ANT 100 NEW EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
anthropology - ANSWER geographical and historical, all people, all time periods, traces
the development of humans until the present
holistic approach - ANSWER study all varieties of people, but many aspects of human
experience
subfields of anthropology (4) - ANSWER (1)social/cultural (2)biological (3)archaeology
(4)linguistic
biological approach - ANSWER biological or physical characteristics of humans and the
emergence of humans and their later evolution (human paleontology and human
variation)
homo sapiens - ANSWER all living people
to understand variation biologist use - ANSWER human genetics, population biology,
and epidemiology
human genetics - ANSWER the study of human traits that are inherited
population biology - ANSWER the study of environmental affects on, and interaction with
population characteristics
epidemiology - ANSWER the study of how and why diseases affect different population
in different ways
, Cultural anthropology- ANSWER how and why cultures vary or are similar in the past
and present
what do cultural anthropologist study - ANSWER speech, language, upbringing, gender
roles, religious beliefs and practices, and preferences
2 main branches of cultural anthropology - ANSWER anthropological lingustics,
ethnology
Archaeology - ANSWER reconstruct daily life and customs of people who lived in the
past and trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes
Anthropological lingusitcs - ANSWER the study of languages
Historical lingustics - ANSWER how languages change
Descriptive/structural linguistics - ANSWER how contemporary languages differ
especially in construction
Socialinguistics - ANSWER how language is used in social contexts
ethnohistorians - ANSWER study how a way of life of a particular group of people have
changed over time
scientist try to achieve two kinds of explanations? - ANSWER associations and theories
archeologist and paleoanthropoligst rely on 4 kinds of evidence to learn about the past -
ANSWER artifacts, ecofacts, fossils, and features
artifact - ANSWER anything made or modified by humans
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
anthropology - ANSWER geographical and historical, all people, all time periods, traces
the development of humans until the present
holistic approach - ANSWER study all varieties of people, but many aspects of human
experience
subfields of anthropology (4) - ANSWER (1)social/cultural (2)biological (3)archaeology
(4)linguistic
biological approach - ANSWER biological or physical characteristics of humans and the
emergence of humans and their later evolution (human paleontology and human
variation)
homo sapiens - ANSWER all living people
to understand variation biologist use - ANSWER human genetics, population biology,
and epidemiology
human genetics - ANSWER the study of human traits that are inherited
population biology - ANSWER the study of environmental affects on, and interaction with
population characteristics
epidemiology - ANSWER the study of how and why diseases affect different population
in different ways
, Cultural anthropology- ANSWER how and why cultures vary or are similar in the past
and present
what do cultural anthropologist study - ANSWER speech, language, upbringing, gender
roles, religious beliefs and practices, and preferences
2 main branches of cultural anthropology - ANSWER anthropological lingustics,
ethnology
Archaeology - ANSWER reconstruct daily life and customs of people who lived in the
past and trace cultural changes and to offer possible explanations for those changes
Anthropological lingusitcs - ANSWER the study of languages
Historical lingustics - ANSWER how languages change
Descriptive/structural linguistics - ANSWER how contemporary languages differ
especially in construction
Socialinguistics - ANSWER how language is used in social contexts
ethnohistorians - ANSWER study how a way of life of a particular group of people have
changed over time
scientist try to achieve two kinds of explanations? - ANSWER associations and theories
archeologist and paleoanthropoligst rely on 4 kinds of evidence to learn about the past -
ANSWER artifacts, ecofacts, fossils, and features
artifact - ANSWER anything made or modified by humans
