Final Exam - CEA CAPA
What is ethnography (as both genre and method)? - Answer-As a genre, Study of culture through
everyday life. As a method, you would use your observations of field notes based on experiences. It is
important to use the first person.
What is sociocultural anthropology? - Answer-The study of how people socially develop in everyday life
based on cultures.
What is ethnography (as both genre and method)? - Answer-As a genre, Study of culture through
everyday life. As a method, you would use your observations of field notes based on experiences. It is
important to use the first person.
What is sociocultural anthropology? - Answer-The study of how people socially develop in everyday life
based on cultures.
What are the main techniques of ethnographic fieldwork? - Answer-Observation, interviews, field notes,
bottom-up process (open-minded), start with small details and then work your way up to find bigger
meaning.
What is the anthropology of food? - Answer-Subdivision of anthropology. The study of how food is
processed, created, and changed as time goes on
, Where are potatoes originally from? (one answer is correct) - Answer-Specifically, Peru. Incas
Where is wheat originally from? - Answer-Mesopotamia (Iran/Israel) Fertile Crescent
What do you know about sugar in history (origin and spread to Europe and the Americas)? - Answer-
Started in Papua New Guinea and then India discovered the process of crystallizing sugar which made it
more easily transported and able to hold a longer shelf life.
Arab Soldiers to Europe - Answer-Colonization in America brought it there.
Where is watermelon originally from? - Answer-Northern Africa, used it to stay hydrated in Egypt.
What is the neolithic/agricultural revolution? Why is it important? - Answer-The Neolithic revolution
marks the start of the transition from hunting and gathering to Agriculture. 10,000-3,000 BC - the
introduction of metal tools, Domestication of animals and plants, and Agriculture. The result of this was
the division of labor (Jobs) and the introduction of social hierarchy. Ancient Greeks introduced selective
breeding to come up with many of the green-leaf vegetables that we eat today. - (Cabbage, lettuce,
broccoli, and Brussels all come from one plant.)
What is the difference between communism and socialism? - Answer-Socialism is the first step towards
the goal of communism. Socialism was brought because of social and economical changes during the
industrial revolution.
When was Czech (Czechoslovakia) a communist country? - Answer-1948-1989
What were the main changes in eating habits during socialism? - Answer-Food was rationed, only a few
choices so each item had a very limited amount of types of its kind. Collectivization of agriculture. Shift
from homemade dishes to collective dining. Emergence of school and workplace canteens/dining.
Transition to Pork. Greater time efficiency and employment in factories (working class).
What is ethnography (as both genre and method)? - Answer-As a genre, Study of culture through
everyday life. As a method, you would use your observations of field notes based on experiences. It is
important to use the first person.
What is sociocultural anthropology? - Answer-The study of how people socially develop in everyday life
based on cultures.
What is ethnography (as both genre and method)? - Answer-As a genre, Study of culture through
everyday life. As a method, you would use your observations of field notes based on experiences. It is
important to use the first person.
What is sociocultural anthropology? - Answer-The study of how people socially develop in everyday life
based on cultures.
What are the main techniques of ethnographic fieldwork? - Answer-Observation, interviews, field notes,
bottom-up process (open-minded), start with small details and then work your way up to find bigger
meaning.
What is the anthropology of food? - Answer-Subdivision of anthropology. The study of how food is
processed, created, and changed as time goes on
, Where are potatoes originally from? (one answer is correct) - Answer-Specifically, Peru. Incas
Where is wheat originally from? - Answer-Mesopotamia (Iran/Israel) Fertile Crescent
What do you know about sugar in history (origin and spread to Europe and the Americas)? - Answer-
Started in Papua New Guinea and then India discovered the process of crystallizing sugar which made it
more easily transported and able to hold a longer shelf life.
Arab Soldiers to Europe - Answer-Colonization in America brought it there.
Where is watermelon originally from? - Answer-Northern Africa, used it to stay hydrated in Egypt.
What is the neolithic/agricultural revolution? Why is it important? - Answer-The Neolithic revolution
marks the start of the transition from hunting and gathering to Agriculture. 10,000-3,000 BC - the
introduction of metal tools, Domestication of animals and plants, and Agriculture. The result of this was
the division of labor (Jobs) and the introduction of social hierarchy. Ancient Greeks introduced selective
breeding to come up with many of the green-leaf vegetables that we eat today. - (Cabbage, lettuce,
broccoli, and Brussels all come from one plant.)
What is the difference between communism and socialism? - Answer-Socialism is the first step towards
the goal of communism. Socialism was brought because of social and economical changes during the
industrial revolution.
When was Czech (Czechoslovakia) a communist country? - Answer-1948-1989
What were the main changes in eating habits during socialism? - Answer-Food was rationed, only a few
choices so each item had a very limited amount of types of its kind. Collectivization of agriculture. Shift
from homemade dishes to collective dining. Emergence of school and workplace canteens/dining.
Transition to Pork. Greater time efficiency and employment in factories (working class).
