Anthropology 150 - The Human Adventure » 2019 » Quiz 6

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Question #1
One of the following statements is INCORRECT
A.   all humans have the capacity for culture
B.   racial groups differ in their capacities for culture
C.   culture is a major reason for human adaptability
D.   cultural learning is uniquely elaborated in humans
Question #2
Which of the following statements is true about the beginning of human culture
A.   form bonds of sexual attraction with fellow humans
B.   make effective tools
C.   communicate with one another
D.   hunt successfully
E.   protect themselves against predators
Question #3
Culture is
A.   learned behavior
B.   instinctive behavior
C.   transmitted biologically
D.   genetically inherited
Question #4
Our extrasomatic means of adaptation include
A.   stereoscopic vision
B.   bipedal locomotion
C.   industrial technology
Question #5
Which of the following statements is true about ethnocentrism
A.   the belief that all cultures are equally worthy of respect
B.   the belief that cultures other than one's own are inferior
C.   pride in one's own society and its customs
D.   an attitude found only in Western cultures
E.   the belief that all humans are essentially similar and rational
Question #6
Which of the following statements about society and culture is INCORRECT?
A.   Culture can exist without a society
B.   Although members of a society may share a culture, their behavior is not uniform
C.   All human societies are cultural
D.   A culture is shared by all members of a given society
E.   A society can have multiple cultures
Question #7
A person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his own is
A.   ethnocentric
B.   egocentric
C.   ethnographic
D.   scientific
Question #8
Only humans are capable of developing
A.   a social structure
B.   systems of communication
C.   tools
D.   an ecological system
E.   an ideology
Question #9
Learning is important in human evolution because
A.   learning permits rapid and efficient adaptation to social and environmental change
B.   humans are the only primates capable of learning new behaviors
C.   genetic selection no longer occurs in the human species
D.   cultural adaptations favor the survival of those who are competitive
Question #10
The opposite of cultural relativism is,,
A.   universalism
B.   cultural realism
C.   diffusion
D.   secular humanism
E.   ethnocentrism

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