1. Foundations of Anthropology

History Of The Field — Quiz

Test your understanding of history of the field with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which anthropologist in 1871 published 'Primitive Culture', introducing one of the first formal definitions of culture?

Question 2

What is the term for the 19th-century theoretical perspective that viewed societies as evolving through fixed stages from 'savagery' to 'civilization'?

Question 3

What anthropological practice, championed by Franz Boas, involves documenting the customs and beliefs of societies believed to be vanishing?

Question 4

Which anthropologist authored 'Patterns of Culture' (1934) and is associated with the culture and personality school?

Question 5

Which early school of thought argued that cultural traits spread between societies through contact and diffusion rather than independent invention?