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ANT 100 Refined Exam Questions And
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anthropology - answers✔✔geographical and historical, all people, all time periods, traces the
development of humans until the present
holistic approach - answers✔✔study all varieties of people, but many aspects of human
experience
subfields of anthropology (4) - answers✔✔(1)social/cultural (2)biological (3)archaeology
(4)linguistic
biological approach - answers✔✔biological or physical characteristics of humans and the
emergence of humans and their later evolution (human paleontology and human variation)
homo sapiens - answers✔✔all living people
to understand variation biologist use - answers✔✔human genetics, population biology, and
epidemiology
human genetics - answers✔✔the study of human traits that are inherited
population biology - answers✔✔the study of environmental affects on, and interaction with
population characteristics
epidemiology - answers✔✔the study of how and why diseases affect different population in
different ways
cultural anthropology - answers✔✔how and why cultures vary or are similar in the past and
present
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what do cultural anthropologist study - answers✔✔speech, language, upbringing, gender
roles, religious beliefs and practices, and preferences
2 main branches of cultural anthropology - answers✔✔anthropological lingustics, ethnology
archaeology - answers✔✔reconstruct daily life and customs of people who lived in the past
and trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes
anthropological lingusitcs - answers✔✔the study of languages
historical lingustics - answers✔✔how languages change
descriptive/structural linguistics - answers✔✔how contemporary languages differ especially
in construction
socialinguistics - answers✔✔how language is used in social contexts
ethnohistorians - answers✔✔study how a way of life of a particular group of people have
changed over time
scientist try to achieve two kinds of explanations? - answers✔✔associations and theories
archeologist and paleoanthropoligst rely on 4 kinds of evidence to learn about the past -
answers✔✔artifacts, ecofacts, fossils, and features
artifact - answers✔✔anything made or modified by humans
archaeological record - answers✔✔items we throw away
13/11/2024 4:20PM
ANT 100 Refined Exam Questions And
Answers
anthropology - answers✔✔geographical and historical, all people, all time periods, traces the
development of humans until the present
holistic approach - answers✔✔study all varieties of people, but many aspects of human
experience
subfields of anthropology (4) - answers✔✔(1)social/cultural (2)biological (3)archaeology
(4)linguistic
biological approach - answers✔✔biological or physical characteristics of humans and the
emergence of humans and their later evolution (human paleontology and human variation)
homo sapiens - answers✔✔all living people
to understand variation biologist use - answers✔✔human genetics, population biology, and
epidemiology
human genetics - answers✔✔the study of human traits that are inherited
population biology - answers✔✔the study of environmental affects on, and interaction with
population characteristics
epidemiology - answers✔✔the study of how and why diseases affect different population in
different ways
cultural anthropology - answers✔✔how and why cultures vary or are similar in the past and
present
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13/11/2024 4:20PM
what do cultural anthropologist study - answers✔✔speech, language, upbringing, gender
roles, religious beliefs and practices, and preferences
2 main branches of cultural anthropology - answers✔✔anthropological lingustics, ethnology
archaeology - answers✔✔reconstruct daily life and customs of people who lived in the past
and trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes
anthropological lingusitcs - answers✔✔the study of languages
historical lingustics - answers✔✔how languages change
descriptive/structural linguistics - answers✔✔how contemporary languages differ especially
in construction
socialinguistics - answers✔✔how language is used in social contexts
ethnohistorians - answers✔✔study how a way of life of a particular group of people have
changed over time
scientist try to achieve two kinds of explanations? - answers✔✔associations and theories
archeologist and paleoanthropoligst rely on 4 kinds of evidence to learn about the past -
answers✔✔artifacts, ecofacts, fossils, and features
artifact - answers✔✔anything made or modified by humans
archaeological record - answers✔✔items we throw away
