Page of This chapter has 35 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order Multiple Choice Questions - (32) Odd Numbered - (18) Essay Questions - (3) Even Numbered - (17) Which of the following is not a characteristic of anthropology? It is concerned with both biology and culture It is holistic It is concerned with human variation, evolution, and adaptation → It focuses only on prehistoric societies Multiple Choice Question One difference between anthropology and many other social sciences, such as sociology, is that anthropology is concerned with human _ as well as human behavior → biology political systems economic systems warfare Multiple Choice Question Culture, as used by an anthropologist, refers to instinctual behavior → shared learned behavior behavior imposed by law Test Bank for Theenjoyed HumanbySpecies An Introduction the arts and literature "high society." to Biological Anthropology 9th Edition by Relet Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ _ refers to the successful interaction between a population and its environment Variation → Adaptation Holism The biocultural approach Multiple Choice Question Which of the following is not a subfield of anthropology? Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology → Geographic anthropology Archaeology Multiple Choice Question The subfield of anthropology that deals with the study of prehistoric and historic human cultures is biological anthropology cultural anthropology linguistic anthropology → archaeology Multiple Choice Question A primary tool of cultural anthropology is genetic analysis → the comparative method the analysis of prehistoric artifacts comparative anatomy Multiple Choice Question Biological anthropologists study the fossil record for human evolution the behavior of monkeys and apes the genetics of living human populations → All of the above Multiple Choice Question You often hear arguments about whether evolution is a "fact" or a "theory." Which is it? Fact Theory → Both Neither Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 10 In science, an explanation of observed facts is known as a theory → hypothesis scenario guess Multiple Choice Question 11 In the natural sciences, a set of hypotheses that has been repeatedly tested and not rejected is referred to as a fact testable hypothesis model → theory Multiple Choice Question 12 Which of the following combinations of scientist/hypothesis is correct? Cuvier/adaptive radiation Darwin/catastrophism Lamarck/natural selection → None of the above Multiple Choice Question 13 Linnaeus' formal description of living organisms is an example of the formulation of a testable hypothesis a taxonomic classification → Test Bank for The Human Species An Introduction a scientific theory file atapproach https://TestbankDirect.eu/ a Full biocultural to Biological Anthropology 9th Edition by Relet Multiple Choice Question 14 Prior to the development of evolutionary thinking, the dominant view of biological variation focused on → an unchanging natural world similarities between apes and humans mutation as the only evolutionary force genetic versus environmental influences on intelligence Multiple Choice Question 15 Catastrophism attempted to explain the fossil record in terms of → natural catastrophes in an area, followed by organisms moving into the area from elsewhere a series of catastrophes brought about by a creator extinction as the only evolutionary mechanism the failure of some organisms to survive in a changing environment Multiple Choice Question 16 The hypothesis of acquired characteristics stated that → organisms changed during their lifetime, and would then pass these changes on to their offspring natural selection could not operate in all cases individual organisms have total control over their ability to survive and reproduce evolutionary changes developed in one species could be passed on to another species Multiple Choice Question 17 believed that the environment affected the future evolution of organisms through differences in the use and disuse of body parts Darwin Cuvier Malthus → Lamarck Multiple Choice Question 18 Early views on the age of the earth, based on biblical interpretation, suggested that the earth was several of years old hundreds → thousands millions billions Multiple Choice Question 19 The idea of uniformitarianism in geology was developed by Darwin and Wallace → Hutton and Lyell Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of Cuvier and Lamarck Plato and Aristotle Multiple Choice Question 20 The idea that physical processes that operate in today's world also operated in the past is known as catastrophism natural selection → uniformitarianism intelligent design Multiple Choice Question 21 Darwin's development of natural selection was influenced by the writings of the economist Thomas Malthus, who noted that species change as their environment changes there is a great deal of variation in nature → many organisms will not survive to adulthood economic competition is analogous to "survival of the fittest." Multiple Choice Question 22 Darwin was not the only person to develop the idea of natural selection Who was the other person? Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Thomas Huxley → Alfred Russel Wallace Georges Cuvier Test Bank for The Human Species An Introduction to Biological Anthropology 9th Edition by Relet Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 23 Who wrote On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, the classic work providing the foundation for the development of modern evolutionary thought? Georges Cuvier → Charles Darwin Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Thomas Malthus Multiple Choice Question 24 The study of evolution of the peppered moth provides an excellent example of extinction acquired characteristics → natural selection migration Multiple Choice Question 25 The peppered moth in England changed in color from almost all being light-colored to almost all being dark-colored This change was related to a changing environment, specifically → industrial pollution the climate was becoming colder the climate was becoming hotter intensive logging of the forests Multiple Choice Question 26 Long-term studies of finch populations have shown that average beak size changes over generations in response to a changing environment This is an excellent example of extinction acquired characteristics → natural selection migration Multiple Choice Question 27 Evidence for evolution consists of the fossil record comparative anatomy comparative genetics → All of the above Multiple Choice Question 28 The "Scopes Monkey Trial" was about → teaching evolution in public schools teaching creationism in public schools teaching evolution in private schools teaching creationism in private schools Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of Multiple Choice Question 29 The claims of "creation science" and "intelligent design" are invalid from a scientific standpoint because → they propose hypotheses that cannot be tested they violate separation of church and state there is a scientific conspiracy against creationists All of the above Multiple Choice Question 30 From a legal perspective, the claims of "creation science" and "intelligent design" are flawed because they propose hypotheses that cannot be tested → they violate separation of church and state they have not been voted on by all citizens in a public referendum they are state laws, and such laws must be passed at the Federal level Multiple Choice Question 31 The idea that the evidence for evolution and the evolutionary process can be viewed as evidence of God's work is known as acquired characteristics catastrophism → theistic evolution natural selection Multiple Choice Question Test Bank for The Human Species An Introduction to Biological Anthropology 9th Edition 32 Some of those who disagree with evolutionary theory claim that some biological structures are too complex to have evolved naturally, a view known as Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ → intelligent design creationism biblical creationism theistic evolution dianetics Multiple Choice Question 33 Why was the great antiquity of the earth so critical to Darwin's evolutionary ideas? Explanation: Answer will vary Essay Question 34 Malthus' work was critical to Darwin's development of the theory of natural selection Summarize briefly the findings of Malthus' work and how it relates to the theory of natural selection Explanation: Answer will vary Essay Question 35 What are the differences and similarities of creation science and intelligent design creationism, and how they stand up as actual science? Explanation: Answer will vary Essay Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ by Relet