arch 131 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
anthropology Correct Answer: The study of humans
-biological evolution and culture
-social structure
-economic systems
-belief systems
4 subfields of anthropology Correct Answer: cultural anthropology: study of
living cultures
linguistic anthropology: study of languages
archaeology: study of past cultures through that part of their material culture
that survives in the archaeological record
physical/biological anthropology: human biological evolution and variability
subfields:
,palaeoanthropology: study of ancient humans, anatomy, behaviour
primatology: biology of species closely related to us
stone tools Correct Answer: oldest tools found date back to 3 mil years ago in
east Africa
archaeologist: might want to know what kind of stone the tools were made from
+ what their function was
physical anthropologist: interested in human biological evolution
Irish Archbishop James Ussher Correct Answer: "The world began in 4004BC" --
when Adam and Eve were created
He constructed a genealogical history that goes back to Adam and Eve
the enlightenment Correct Answer: A movement in the 18th century that
advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions.
humanism: ethics should be based on logic, empathy, and reason. only natural
laws/forces exist in the universe
liberalism: value of individual human life and individual freedom
, rationalism: knowledge gained through logic and rational thought
empiricism: knowledge comes from experience and observation
rationalism + empiricism = science
science terms which ideologies of reason Correct Answer: free speech:
individuals are free to develop hypotheses but others are free to criticize any
hypotheses
peer review: formal way for researchers to review eachothers hypotheses
empirical testing and standards of evidence: hypotheses are tested against
data from the natural world
recognition of inherent biases: methodologies were developed to avoid such
problems
- statistical analysis
johann fuhlrott Correct Answer: Recognized original neanderthal, observed a
distinction between ancient human remains and modern humans
Answers
anthropology Correct Answer: The study of humans
-biological evolution and culture
-social structure
-economic systems
-belief systems
4 subfields of anthropology Correct Answer: cultural anthropology: study of
living cultures
linguistic anthropology: study of languages
archaeology: study of past cultures through that part of their material culture
that survives in the archaeological record
physical/biological anthropology: human biological evolution and variability
subfields:
,palaeoanthropology: study of ancient humans, anatomy, behaviour
primatology: biology of species closely related to us
stone tools Correct Answer: oldest tools found date back to 3 mil years ago in
east Africa
archaeologist: might want to know what kind of stone the tools were made from
+ what their function was
physical anthropologist: interested in human biological evolution
Irish Archbishop James Ussher Correct Answer: "The world began in 4004BC" --
when Adam and Eve were created
He constructed a genealogical history that goes back to Adam and Eve
the enlightenment Correct Answer: A movement in the 18th century that
advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions.
humanism: ethics should be based on logic, empathy, and reason. only natural
laws/forces exist in the universe
liberalism: value of individual human life and individual freedom
, rationalism: knowledge gained through logic and rational thought
empiricism: knowledge comes from experience and observation
rationalism + empiricism = science
science terms which ideologies of reason Correct Answer: free speech:
individuals are free to develop hypotheses but others are free to criticize any
hypotheses
peer review: formal way for researchers to review eachothers hypotheses
empirical testing and standards of evidence: hypotheses are tested against
data from the natural world
recognition of inherent biases: methodologies were developed to avoid such
problems
- statistical analysis
johann fuhlrott Correct Answer: Recognized original neanderthal, observed a
distinction between ancient human remains and modern humans
