ANT 2100 Midterm – FSU UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is "In a Grove" about? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 characters tell an officer about a
dead samurai they found near by a woodcutter in Kyoto. The person who we assume killed this
man is Tajomaru.
What are the subfields of anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Linguistic
2. Archaeology
3. Cultural
4. Biological
What are the goals of archaeology? - CORRECT ANSWER - - When/Where/How did
humans live in the past?
- Why did changes take place in past human societies?
- Why are some sites/artifacts preserved and not others?
- Preserve the past for the future.
Classical Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of archaeology that studies
the "classical" civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East.
Prehistoric archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - typically cultures that did not have
written records.
- New World - before arrival of Europeans
- Old World - Bronze age
Historic Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of cultures that have written history.
Known as the "contact period archaeology".
, - In some places the period when Europeans were arriving and interacting with native people
- time of European contact until Revolutionary War
Moundville - CORRECT ANSWER - Extensive archaeological investigation has shown
that the site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally organized Mississippian
culture chiefdom polity
- it is the 2nd largest site of the classic Middle Mississippian era
What is archaeology? - CORRECT ANSWER - - a subfield under anthropology
- Mindset and set of technologies and methodologies
- Study of humans and their material traces
Jamestown (starving time) - CORRECT ANSWER - The first Early English Colony in
(1609 - 1676)
- Encountered Wampanoag Indians
- English concept of "Noble Savage"
- Starvation, Environmental decimation
- Poor colonial execution - did they want to settle?
Cultural (def) - CORRECT ANSWER - Integrated system of beliefs, traditions, and
customs that govern or influence a person's behavior.
- Culture is: learned, shared by a members of a group, and symbolic
- Apache ex: preferred one large living/cooking area
Anthropologists study cultures in what 2 ways? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Ideational
perspective
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is "In a Grove" about? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 characters tell an officer about a
dead samurai they found near by a woodcutter in Kyoto. The person who we assume killed this
man is Tajomaru.
What are the subfields of anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Linguistic
2. Archaeology
3. Cultural
4. Biological
What are the goals of archaeology? - CORRECT ANSWER - - When/Where/How did
humans live in the past?
- Why did changes take place in past human societies?
- Why are some sites/artifacts preserved and not others?
- Preserve the past for the future.
Classical Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of archaeology that studies
the "classical" civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East.
Prehistoric archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - typically cultures that did not have
written records.
- New World - before arrival of Europeans
- Old World - Bronze age
Historic Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of cultures that have written history.
Known as the "contact period archaeology".
, - In some places the period when Europeans were arriving and interacting with native people
- time of European contact until Revolutionary War
Moundville - CORRECT ANSWER - Extensive archaeological investigation has shown
that the site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally organized Mississippian
culture chiefdom polity
- it is the 2nd largest site of the classic Middle Mississippian era
What is archaeology? - CORRECT ANSWER - - a subfield under anthropology
- Mindset and set of technologies and methodologies
- Study of humans and their material traces
Jamestown (starving time) - CORRECT ANSWER - The first Early English Colony in
(1609 - 1676)
- Encountered Wampanoag Indians
- English concept of "Noble Savage"
- Starvation, Environmental decimation
- Poor colonial execution - did they want to settle?
Cultural (def) - CORRECT ANSWER - Integrated system of beliefs, traditions, and
customs that govern or influence a person's behavior.
- Culture is: learned, shared by a members of a group, and symbolic
- Apache ex: preferred one large living/cooking area
Anthropologists study cultures in what 2 ways? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Ideational
perspective
