ICA Chapter 1 Vocabulary Exam
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Anthropological perspective - CORRECT ANSWER The approach to social research that seeks
to understand culture from the point of view of the people within that cultural context.
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The holistic study of humankind.
Applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The branch of anthropology in which
practitioners use anthropology in the service of particular social concerns.
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER The subfield of anthropology focused on the study of
material artifacts to understand a people's culture and society, usually in the past.
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The subfield of anthropology focused on the
description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
Cultural other - CORRECT ANSWER A term used to refer to the subjective experience of
difference at the cultural level; identifying "us/me" and "them/you" through cultural symbols and
markers.
Ethnoarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER An approach to archaeology that combines the
analysis of material life with information taken from contemporary populations.
Ethnographic fieldwork - CORRECT ANSWER Anthropology's hallmark research method,
based on the anthropologist's direct experience in a culture.
Ethnographic interviews - CORRECT ANSWER Purposeful, documented conversation with
research participants that may be formal or informal.
UPDATED Study Guide ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Anthropological perspective - CORRECT ANSWER The approach to social research that seeks
to understand culture from the point of view of the people within that cultural context.
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The holistic study of humankind.
Applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The branch of anthropology in which
practitioners use anthropology in the service of particular social concerns.
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER The subfield of anthropology focused on the study of
material artifacts to understand a people's culture and society, usually in the past.
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER The subfield of anthropology focused on the
description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
Cultural other - CORRECT ANSWER A term used to refer to the subjective experience of
difference at the cultural level; identifying "us/me" and "them/you" through cultural symbols and
markers.
Ethnoarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER An approach to archaeology that combines the
analysis of material life with information taken from contemporary populations.
Ethnographic fieldwork - CORRECT ANSWER Anthropology's hallmark research method,
based on the anthropologist's direct experience in a culture.
Ethnographic interviews - CORRECT ANSWER Purposeful, documented conversation with
research participants that may be formal or informal.
