Skip to content
Search
Bookshelf
Open Educational Resources (OER)
My Books
Learning Objects
My Profile
Login
Help
Bookshelf
Open Educational Resources (OER)
My Books
Learning Objects
My Profile
Login
Help
Chapter 2: Are Humans Unique? Quiz
Please sign up for the
course
before taking this quiz.
1.
The perspective that humans are more important or naturally superior to other life forms is called
Anthropocentrism
Unilineal evolution
Egalitarianism
Uniformitarianism
2.
Humans and fruit flies shares about 60 percent of the same core genes.
False
True
3.
An object used to modify the shape, condition, or location of another object is called a
Bludgeon
Ecofact
Tool
Artifact
4.
Different chimpanzee populations have different tool traditions.
True
False
5.
Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees _______________in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
Using language
Termite fishing
Flinging poo
Swimming
6.
No other animals besides chimpanzees and humans are known to use tools.
True
False
7.
One definition of culture is traditions, beliefs, and values that are transmitted through
Learning
The air
Language
Body language
8.
“Imo” the macaque monkey
Began a culture of potato washing among monkeys
Was a chimp who learned how to fish for termites
Was a chimpanzee who learned American Sign Language
Was a railroad signalman
9.
The mutual exchange of favors or goods is called
Culture
Social hierarchy
Reciprocity
Holism
10.
Only humans have reciprocal relationships
True
False
11.
Ayumu out-competes humans
In a test of cooperation
Because chimpanzees have more cortical neurons than humans
Because they have a higher encephalization quotient
In a test of working memory
12.
Jack the baboon was
able to wash potatoes
able to hide rocks from zoo-goers
A successful signalman for the railroad
able to learned American Sign Language
13.
A common test for bodily self-recognition
Is called the Ayumu test
Is where capuchins reject cucumbers when grapes are available
Is called cultural competence
Involves placing a mark on an animal and seeing how it reacts
14.
A behavior noticed in chimpanzees that could indicate bodily self-recognition is
Grass-in-ear behavior
Use of ocher on fur
Lip smacking behavior
Finger-in-ear behavior
15.
One difference between humans and chimpanzees in terms of cooperation is that
Chimps are unable to cooperate
Humans often cooperate based on shared ideas or culture
Humans cooperate only with people they known closely
Chimps cooperate on the basis of shared values
16.
Assigning human qualities is called
Reciprocity
Behaviorist paradigm
Anthropomorphizing
The mark test
17.
In a case where a chimpanzee died, the other chimps
Ignored the body
Began to construct a primitive altar
Buried the body
Gathered in a large group and inspected the body
18.
According to Stephen Asma, animals have emotion
To flee from predators, mate, and care for their young
To mourn the dead
But not intelligence
Because they learn them from older individuals
19.
Jane Goodall regards chimpanzee waterfall displays as
An expression of awe and wonder
Sacred monkey trees
loaded with symbolism
A simple threat-display by male chimpanzees
20.
Neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel thinks human intellect is due to the number of neurons in our brain and where they are located rather than sheer size.
True
False
Chapter 1: What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 3: Pursuit of Food
Back to:
Chapter 2: Are Humans Unique?