Anthropology Semester 1 Exam
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Grade A+
Anthropology
Ans: The study of humankind in all times and all places (textbook definition), can also be the
study of migratory patterns
The Purpose of Anthropology
Ans: Make the world safe for human differences
-Ruth Benedict
Thinking like an Anthropologist
Ans: 1. Observe without judgement
2. Infer (making educated guesses) based on logic and evidence
3. Compare and contrast without hierarchy
4. Acknowledge your bias and ethnocentrism but do not be limited by it
"You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it"
,Eight Features of Civilization (Result of Western Culture and Ideology)
Ans: 1. Cities
2. Organized central governments
3. Complex religions
4. Job specialization
5. Social classes
6. Writing
7. Public Works
8. Art & Architecture
Society
Ans: An organized group or groups of interdependent people who generally share a common
territory, language, and culture and who act together for collective survival and well being.
All societies must do the same things!
Ans: 1. Adapt to their natural surroundings
2. Adapt biologically to ecosystems and reproduce
3. Develop tools and shelter
4. Organize human labor to produce goods
,5. Organize individuals into working groups
6. Develop a way of making collective decisions to govern
7. Develop knowledge, belief systems, and values
Culture
Ans: A society's shared and socially transmitted ideas, values and perceptions, which are
used to make sense of experience and generate behavior and are reflected in that behavior.
Seven Categories of Analysis
Ans: 1. Culture - all the things a society passes from generation to generation
2. Geography - the natural setting of a society
3. Biology - the study of all living things surrounding a society, including plants, animals,
and microorganisms
4. Government/Authority - the sum total of ways in which society delegates authority to
make collective decisions and the power to enforce those decisions
5. Social Structure - Organization of individual society members into groups or categories
6. Economy - The means and methods a society uses for the production and distributional
goods and services
7. Technology
Barrel Model of Culture
, Ans:
Environment
Ans: Natural resources in a society's habitat
Infrastructure
Ans: -Economic bases; the mode of subsistence
-The economic foundation of a society, including its subsistence practices, labor organization,
job specialization and the tools/ material equipment used make a living
Social Structure
Ans: -Social organization; the patterned social arrangements of individuals within society
-Rule-governed relationships- with all their rights and obligations- that hold members of a
society together
-Includes households, families, associations, and power relations, including politics
-Rule-governed relationships- with all their rights and obligations- that hold members of a
society together
-Includes households, families, associations, and power relations, including politics
Superstructure
Questions and Answers | New One |
Grade A+
Anthropology
Ans: The study of humankind in all times and all places (textbook definition), can also be the
study of migratory patterns
The Purpose of Anthropology
Ans: Make the world safe for human differences
-Ruth Benedict
Thinking like an Anthropologist
Ans: 1. Observe without judgement
2. Infer (making educated guesses) based on logic and evidence
3. Compare and contrast without hierarchy
4. Acknowledge your bias and ethnocentrism but do not be limited by it
"You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it"
,Eight Features of Civilization (Result of Western Culture and Ideology)
Ans: 1. Cities
2. Organized central governments
3. Complex religions
4. Job specialization
5. Social classes
6. Writing
7. Public Works
8. Art & Architecture
Society
Ans: An organized group or groups of interdependent people who generally share a common
territory, language, and culture and who act together for collective survival and well being.
All societies must do the same things!
Ans: 1. Adapt to their natural surroundings
2. Adapt biologically to ecosystems and reproduce
3. Develop tools and shelter
4. Organize human labor to produce goods
,5. Organize individuals into working groups
6. Develop a way of making collective decisions to govern
7. Develop knowledge, belief systems, and values
Culture
Ans: A society's shared and socially transmitted ideas, values and perceptions, which are
used to make sense of experience and generate behavior and are reflected in that behavior.
Seven Categories of Analysis
Ans: 1. Culture - all the things a society passes from generation to generation
2. Geography - the natural setting of a society
3. Biology - the study of all living things surrounding a society, including plants, animals,
and microorganisms
4. Government/Authority - the sum total of ways in which society delegates authority to
make collective decisions and the power to enforce those decisions
5. Social Structure - Organization of individual society members into groups or categories
6. Economy - The means and methods a society uses for the production and distributional
goods and services
7. Technology
Barrel Model of Culture
, Ans:
Environment
Ans: Natural resources in a society's habitat
Infrastructure
Ans: -Economic bases; the mode of subsistence
-The economic foundation of a society, including its subsistence practices, labor organization,
job specialization and the tools/ material equipment used make a living
Social Structure
Ans: -Social organization; the patterned social arrangements of individuals within society
-Rule-governed relationships- with all their rights and obligations- that hold members of a
society together
-Includes households, families, associations, and power relations, including politics
-Rule-governed relationships- with all their rights and obligations- that hold members of a
society together
-Includes households, families, associations, and power relations, including politics
Superstructure
