ANTHRCUL 101 UMICH EXAM 1
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is Anthropolgy - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of humans across time and space.
The Scientific and Humanistic study of human beings encompassing the evolutionary history of
humanity, physical variation amongst humans, the study of past societies, and the comparative
study of current day human societies and cultures
Holistic Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses past present and future, biology,
society, language, and culture. Local and Global, Individual and Collective
Cross-Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER - involving the comparison of two or more cultures
Example: Thanksgiving; An American holiday or harvest festival
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of anthropology to solve
contemporary problems
Biocultural - CORRECT ANSWER - combining biological and cultural approaches to a given
problem
Society - CORRECT ANSWER - organized life in groups
Four Fields of Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural, archaeological, biological,
linguistic
Anthropological Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of past cultures based
primarily on their material remains"
, Biological Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human biological variation
through time and as it exists today.
Linguistic Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of language and linguistic
diversity; the study of language and its relation to culture
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - "The study of human thought, behavior, and
lifeways that are learned rather than genetically transmitted and that are typical of groups of
people"
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - fieldwork and its written results
ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - the attempt to find general principles or laws that govern
cultural phenomena through the comparison of cultures. Drawing conclusions about society at
large from multiple sources
The Nacirema - CORRECT ANSWER - A term anthropologists and sociologists have used to
examine aspects of the behavior and society of American people
Unilinear Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - The idea of a single line or path of cultural
development.
Ex Savage->Barbarian-> Civilized
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - He believed in historical particularism.. Histories are
not comparable and diverse paths lead to the same result. He Determined that biology (inc. race)
does not determine cultural achievements
Bronislaw Malinowski - CORRECT ANSWER - British anthropologist who conducted long
term fieldwork with the Trobriand islanders. He recommended to cut yourself off from your own,
write everything down, live in community and participate in daily life
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is Anthropolgy - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of humans across time and space.
The Scientific and Humanistic study of human beings encompassing the evolutionary history of
humanity, physical variation amongst humans, the study of past societies, and the comparative
study of current day human societies and cultures
Holistic Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses past present and future, biology,
society, language, and culture. Local and Global, Individual and Collective
Cross-Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER - involving the comparison of two or more cultures
Example: Thanksgiving; An American holiday or harvest festival
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of anthropology to solve
contemporary problems
Biocultural - CORRECT ANSWER - combining biological and cultural approaches to a given
problem
Society - CORRECT ANSWER - organized life in groups
Four Fields of Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural, archaeological, biological,
linguistic
Anthropological Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of past cultures based
primarily on their material remains"
, Biological Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human biological variation
through time and as it exists today.
Linguistic Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of language and linguistic
diversity; the study of language and its relation to culture
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - "The study of human thought, behavior, and
lifeways that are learned rather than genetically transmitted and that are typical of groups of
people"
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - fieldwork and its written results
ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - the attempt to find general principles or laws that govern
cultural phenomena through the comparison of cultures. Drawing conclusions about society at
large from multiple sources
The Nacirema - CORRECT ANSWER - A term anthropologists and sociologists have used to
examine aspects of the behavior and society of American people
Unilinear Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - The idea of a single line or path of cultural
development.
Ex Savage->Barbarian-> Civilized
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - He believed in historical particularism.. Histories are
not comparable and diverse paths lead to the same result. He Determined that biology (inc. race)
does not determine cultural achievements
Bronislaw Malinowski - CORRECT ANSWER - British anthropologist who conducted long
term fieldwork with the Trobriand islanders. He recommended to cut yourself off from your own,
write everything down, live in community and participate in daily life
