General Anthropology Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology (as a "Holistic" Science Study) - CORRECT ANSWER - studying the
human condition, past
and present in all aspects including:
biology, society, language and culture.
Society - CORRECT ANSWER - organized life in groups
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Traditions and customs,
transmitted through learning that play
a large role in determining the beliefs
and behavior of a group of people
exposed to them.
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Modern American Anthropology;
Early 1900's; Argued that we need more data; Established 4 feild approach; Salvage ethnography
-Salvage Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Get the data now before it is gone forever
Margaret Mead - CORRECT ANSWER - Influential early ethnographer
Interested in the anthropology of women in polonaise
The Leakey Family - CORRECT ANSWER - Prominent paleoanthropologist
,ETHICS AND HOAXES - CORRECT ANSWER -
Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER - Must obtain from informants and host country
governments
General Ethical Guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER - Data collected must be disseminated
and shared with colleagues and the public
(Otherwise you are ripping off your funders)
Publication is very important
Researchers must avoid causing harm to the informants, species, or cultures
Researchers must work for the long-term sustainability of cultural resources
Researchers have obligations to students, training, and teaching
Researchers must try to avoid ethnocentric interpretation of other cultures
Napoleon Chagnon - CORRECT ANSWER - The Yanomamo Wrote the fierce people
Encouraged war and gave our higher up weapons Paid kids to tell him the names of their
ancestors Gave out vaccines that ended up harming
The Cardiff Giant - CORRECT ANSWER - Genesis 6:4
Fake giant made for money
THE 4 FIELD APPROACH - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural anthropology
Archaeological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - learned & shared
knowledge that people use to
generate behavior & interpret
, experience Ethnology
Ethnography
-Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - an account of a particular community, society or
culture based on close contact study with the group and presented in a book, article or film.
-Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Examines, analyzes and compares the results of
individual ethnographic studies to look for cross cultural similarities and differences.
Archaeological Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of past cultures on the basis
of their remains
Biological (Physical) Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Focuses on human biology
and its implications for the development and variation of our physical make-up
Linguistic Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of language
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Applying anthropological knowledge to
solving practical, real-world problems
Cultural Resource Management (CRM) - CORRECT ANSWER - archaeological
investigation concerned with the preservation of past remains that face destruction.
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - Focused on Documentiation of nonhuman primates;
The study of nonhuman primates
Jane Goodall - CORRECT ANSWER - Trained by Louis Leakey; Worked with Chimps
Dian Fossey - CORRECT ANSWER - Tried to end Poaching; worked with Gorillas in
Rawanda
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology (as a "Holistic" Science Study) - CORRECT ANSWER - studying the
human condition, past
and present in all aspects including:
biology, society, language and culture.
Society - CORRECT ANSWER - organized life in groups
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Traditions and customs,
transmitted through learning that play
a large role in determining the beliefs
and behavior of a group of people
exposed to them.
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Modern American Anthropology;
Early 1900's; Argued that we need more data; Established 4 feild approach; Salvage ethnography
-Salvage Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Get the data now before it is gone forever
Margaret Mead - CORRECT ANSWER - Influential early ethnographer
Interested in the anthropology of women in polonaise
The Leakey Family - CORRECT ANSWER - Prominent paleoanthropologist
,ETHICS AND HOAXES - CORRECT ANSWER -
Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER - Must obtain from informants and host country
governments
General Ethical Guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER - Data collected must be disseminated
and shared with colleagues and the public
(Otherwise you are ripping off your funders)
Publication is very important
Researchers must avoid causing harm to the informants, species, or cultures
Researchers must work for the long-term sustainability of cultural resources
Researchers have obligations to students, training, and teaching
Researchers must try to avoid ethnocentric interpretation of other cultures
Napoleon Chagnon - CORRECT ANSWER - The Yanomamo Wrote the fierce people
Encouraged war and gave our higher up weapons Paid kids to tell him the names of their
ancestors Gave out vaccines that ended up harming
The Cardiff Giant - CORRECT ANSWER - Genesis 6:4
Fake giant made for money
THE 4 FIELD APPROACH - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural anthropology
Archaeological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - learned & shared
knowledge that people use to
generate behavior & interpret
, experience Ethnology
Ethnography
-Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - an account of a particular community, society or
culture based on close contact study with the group and presented in a book, article or film.
-Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Examines, analyzes and compares the results of
individual ethnographic studies to look for cross cultural similarities and differences.
Archaeological Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of past cultures on the basis
of their remains
Biological (Physical) Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Focuses on human biology
and its implications for the development and variation of our physical make-up
Linguistic Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of language
Applied Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Applying anthropological knowledge to
solving practical, real-world problems
Cultural Resource Management (CRM) - CORRECT ANSWER - archaeological
investigation concerned with the preservation of past remains that face destruction.
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - Focused on Documentiation of nonhuman primates;
The study of nonhuman primates
Jane Goodall - CORRECT ANSWER - Trained by Louis Leakey; Worked with Chimps
Dian Fossey - CORRECT ANSWER - Tried to end Poaching; worked with Gorillas in
Rawanda
