GLST 290 Midterm
chapter 1
In other words, cultures can only be understood relative to the _____(1)______ , _____(2)______ , and
_____(3)_______ context in which they developed - (1) historical
(2) ecological
(3) social
What is an armchair anthropologist? - gathering data from travelogues and books rather than own
direct research
- explain why groups were so different from one another
what is definition of cultural anthropology? - the truth is that cultural anthropology is the
description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
what are the 4 subfield of anthropology? - archaeology
cultural/social
physical/biological
linguistics
what is physical and biological anthropology? - involves the study of human anatomy, nonhuman
primates, and human origins
What is linguistic anthropology? - the study of human languages
What is archeology anthropology? - the study of material artifacts to understand a peoples
culture or society
,what is the primary method of research conducted by cultural anthropologist is__________. -
ethnography
what is ethnography? - a type of research in which individuals are observed in their natural
settings
"because cultural anthropology draws together ___(1)_____, ____(2)___,
___(3)______,____(4)_____,_____(5)_____, and ___(6)___ to understand people's social and cultural
lives, it overlaps with several disciplines, but none more than _____(7)______. - (1) history
(2) economics
(3) family
(4) politics
(5) religion
(6) psycology
(7) sociology *know
who was Margaret Mead? - (1901-1978)
- sexuality
- Coming of Age in Samoa
who was Franz Boas? - Father of American Anthropology
- theory of relativism
- culture is invaluable
- Race, Language, and Culture
who was Clifford Geertz? - - symbolism
who is Ruth Benedict? -
, "Later missionary anthropologists and linguists made significant contributions to the discipline from
work that flowed directly from their ______(1)_______ work in Bible translation and evangelism, even
establishing scholarly journals such as ______(2)______ and ______(3)______ (formerly known as
Practical Anthropology) with the express purpose of bringing together anthropology and missiology" -
(1) Christian
(2) Anthropos
(3) Missionology
chapter 2 -
"The ethnic fair assumptions about cultures as _____(1)____ bounded and _____(2)______
homogenous entities simply didn't with stand scrutiny" - (1) neatly
(2) highly
"These first anthropologists are now often called ___________ ___________." - armchair
anthropologist
who advanced biological theories of evolution? - Charles Darwin
"the truth is that cultural anthropology is the ____(1)______, interpretation, and _____(2)_____ of
similarities and differences in human cultures." - (1)description
(2)analysis
other scholars assume all societies moved from _________ to ________ forms in progressive
evolutionary stages. - simple to complex
anthropologist did not talk about different ______(1)_______ only the differences in Culture with a
capital . in this view all cultural development followed a ____(2)____ path, or line from simple to
complex. - (1) cultures
(2) single
the theory of unilinear cultural evolution supports "cultural superiority the idea that people of one
culture are more ___(1)________, ___(2)______, _____(3)_____, or ___(4)_____ than another and
chapter 1
In other words, cultures can only be understood relative to the _____(1)______ , _____(2)______ , and
_____(3)_______ context in which they developed - (1) historical
(2) ecological
(3) social
What is an armchair anthropologist? - gathering data from travelogues and books rather than own
direct research
- explain why groups were so different from one another
what is definition of cultural anthropology? - the truth is that cultural anthropology is the
description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures.
what are the 4 subfield of anthropology? - archaeology
cultural/social
physical/biological
linguistics
what is physical and biological anthropology? - involves the study of human anatomy, nonhuman
primates, and human origins
What is linguistic anthropology? - the study of human languages
What is archeology anthropology? - the study of material artifacts to understand a peoples
culture or society
,what is the primary method of research conducted by cultural anthropologist is__________. -
ethnography
what is ethnography? - a type of research in which individuals are observed in their natural
settings
"because cultural anthropology draws together ___(1)_____, ____(2)___,
___(3)______,____(4)_____,_____(5)_____, and ___(6)___ to understand people's social and cultural
lives, it overlaps with several disciplines, but none more than _____(7)______. - (1) history
(2) economics
(3) family
(4) politics
(5) religion
(6) psycology
(7) sociology *know
who was Margaret Mead? - (1901-1978)
- sexuality
- Coming of Age in Samoa
who was Franz Boas? - Father of American Anthropology
- theory of relativism
- culture is invaluable
- Race, Language, and Culture
who was Clifford Geertz? - - symbolism
who is Ruth Benedict? -
, "Later missionary anthropologists and linguists made significant contributions to the discipline from
work that flowed directly from their ______(1)_______ work in Bible translation and evangelism, even
establishing scholarly journals such as ______(2)______ and ______(3)______ (formerly known as
Practical Anthropology) with the express purpose of bringing together anthropology and missiology" -
(1) Christian
(2) Anthropos
(3) Missionology
chapter 2 -
"The ethnic fair assumptions about cultures as _____(1)____ bounded and _____(2)______
homogenous entities simply didn't with stand scrutiny" - (1) neatly
(2) highly
"These first anthropologists are now often called ___________ ___________." - armchair
anthropologist
who advanced biological theories of evolution? - Charles Darwin
"the truth is that cultural anthropology is the ____(1)______, interpretation, and _____(2)_____ of
similarities and differences in human cultures." - (1)description
(2)analysis
other scholars assume all societies moved from _________ to ________ forms in progressive
evolutionary stages. - simple to complex
anthropologist did not talk about different ______(1)_______ only the differences in Culture with a
capital . in this view all cultural development followed a ____(2)____ path, or line from simple to
complex. - (1) cultures
(2) single
the theory of unilinear cultural evolution supports "cultural superiority the idea that people of one
culture are more ___(1)________, ___(2)______, _____(3)_____, or ___(4)_____ than another and
