IB Anthropology Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - culture change resulting from contact between
cultures. A process of external culture change.
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope
with its surroundings.
affinal - CORRECT ANSWER - members of one's kindred who are related through a
marital linkage.
ambilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - a corporate kin group that traces relationships
through either the female or male lines. Also called cognatic descent.
anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of humanity; divisions are physical
anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, and anthropological linguistics.
apartheid - CORRECT ANSWER - racial, political, and economic segregation of non-
European peoples.
applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - using the knowledge of anthropology to
address human real-world problems.
archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of material culture.
art - CORRECT ANSWER - human endeavor thought to be aesthetic and have meaning
beyond simple description. Includes music, dance, sculpture, painting, drawing, stitchery,
weaving, poetry, writing, woodworking, etc. A medium of expression where the individual and
culture come together.
, assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - when one ethnic group absorbs another, so that the
cultural traits of the assimilated group become indistinguishable.
attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - data that describe how people think, believe, and feel.
avunculocal - CORRECT ANSWER - residence after marriage is with or near the mother's
brother of the husband.
balanced reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER - is a direct exchange where the two parties
involved seek to arrive at a mutually acceptable price or exchange for goods or services.
band - CORRECT ANSWER - a small group of related people, who are primarily
organized through family bonds. Foraging typifies the subsistence technology. A respected and
older person may be looked to for leadership, but the person has no formalized authority.
big-man - CORRECT ANSWER - a form of leadership in tribes where the leader achieves
power and influence based on ability.
bilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - descent in which the individual figures kinship through
both the father's and mother's descent group.
bilingual education - CORRECT ANSWER - teaching a second language by relying
heavily on the native language of the speaker. The theory is that maintaining a strong sense of
one's one culture and language is necessary to acquire another language and culture.
bilocal - CORRECT ANSWER - residence after marriage is with either the wife's or
husband's relatives.
brideprice - CORRECT ANSWER - an economic exchange by the groom's family to
compensate the bride's family upon marriage.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - culture change resulting from contact between
cultures. A process of external culture change.
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope
with its surroundings.
affinal - CORRECT ANSWER - members of one's kindred who are related through a
marital linkage.
ambilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - a corporate kin group that traces relationships
through either the female or male lines. Also called cognatic descent.
anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of humanity; divisions are physical
anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, and anthropological linguistics.
apartheid - CORRECT ANSWER - racial, political, and economic segregation of non-
European peoples.
applied anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - using the knowledge of anthropology to
address human real-world problems.
archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of material culture.
art - CORRECT ANSWER - human endeavor thought to be aesthetic and have meaning
beyond simple description. Includes music, dance, sculpture, painting, drawing, stitchery,
weaving, poetry, writing, woodworking, etc. A medium of expression where the individual and
culture come together.
, assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - when one ethnic group absorbs another, so that the
cultural traits of the assimilated group become indistinguishable.
attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - data that describe how people think, believe, and feel.
avunculocal - CORRECT ANSWER - residence after marriage is with or near the mother's
brother of the husband.
balanced reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER - is a direct exchange where the two parties
involved seek to arrive at a mutually acceptable price or exchange for goods or services.
band - CORRECT ANSWER - a small group of related people, who are primarily
organized through family bonds. Foraging typifies the subsistence technology. A respected and
older person may be looked to for leadership, but the person has no formalized authority.
big-man - CORRECT ANSWER - a form of leadership in tribes where the leader achieves
power and influence based on ability.
bilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - descent in which the individual figures kinship through
both the father's and mother's descent group.
bilingual education - CORRECT ANSWER - teaching a second language by relying
heavily on the native language of the speaker. The theory is that maintaining a strong sense of
one's one culture and language is necessary to acquire another language and culture.
bilocal - CORRECT ANSWER - residence after marriage is with either the wife's or
husband's relatives.
brideprice - CORRECT ANSWER - an economic exchange by the groom's family to
compensate the bride's family upon marriage.
