 

    • The first half of the 19th century 

    • The second half of the 19th century 

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