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Anthropology 101
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This is a multiple choice quiz concerning some of the basics of anthropology including some notable originators of the science and some basic vocabulary.
Question 1:
Cultural anthropology was one of the two classical divisions of anthropology. What was the other one?
Urban Anthropology
Physical Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Variated Anthropology
Question 2:
What does the Greek prefix "anthro" refer to?
Science
Sameness
Mankind
study of
Question 3:
What does the Latin prefix "homo" refer to?
Mankind
Study of
Sameness
Science
Question 4:
What does the prefix "pithe" refer to?
Invertebrate
Ape
Human
Mammal
Question 5:
Who is considered to be the father of anthropology?
Eugene Dubois
Franz Boas
Robert Bloom
Louis Leakey
Question 6:
What does "australo" mean?
The Australian Outback
Australia
South
South Africa
Question 7:
What does the suffix "lith" refer to (as in Neolithic Age)?
Stone
Early tools
Iron
Copper
Question 8:
What is the meaning of the prefix "paleo" (as in the Paleolithic Age)?
Meso
Modern
Old
New
Question 9:
What does the term "Homo erectus" mean?
a creature that has the ability to reason
a man who can make tools
a man who is able to stand upright
a hominid
Question 10:
What is the subject of study of paleoanthropology?
ancient human fossils
the earliest human discoveries and accomplishments
old cultures and societies
older people
Question 11:
In 1924, Raymond Dart discovered a fossil which he called "Australopithecanthropus africanis. " What is the meaning of the name?
The ape man from southern Africa
The old man from Australia
None of these
The man from the Mesolithic Age
Question 12:
Who found and named the first Homo Erectus in 1891?
Eugene Dubois
Franz Boas
David Johannson
Louis and Mary Leakey
Question 13:
Which fossil was proved to be a hoax?
Cro-Magnon Man
Piltdown Man
Kennewick Man
Neanderthal Man
Question 14:
The earliest known European example of Homo sapiens was discovered in 1868 and was given what name?
Neaanderthal Man
Cro Magnon Man
Peking Man
Austrlopithecus
Question 15:
The Peking Man is an example of what species of the genus Homo?
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Pithecanthropus
Homo erectus
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