Archeology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

chapter 1 - "the truth is that cultural anthropology is the ____(1)______, interpretation, and _____(2)_____ of similarities and differences in human cultures." - (1)description (2)analysis what is definition of cultural anthropology? - the truth is that cultural anthropology is the description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures. what are the 4 subfield of anthropology? - archaeology cultural/social physical/biological linguistics what is ...

Cultural Anthropology 101 Culture - correct answer Is that complex whole which includes shared/accepted patterns of behavior, belief, symbols, knowledge, and system which is characterized of a group but reflected in individual culture interprets experience and transmitted from generations to generations. It binds people together and is in a state of slow but steady change Ethnocentrism - correct answer Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. Indigenous - correct answer...

Anthropology Exam 1 WVU 50 Questions with Answers the measure of success under natural selection is a. how many offspring are produced b. whether an individual lives or dies c. how well adapted an individual is d. how well adapted the species is >>> a. how many offspring are produced founder effect: a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a larger propulsion starts a new population b. is a for of gene flow in which muted genes...

WVU Anthropology Final Exam Questions with Verified Solutions What is culture? A way of life shared by a group of human beings - including their language, beliefs, and things they make and use What is cultural relativism? is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another What is "context" in archaeology and why is it so important? Context is the place where an ar...

MAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED 2024/2025 | GRADED A+. abash - CORRECT ANSWERS to embarras (disconcert, discomfit, faze, mortify) abate - CORRECT ANSWERS to decrease, reduce (dwindle, ebb, recede, flag, wane) aberration - CORRECT ANSWERS something different from the usual (anomaly, irregularity, abnormality, deviation) abet - CORRECT ANSWERS to aid, act as accomplice (help, succor, assist) abject - CORRECT ANSWERS miserable, pititful (pathetic, lamentable, sorry) abridge -...

which is NOT a reason that archaeology, of all the subfields of anthropology, is the most distinct? - ANSWERit is the essentially popular activity of art collecting historical archaeology refers to the study of - ANSWERbegins with the beginning of written history in region of investigation prehistoric archeology is concerned with - ANSWERall of the above when we interpret some archeaolgical data by observing similar artifacts in use among living cultures we call it - ANSWERenthographic ...

which is NOT a reason archaeology, off the subfield is the most distinct - ANSWERit is the essentially popular activity of art collecting historical archaeology refers to the study of - ANSWERbegins with the beginning of written history in region of investigation prehistoric archeology is concerned with - ANSWERall of the above when we interpret some archeaolgical data by observing similar artifacts in use among living cultures we call it - ANSWERenthographic analogy best describes o...

- 2 major changes why people changed into farmers from being hunters and gatherers - ️️Climate change and overpopulation - A small or big group living together in a given geographical area who may or may not share common interest - ️️community - Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization. Causes of the Agrarian Transformation. Point in human history when human began to cultivate crops and domesticate animals - ️️Neolithic Revolution - discovered by French archaeologist Louis L...

Anth 102 Rollins WWU Exam 1 question and answers graded A+ 2023Cultural Relativism - correct answer the belief in the equal validity of all cultures Four Sub-fields of Anthropology - correct answer Biological, Cultural, Linguistic, Archeological. sometimes "applied" is considered one, but all fields have this aspect to them, so it is kind of encompassed. Paleoanthropology - correct answer Studying the biology and culture of past humans Genetics - correct answer Human DNA, evolutionary...

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