GLST 290 Midterm Question and
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
chapter 1 - correct answer ✔
"the truth is that cultural anthropology is the ____(1)______, interpretation, and _____(2)_____ of
similarities and differences in human cultures." - correct answer ✔(1)description
(2)analysis
what is definition of cultural anthropology? - correct answer ✔the truth is that cultural anthropology is
the description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
what are the 4 subfield of anthropology? - correct answer ✔archaeology
cultural/social
physical/biological
linguistics
what is physical and biological anthropology? - correct answer ✔involves the study of human anatomy,
nonhuman primates, and human origins
What is linguistic anthropology? - correct answer ✔the study of human languages
What is archeology anthropology? - correct answer ✔the study of material artifacts to understand a
peoples culture or society
what is the primary method of research conducted by cultural anthropologist is__________. - correct
answer ✔ethnography
,what is ethnography? - correct answer ✔a type of research in which individuals are observed in their
natural settings
"because cultural anthropology draws together ___(1)_____, ____(2)___,
___(3)______,____(4)_____,_____(5)_____, and ___(6)___ to understand people's social and cultural
lives, it overlaps with several disciplines, but none more than _____(7)______. - correct answer ✔(1)
history
(2) economics
(3) family
(4) politics
(5) religion
(6) psycology
(7) sociology *know
who was Margaret Mead? - correct answer ✔(1901-1978)
- sexuality
- Coming of Age in Samoa
who was Franz Boas? - correct answer ✔Father of American Anthropology
- theory of relativism
- culture is invaluable
- Race, Language, and Culture
who was Clifford Geertz? - correct answer ✔- symbolism
who is Ruth Benedict? - correct answer ✔
, "Later missionary anthropologists and linguists made significant contributions to the discipline from
work that flowed directly from their ______(1)_______ work in Bible translation and evangelism, even
establishing scholarly journals such as ______(2)______ and ______(3)______ (formerly known as
Practical Anthropology) with the express purpose of bringing together anthropology and missiology" -
correct answer ✔(1) Christian
(2) Anthropos
(3) Missionology
chapter 2 - correct answer ✔
"The ethnic fair assumptions about cultures as _____(1)____ bounded and _____(2)______
homogenous entities simply didn't with stand scrutiny" - correct answer ✔(1) neatly
(2) highly
"These first anthropologists are now often called ___________ ___________." - correct answer
✔armchair anthropologist
What is an armchair anthropologist? - correct answer ✔gathering data from travelogues and books
rather than own direct research
- explain why groups were so different from one another
who advanced biological theories of evolution? - correct answer ✔Charles Darwin
other scholars assume all societies moved from _________ to ________ forms in progressive
evolutionary stages. - correct answer ✔simple to complex
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
chapter 1 - correct answer ✔
"the truth is that cultural anthropology is the ____(1)______, interpretation, and _____(2)_____ of
similarities and differences in human cultures." - correct answer ✔(1)description
(2)analysis
what is definition of cultural anthropology? - correct answer ✔the truth is that cultural anthropology is
the description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
what are the 4 subfield of anthropology? - correct answer ✔archaeology
cultural/social
physical/biological
linguistics
what is physical and biological anthropology? - correct answer ✔involves the study of human anatomy,
nonhuman primates, and human origins
What is linguistic anthropology? - correct answer ✔the study of human languages
What is archeology anthropology? - correct answer ✔the study of material artifacts to understand a
peoples culture or society
what is the primary method of research conducted by cultural anthropologist is__________. - correct
answer ✔ethnography
,what is ethnography? - correct answer ✔a type of research in which individuals are observed in their
natural settings
"because cultural anthropology draws together ___(1)_____, ____(2)___,
___(3)______,____(4)_____,_____(5)_____, and ___(6)___ to understand people's social and cultural
lives, it overlaps with several disciplines, but none more than _____(7)______. - correct answer ✔(1)
history
(2) economics
(3) family
(4) politics
(5) religion
(6) psycology
(7) sociology *know
who was Margaret Mead? - correct answer ✔(1901-1978)
- sexuality
- Coming of Age in Samoa
who was Franz Boas? - correct answer ✔Father of American Anthropology
- theory of relativism
- culture is invaluable
- Race, Language, and Culture
who was Clifford Geertz? - correct answer ✔- symbolism
who is Ruth Benedict? - correct answer ✔
, "Later missionary anthropologists and linguists made significant contributions to the discipline from
work that flowed directly from their ______(1)_______ work in Bible translation and evangelism, even
establishing scholarly journals such as ______(2)______ and ______(3)______ (formerly known as
Practical Anthropology) with the express purpose of bringing together anthropology and missiology" -
correct answer ✔(1) Christian
(2) Anthropos
(3) Missionology
chapter 2 - correct answer ✔
"The ethnic fair assumptions about cultures as _____(1)____ bounded and _____(2)______
homogenous entities simply didn't with stand scrutiny" - correct answer ✔(1) neatly
(2) highly
"These first anthropologists are now often called ___________ ___________." - correct answer
✔armchair anthropologist
What is an armchair anthropologist? - correct answer ✔gathering data from travelogues and books
rather than own direct research
- explain why groups were so different from one another
who advanced biological theories of evolution? - correct answer ✔Charles Darwin
other scholars assume all societies moved from _________ to ________ forms in progressive
evolutionary stages. - correct answer ✔simple to complex
