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Our Origins Discovering Physical Anthropology 4th Edition Larsen Test Bank
Our Origins Discovering Physical Anthropology 4th Edition Larsen Test Bank
Our Origins Discovering Physical Anthropology 4th Edition Larsen Test Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Before AD 1000 what did the people of St. Catherines Island eat?
a. They ate wild animals, fish, and wild plants.
b. They ate bison and salmon.
c. They were vegetarians and ate wild plants exclusively.
d. They ate mostly fruit.
ANS: A DIF: Easy
OBJ: 1B. Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.
TOP: 1.Intro MSC: Remembering
2. After AD 1000, the people of St. Catherines Island acquired corn agriculture, and farming became
the mainstay of their diet. What physical changes did this cause?
a. They became taller and better nourished, and signs of disease nearly disappeared.
b. While people became generally larger in size and healthier, the corn diet caused more
dental disease.
c. Their bodies became more fit because they had less work to do in acquiring food and
could exercise in other ways.
d. They became shorter and had smaller skulls and limb bones, more dental disease, and
more infections.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1B. Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.
TOP: 1.Intro MSC: Understanding
5. Physical anthropologists view how humans come to be the way they are as the result of:
a. their biological makeup.
b. both evolutionary history and their own individual life histories.
c. their genes; their environment has very little effect.
d. their environment; their genes have very little effect.
10. Which of the following key attributes of human uniqueness developed after 10,000 to 11,000 years
ago?
a. bipedalism c. complex material culture
b. dependence on domesticated food d. nonhoning chewing
ANS: B DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1E. Identify and explain the importance of six major attributes that separate humans from
nonhuman animals. TOP: 1.3 What Makes Humans So Different from Other Animals?
MSC: Remembering
11. What makes it possible for humans to accumulate an amazing amount of information over long
periods of time?
a. social learning c. social media
b. education d. mimicry
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1E. Identify and explain the importance of six major attributes that separate humans from
nonhuman animals. TOP: 1.3 What Makes Humans So Different from Other Animals?
MSC: Understanding
12. Through which of the following activities do archaeologists differentiate themselves from other
anthropologists?
a. studying primate evolution
b. devoting most of their efforts to recovering artifacts and building museum collections
c. studying past human societies by focusing mostly on their material remains
d. primarily studying the evolution of language
ANS: C DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1A. Explain the differences and similarities among the four branches of anthropology and
understand what it means to say physical anthropologists practice an interdisciplinary science.
TOP: 1.1 What Is Anthropology? MSC: Remembering
13. An archaeological field school is announced in your anthropology course. The description says that
you will travel to Belize to learn about the lives of the ancient Mayans. What, primarily, do you
expect to learn during this field school?
a. what species of nonhuman primate occupies this region
b. how current populations of immigrants have changed local dialects
c. how to excavate and study material culture
d. how to socially navigate life in a Central American setting
ANS: C DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1A. Explain the differences and similarities among the four branches of anthropology and
understand what it means to say physical anthropologists practice an interdisciplinary science.
TOP: 1.1 What Is Anthropology? MSC: Analyzing
Note.—Only the appropriations from which war expenditures were made are included in the
above.
NATIONAL DEBTS, EXPENDITURE AND
COMMERCE, PER CAPITA.
Country. Annual
Debt per expenditure per Annual imports Annual exports
head. head. per head. per head.
Argentine
Republic $39.07 $12.04 $20.31 $25.66
Austria-
Hungary 5.73 1.63 7.19 5.70
Austria
proper 65.26 9.29
Hungary
proper 17.68 7.53
Belgium 48.08 10.13 53.41 46.06
Bolivia 10.04 2.58 3.30 2.08
Brazil 36.43 6.70 8.71 10.31
Canada 31.16 6.69 25.87 24.94
Chili 24.49 10.66 18.21 17.95
Colombia 5.22 .94 2.35 3.38
Denmark 27.19 6.83 26.31 17.95
Ecuador 20.20 24.36 8.77 4.51
Egypt 85.82 10.42 5.52 12.94
France 127.23 14.07 24.17 26.05
German
Empire .70 3.15 21.54 14.21
Prussia 10.55 6.33
Great Britain
and Ireland 114.62 12.35 59.11 40.59
Greece 27.50 5.35 16.49 10.30
India, British 3.01 1.42 .93 1.48
Italy 71.94 10.12 9.67 8.85
Mexico 42.63 2.68 3.13 3.41
Netherlands 101.21 11.37 71.27 67.70
Norway 7.48 5.91 28.77 18.77
Paraguay 54.72 3.39 2.55 2.74
Peru 79.82 12.62 14.02
Portugal 96.84 6.70 8.60 5.97
Roumania 11.82 3.85 3.19 5.60
Russia 26.33 4.83 4.22 3.23
Servia 3.61 1.43 4.58 4.06
Spain 142.71 7.83 3.96 4.48
Sweden 8.86 4.93 19.39 14.11
Switzerland 2.25 3.08
Turkey 31.70 4.38 2.23 1.59
United States 52.56 6.13 12.64 15.40
Uruguay 98.00 15.28 40.25 38.09
Venezuela 35.11 2.04 6.72 9.52
STATEMENT
Average Values of Gold in United States Paper Currency in the New York
Market from the Suspension to the Resumption of Specie Payments, during the
period of Seventeen Years, from 1862 to 1878, both inclusive—Prepared for the
U. S. Treasury Department by E. B. Elliott.
Table showing the Average Value in Currency of One Hundred Dollars in Gold
in the New York Market, by Months, Quarter-years, Half-years, Calendar
Years, and Fiscal Years, from January 1, 1862, to December 31, 1878, both
inclusive.
PERIODS. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869.
January 102.5 145.1 155.5 216.2 140.1 134.6 138.5 135.6
February 103.5 160.5 158.6 205.5 138.4 137.4 141.4 134.4
March 101.8 154.5 162.9 173.8 130.5 135. 139.5 131.3
April 101.5 151.5 172.7 148.5 127.3 135.6 138.7 132.9
May 103.3 148.9 176.3 135.6 131.8 137. 139.6 139.2
June 106.5 144.5 210.7 140.1 148.7 137.5 140.1 138.1
July 115.5 130.6 258.1 142.1 151.6 139.4 142.7 136.1
August 114.5 125.8 254.1 143.5 148.7 109.8 145.5 134.2
September 118.5 134.2 222.5 143.9 145.5 143.4 143.6 136.8
October 128.5 147.7 207.2 145.5 148.3 143.5 137.1 130.2
November 131.1 148. 233.5 147. 143.8 139.6 134.4 126.2
December 132.3 151.1 227.5 146.2 136.7 134.8 135.2 121.5
First quarter-year 102.6 153.4 159. 198.5 136.3 135.7 139.8 133.8
Second quarter-year 103.8 148.3 186.6 141.4 135.9 136.7 139.5 136.7
Third quarter-year 116.2 130.2 244.9 143.2 148.6 141.2 143.9 135.7
Fourth quarter-year 130.6 148.9 222.7 146.2 142.9 139.3 135.6 126.
First half-year 103.2 150.8 172.8 169.9 136.1 136.2 139.6 135.3
Second half-year 123.4 139.6 233.8 144.7 145.8 140.3 139.8 130.8
Calendar year 113.3 145.2 203.3 157.3 140.9 138.2 139.7 133.
Fiscal year ended June
30 137.1 156.2 201.9 140.4 141. 139.9 137.5
PERIODS. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878.
January 121.3 110.7 109.1 112.7 111.4 112.5 112.8 106.3 102.1
February 119.5 111.5 110.3 114.1 112.3 114.5 113.4 105.4 102.
March 112.6 111. 110.1 115.5 112.1 115.5 114.3 104.8 101.2
April 113.1 110.6 111.1 117.8 113.4 114.8 113. 106.2 100.6
May 114.7 111.5 113.7 117.7 112.4 115.8 112.6 106.9 100.7
June 112.9 112.4 113.9 116.5 111.3 117. 112.5 105.4 100.8
July 116.8 112.4 114.3 115.7 110. 114.8 111.9 105.4 100.5
August 117.9 112.4 114.4 115.4 109.7 113.5 111.2 105. 100.6
September 114.8 114.5 113.5 112.7 109.7 115.8 110. 103.3 100.4
October 112.8 113.2 113.2 108.9 110. 116.4 109.7 102.8 100.6
November 111.4 111.2 112.9 108.6 110.9 114.7 109.1 102.8 100.2
December 110.7 109.3 112.2 110. 111.7 113.9 109.8 102.8 100.1
First quarter-year 117.8 111.1 109.8 114.1 111.9 114.2 113.5 105.5 101.7
Second quarter-year 113.6 111.5 112.9 117.3 112.4 115.9 112.7 106.2 100.7
Third quarter-year 116.5 113.1 114.1 114.6 109.8 114.7 111. 104.6 101.5
Fourth quarter-year 111.6 111.2 112.8 109.2 110.9 115. 108.9 102.8 101.3
First half-year 115.7 111.3 111.4 115.7 112.2 115.1 113.1 105.9 101.2
Second half-year 114. 121.1 113.4 111.9 110.3 114.8 109.9 103.7 100.4
Calendar year 114.9 111.7 112.4 113.8 111.2 114.9 111.5 104.8 100.8
Fiscal year ended
June 30 123.3 112.7 111.8 114.6 112. 112.7 113.9 107.9 102.8
CHRONOLOGICAL POLITICS.