General Anthropology Exam #1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
General Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the whole human condition:
Past, present, and future
The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors
Uniquely comparative and holistic science
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - The processes by which organisms cope with
environmental forces and stresses
Subfields - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural, archaeology, biological, and linguistics
Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human society and culture
Describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - A highly descriptive account of a particular
community, society, or culture
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultures are not isolated
Populations construct their cultures in interaction with one another
Exposure to external forces
Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Examines, compares, analyzes, and interprets the
results of ethnography
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - Reconstructs, describes, and interprets human
behavior and cultural patterns through material remains
, Examination of artifacts found at historical sites where societies once lived
Material items that humans have made, used, or modified
Materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Tools, weapons, campsites, buildings, and garbage
Paleoecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Paleoecology- ecosystems of the past
Biological - CORRECT ANSWER - Human biological diversity in time and space
Evolution, genetics, growth and development, plasticity, primates
Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER - Variety within a polulation permits some to do better
than others at surviving and reproducing
Genetics and environment
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study their biology, evolution, behavior, and social
life
Linguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - Studies language in its social and cultural context,
across space and over time
Holistic science - CORRECT ANSWER - Blend of the different perspectives: biological,
social, cultural, linguistic, historical, and contemporary
Applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Academic and practice
The field of inquiry that connects anthropological knowledge with the uses of that knowledge in
the world beyond anthropology
Use the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
General Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the whole human condition:
Past, present, and future
The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors
Uniquely comparative and holistic science
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - The processes by which organisms cope with
environmental forces and stresses
Subfields - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural, archaeology, biological, and linguistics
Cultural - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human society and culture
Describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences
Ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - A highly descriptive account of a particular
community, society, or culture
Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultures are not isolated
Populations construct their cultures in interaction with one another
Exposure to external forces
Ethnology - CORRECT ANSWER - Examines, compares, analyzes, and interprets the
results of ethnography
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - Reconstructs, describes, and interprets human
behavior and cultural patterns through material remains
, Examination of artifacts found at historical sites where societies once lived
Material items that humans have made, used, or modified
Materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Tools, weapons, campsites, buildings, and garbage
Paleoecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Paleoecology- ecosystems of the past
Biological - CORRECT ANSWER - Human biological diversity in time and space
Evolution, genetics, growth and development, plasticity, primates
Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER - Variety within a polulation permits some to do better
than others at surviving and reproducing
Genetics and environment
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study their biology, evolution, behavior, and social
life
Linguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - Studies language in its social and cultural context,
across space and over time
Holistic science - CORRECT ANSWER - Blend of the different perspectives: biological,
social, cultural, linguistic, historical, and contemporary
Applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - Academic and practice
The field of inquiry that connects anthropological knowledge with the uses of that knowledge in
the world beyond anthropology
Use the four subfields to identify, assess, and solve practical problems
