ANT101

Chapter one notes pre test

1. Which of the following best defines the culture area concept?

d. Small geographic regions in which different societies come to share many similar traits through diffusion.

1. The concept of diffusion is best defined in which of the following ways?

The spread of customs, artifacts, and ideas from one society to another.

1. According to Eric Wolf, which of the following statements best characterizes the relationship between anthropology to the sciences and the humanities?

The first loyalties of the anthropological fieldworker must lie with the people being studied.

Cultural anthropology is the broadest of the social and behavioral sciences, and it involves both scientific and humanistic perspectivesCultural anthropology is the broadest of the social...