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Questions: 135 | Attempts: 456 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
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: 226 | 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: 2222 | Last updated: May 22, 2024

Sample Question
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: 172 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
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

Sample Question
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: 323 | 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: 315 | 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: 1094 | 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: 287 | 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: 394 | 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

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