Anthropology Quizzes, Questions & Answers

To put it simply, anthropology is the study of human kind. In general, how much do you really know about human beings? In some ways, our habits, characteristics, and abilities are still a mystery to us today. Whether you’re an anthropologist or you just took that intro class in high school, this quiz has a little something for everyone to enjoy!

Did you know that there are four separate branches of anthropology? Can you name all four? Do you know what the pre-historic purpose of Stonehenge was? Are you able to give the definition of the word anthropomorphic? If you are, then this quiz is for you! Test just how much you know about the human race and the fascinating cultures that we are grouped into throughout the world and enjoy these fun and enlightening trivia questions.

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The First Semester Anthropology Quiz.

There are now four major fields of anthropology: biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology. Each focus on a different set of research interests and generally uses different...

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 4310 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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The Study of humankind viewed from the perspective of all people and all times.

Scientific Method

Culture

Anthropology

Holism

An Interesting Quiz On Cultural Anthropology!

Welcome to an interesting quiz on Cultural Anthropology. People have different cultures, and when you choose to study cultural anthropology, you get to cover these cultures in detail and explain the changes they have undergone....

Questions: 23 | Attempts: 9262 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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What are the four sub-fields of anthropology ?

Cultural , Archaeology, Linguistic, and Civilized anthropology

Biological , Archaeology, Linguistic, and Cultural anthropology

Sociological , Psychological, Language, and Cultural anthropology

None of the above

Introduction To Sociology & Anthropology And The Study Of Culture

How well did you learn about Topics 1 and 2? Choose the best answer from among the choices.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 2904 | Last updated: Aug 25, 2023

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What is Sociology?

It deals with the study of the patterns and processes of human relations.

It is the science of society and the social interactions taking place therein.

It deals with the study of groups.

The scientific study of patterns of human interaction that deals with the study of group life.

All of the above

Forensic Anthropologist Web License Quiz

Quiz to be licensed as a web forensic anthropologist!

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 3378 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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You can tell the age of a skeleton by looking at the:

Length of the femur

Shape of the pelvis

Number of fused bones

Take This Anthropology Midterm Quiz

There is a wide variety of words that are common in anthropology class, if one is not keen they may get confused by some of them. The quiz below has a list of terms commonly used in anthropology and if you have been attentive...

Questions: 38 | Attempts: 498 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023

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Chapter one- What are the four sub-fields of anthropology?

Cultural, linguistics, archeology and physical

Cat, dog, bird, stone

Watching, observing, seeing, looking

Are you serious

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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Symbolic Anthropology!

Welcome to the fascinating world of "Symbolic Anthropology Quiz" where the richness of culture meets the depth of human interpretation. This quiz will take you on a journey through the lens of symbols, exploring the...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 34 | Last updated: Jun 11, 2024

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What is symbolic anthropology?

Study of biological evolution

Study of cultural symbols

Exploration of geological formations

Examination of political structures

History and Branches of Anthropology Quiz

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...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 132 | Last updated: Aug 17, 2023

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Archaeology is meant by the study of the human past

Using written text

Using material remains

Using their fossils

None of these

Chapter 3 Themes Of Anthropology: Evolution Quiz

Chapter 3 Themes of Anthropology: Evolution quiz

YThis is a practice test I am doing for myself, I mean no copyright infringement and this is just for personal testing of my knowledge.

Questions: 47 | Attempts: 357 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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The idea of biological evolution goes back to?

The ancient Greeks

A century or so before Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Around the beginning of the 20th Century

Anthropology 205- Incorrect Ones

Questions: 54 | Attempts: 251 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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In the United States, approximately what percentage of children under 18 years has been involved in incestuous relations?

A. 2 to 3%

B. 14 to 15%

C. 4 to 10%

D. 10 to 14%

Colvin's Anthropological Theories Quiz

This quiz is the application of knowledge from a high school Anthropology class. This is the Anthropological Theories quiz.

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 321 | Last updated: Oct 8, 2024

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A sociological and economic theory that focuses on the dialectic of class struggle.

Marxism

Functionalism

Symbolic Interpretivism

Femnist

Anthropology Key Term Questions

Questions: 52 | Attempts: 716 | Last updated: Sep 7, 2023

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What component of cultural anthropology is comparative and focused on building upon our understanding of how cultural systems work?

Ethnography

Data collection

Ethnology

Fieldwork

Data entry

Anthropologists Practice Quiz

Welcome to the Anthropologists Practice Quiz! This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the fascinating field of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of human beings and their cultures, past and present. It is a...

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 212 | Last updated: Jan 15, 2024

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Human display ________.That is, the females and males of the species exhibit fairly marked differences in size and appearance.

Physiological differences

Chromosomal differences

Genotypic differences

None of the above

Anthropology 1301 Exam 1 Review

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 137 | Last updated: Dec 12, 2023

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The four subfields of Anthropology are?

Zoology, Cinematography, Biological bleah

Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, Linquistic Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology

Bob Sagat

There are five sub-fields not four.

Anthropology Final Exam 67-86

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Questions: 128 | Attempts: 91 | Last updated: Nov 7, 2023

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Decline (collapse of Maya Civilization) 900 – 1200 AD all over maya lowlands populations decline due to several factors

- Population growth/carrying capacity limts

- Nucleated population around center (unstable)

- Soil Erosion/ Agri simulation

All of the above

Anthropology Quiz-6

Questions: 135 | Attempts: 440 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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Anthropologists study

All humans, all the time, including the evolution of humans from our non human primate ancestors

All humans everywhere on the planet, not just people who live in industrial or postindustrial societies, and not just exotic people who live in remote jungle tribes

Humans as both cultural and biological beings, as you cant understand human culture without an apperciation for human biology

Humans as both cultural and biological beings, as you cant understand human biology without an appreciation for human culture

All of the above

Anthropology Research Project Questionnaire

This quick questionnaire is designed for a research project analyzing speech and dialect in our society. I am writing a research paper on language and accents for my Anthropology Class and would like to ask you some questions....

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 222 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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What is your age?

18 to 27

28 to 35

36 to 45

46 to 55

56 to 65

66 to 75

Chapter 2 How Anthropology Works: Methods Of Inquiry

Chapter 2 How Anthropology Works: Methods of Inquiry

This is a practice test I am doing for myself, I mean no copyright infringement and this is just for personal testing of my knowledge.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 2219 | Last updated: May 22, 2024

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Science is?

A way of collecting facts

The methodology used in laboratory research

A method of inquiry

Only concerned with concrete things like gravity and chemicals

This Quiz On Anthropology Is Only For Geniuses 1102-012 Quiz 12

This Quiz on Anthropology is only for geniuses 1102-012 Quiz 12

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the twelfth and final one in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 169 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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Among foragers

Men hunt, and therefore accrue vastly more prestige than women

Warfare makes men dominant over women

The status of women falls when they provide most of the food

Men and women are completely equal; there is no gender inequality

The lack of a clear public-domestic dichotomy seems to be related to relatively mild gender inequality

The Unbeatable Quiz On Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 11

The unbeatable quiz on Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 11

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the eleventh in the series of tests is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 693 | Last updated: Sep 4, 2023

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What is the term for marginal or in-between phase of a rite of passage?

Voodoo

Mana

Taboo

Liminality

Animism

The Candid Test On Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 9

The candid test on Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 9

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the ninth in the series of tests is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 322 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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What does ego stand for in a depiction of a kinship system?

The sense of distinct individuality that is present in any society

The emotional attachment felt by the people who use the system

The point of reference used to determine who gets called by what term

The boundary between one's kin group and “outsiders"

A gender-free way of reckoning kinship

The Unbeatable Quiz On Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 8

The unbeatable quiz on Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 8

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the eighth in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 314 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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In which of the following forms of political organization is it most likely that the most important leaders will acquire their position based upon personal background or ability, rather than heredity?

Tribal societies

Feudal states

Imagined communities

Chiefdoms

Agrarian, preindustrial states

A Quiz On Anthropology For Pros 1102-012 Quiz 7

A Quiz on Anthropology for Pros 1102-012 Quiz 7

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the seventh in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1086 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023

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Which of the following was a characteristic shared by recent foraging communities?

They fished a great deal

They relied on welfare supplied by state-level societies

They spoke simplified languages

They lived in marginal environments that were of little interest to food-producing societies

They devolved to foraging from a more advanced level of subsistence

A Quiz On Anthropology For Pros 1102-012 Quiz 6

A Quiz on Anthropology for Pros 1102-012 Quiz 6

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the sixth in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 285 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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What is the term for the identification with, and feeling part of, a cultural tradition and exclusion from other cultural traditions?

Culture shock

Ethnicity

Cultural relativism

Assimilation

Ethnocentrism

Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 5

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the fifth in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 393 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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What best describes the breadth of applied anthropology?

Any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four subfields, with a special emphasis on forensics and biological anthropology given the rise of deaths due to international, state-sponsored terrorism

The use of anthropological knowledge to increase the size of anthropology departments nation-wide

The hiring on anthropologists by the armed forces interested in improving secret intelligence

The hiring practices of nongovernmental organizations interested in culture

Any use of the knowledge and/or techniques of the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems

This Quiz On Anthropology Will Overwhelm You! 1102-012 Quiz 4

This quiz on Anthropology will overwhelm you! 1102-012 Quiz 4

If you are on the lookout for a series quizzes to help you in your anthropology finals look no further. The test below is the fourth in the series of tests and is aimed at keeping your memory fresh and ensuring you pass your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 227 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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What are phonemes?

The rules by which deep structures is translated into surface structure

Regional differences in dialect

Syntactical structures that distinguish passive constructions from active ones

The minimal contrasts or differences that distinguish the meaning of sounds in a language

Electromagnetic signals that carry messages between speakers in a telephone conversation

Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 1

Study guide for the first 5 exams in Anthropology Exams 1-5QUIZ #1

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 380 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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Why is anthropology unique among disciplines that study humans?

It studies foreign places

It includes biology

It uses personal interviews of the study population

It is holistic and comparative

It studies only groups that are thought to be "dying"

Anthropology Final Exam Quiz Questions

Anthropology Final Exam quiz questions

Type in all lowercase letters and for multiple answers for one question please put commas in like this: yes, no

Questions: 31 | Attempts: 2072 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

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