Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology - - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the study of humankind in all times and places
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the belief that the ways of one's own culture are
the only proper ones
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- theories about the world and reality based on the
assumptions and values of one's own culture
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- use of anthropological knowledge and
methods to solve practical problems
Medical Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- specialization that brings theoretical and
applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human sickness
and health
Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of customary patterns in human behavior,
thought and feelings
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- society's shared and social transmitted ideas, values,
and perceptions which are used to make sense of experience
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- detailed description of a particular culture
primarily based on fieldwork
Fieldwork - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- term for on site location research
Participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- learning the culture through social
participation and personal observation
, Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of analysis of different cultures from a
comparative or historical POV explain similarities and differences
Linguistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of human languages
Discourse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an extended communication on a particular subject
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of human cultures through the recovery and
analysis of material remains and environment data
Bioarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- archaeological study of human remains
Cultural resource management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- concerned with survey and or
excavation of archaeological and historical remains
Physical anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- systematic study of humans as
biological organisms
Molecular - study of genes and genetic relationship
Paleoanthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of biological changes through time to
understand the origins and predecessors of the present human species
Biocultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an approach the focuses on the interaction of
biology and culture
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of living and fossil primates
Forensic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- analysis of human skeletal remains for legal purposes
Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an approach based on observations of the world
rather than on intuition or faith
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology - - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the study of humankind in all times and places
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the belief that the ways of one's own culture are
the only proper ones
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- theories about the world and reality based on the
assumptions and values of one's own culture
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- use of anthropological knowledge and
methods to solve practical problems
Medical Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- specialization that brings theoretical and
applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human sickness
and health
Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of customary patterns in human behavior,
thought and feelings
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- society's shared and social transmitted ideas, values,
and perceptions which are used to make sense of experience
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- detailed description of a particular culture
primarily based on fieldwork
Fieldwork - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- term for on site location research
Participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- learning the culture through social
participation and personal observation
, Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of analysis of different cultures from a
comparative or historical POV explain similarities and differences
Linguistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of human languages
Discourse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an extended communication on a particular subject
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of human cultures through the recovery and
analysis of material remains and environment data
Bioarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- archaeological study of human remains
Cultural resource management - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- concerned with survey and or
excavation of archaeological and historical remains
Physical anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- systematic study of humans as
biological organisms
Molecular - study of genes and genetic relationship
Paleoanthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of biological changes through time to
understand the origins and predecessors of the present human species
Biocultural - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an approach the focuses on the interaction of
biology and culture
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- study of living and fossil primates
Forensic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- analysis of human skeletal remains for legal purposes
Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an approach based on observations of the world
rather than on intuition or faith
