ANT-102 Final Exam Review Questions
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Ethnography CORRECT ANSWERS the firsthand, personal study of local settings
Ethnographic fieldwork CORRECT ANSWERS - spend a year or more in another
society
- live with local people and learn about their way of life
- anthropologists remain as an alien
Adaptation CORRECT ANSWERS refers to the process by which organisms cope with
environmental forces and stresses, such as those posed by climate and topography
Biocultural CORRECT ANSWERS refers to using and combining both biological and
cultural perspectives and approaches to analyze and understand a particular issue or
problem
Importance of Culture CORRECT ANSWERS Culture is a key environmental force in
determining how human bodies grow and develop
General Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Consists of cultural, archeological,
biological, and linguistic anthropology
Cultural Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS The study of human society and culture
- Describes, analyzes, and explains social and cultural and similarities and differences
Ethnography CORRECT ANSWERS Provides an account of a particular culture,
society, or community
Ethnographic Field Work CORRECT ANSWERS They gather data that he or she
analyzes and interprets to develop that account (book/article etc.)
- Ethnographers usually live in small communities and study local behaviors, social life,
politics, and religion
Ethnology CORRECT ANSWERS examines, compares, analyzes, and interprets the
results of the data gathered by different societies
Anthropological Archeology CORRECT ANSWERS Reconstructs, describes, and
interprets human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains
Biological Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Study human biological diversity
through time and as it exists in the world today
, Applied Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Considers both the sociocultural and the
biological contexts and implications of disease and illness
Culture CORRECT ANSWERS A complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, arts,
morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a
member of society
Culture is symbolic CORRECT ANSWERS A symbol is something verbal or nonverbal,
within a language or culture, that comes to stand for something else
Popular culture CORRECT ANSWERS Encomppases aspects of culture that have
meaning for many or most people within the same national culture
Ideal culture CORRECT ANSWERS Consists of what people think or say they should
do and what they say they do (how much beer they consume)
Real culture CORRECT ANSWERS Actual behavior that is observed by anthropologists
National culture CORRECT ANSWERS Encompasses those beliefs, learned behavior
patterns, values, and institutions that are shared by citizens of the same nation
International culture CORRECT ANSWERS Extends beyond and across national
boundaries
Ethnocentrism CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to view one's own culture as
superior and to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of
people raised in other cultures
Cultural relativism CORRECT ANSWERS the viewpoint that behavior in one culture
should not be judge by the standards of another culture
Cultural appropriation CORRECT ANSWERS Taking or using, without permission or
recompense, an aspect of someone else's heritage in appropriate, harmful, or
unwelcome ways
Diffusion CORRECT ANSWERS Borrowing, of traits between cultures
Acculturation CORRECT ANSWERS A second mechanism of cultural change, is the
ongoing exchange of cultural features that results when groups have continuous
firsthand contact
Independent invention CORRECT ANSWERS the process by which humans innovate,
creatively finding solutions to problems
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Ethnography CORRECT ANSWERS the firsthand, personal study of local settings
Ethnographic fieldwork CORRECT ANSWERS - spend a year or more in another
society
- live with local people and learn about their way of life
- anthropologists remain as an alien
Adaptation CORRECT ANSWERS refers to the process by which organisms cope with
environmental forces and stresses, such as those posed by climate and topography
Biocultural CORRECT ANSWERS refers to using and combining both biological and
cultural perspectives and approaches to analyze and understand a particular issue or
problem
Importance of Culture CORRECT ANSWERS Culture is a key environmental force in
determining how human bodies grow and develop
General Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Consists of cultural, archeological,
biological, and linguistic anthropology
Cultural Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS The study of human society and culture
- Describes, analyzes, and explains social and cultural and similarities and differences
Ethnography CORRECT ANSWERS Provides an account of a particular culture,
society, or community
Ethnographic Field Work CORRECT ANSWERS They gather data that he or she
analyzes and interprets to develop that account (book/article etc.)
- Ethnographers usually live in small communities and study local behaviors, social life,
politics, and religion
Ethnology CORRECT ANSWERS examines, compares, analyzes, and interprets the
results of the data gathered by different societies
Anthropological Archeology CORRECT ANSWERS Reconstructs, describes, and
interprets human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains
Biological Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Study human biological diversity
through time and as it exists in the world today
, Applied Anthropology CORRECT ANSWERS Considers both the sociocultural and the
biological contexts and implications of disease and illness
Culture CORRECT ANSWERS A complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, arts,
morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a
member of society
Culture is symbolic CORRECT ANSWERS A symbol is something verbal or nonverbal,
within a language or culture, that comes to stand for something else
Popular culture CORRECT ANSWERS Encomppases aspects of culture that have
meaning for many or most people within the same national culture
Ideal culture CORRECT ANSWERS Consists of what people think or say they should
do and what they say they do (how much beer they consume)
Real culture CORRECT ANSWERS Actual behavior that is observed by anthropologists
National culture CORRECT ANSWERS Encompasses those beliefs, learned behavior
patterns, values, and institutions that are shared by citizens of the same nation
International culture CORRECT ANSWERS Extends beyond and across national
boundaries
Ethnocentrism CORRECT ANSWERS The tendency to view one's own culture as
superior and to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of
people raised in other cultures
Cultural relativism CORRECT ANSWERS the viewpoint that behavior in one culture
should not be judge by the standards of another culture
Cultural appropriation CORRECT ANSWERS Taking or using, without permission or
recompense, an aspect of someone else's heritage in appropriate, harmful, or
unwelcome ways
Diffusion CORRECT ANSWERS Borrowing, of traits between cultures
Acculturation CORRECT ANSWERS A second mechanism of cultural change, is the
ongoing exchange of cultural features that results when groups have continuous
firsthand contact
Independent invention CORRECT ANSWERS the process by which humans innovate,
creatively finding solutions to problems
