Hypodescent rule Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Essentialism correct answer: This term best describes the false idea that individuals have a triat/nature about them outside their social existence Racial Contestation correct answer: The author calls strife that exists in a racialized social formation that has a distinct racial character Their diet was rich in calcium and vitamin D correct answer: According to Marvin Harris, Arctic Eskimos did not develop light skin because Racial Wealth Gap correct answer: The _______ describes th...

race - Answer- a social definition based on some real or presumed physical, biological characteristic, as well as a shared lineage; more about what people define it to be than it is about any basic physical differences ethnicity/ ethnic group - Answer- socially defined; on the basis of some real or presumed cultural characteristic such as language, religion, traditions, and cultural practices; shared origins; relatively clear boundaries; tend to endure over time; recognized as distinct hyp...

Anthro Exam 2 Quiz questions and answers Marriage is often seen as a way to build an alliance and create new relationships between different groups. Sometimes this outcome is coincidental, but in many cases, it is accomplished intentionally through what kind of marriage? A) arranged B) exogamous C) companionate D) endogamous A) arranged The origins of the incest taboo are unclear, even after decades of careful study. One theory holds that the taboo is due to a fear of creating genet...

race - ANSWER-a social definition based on some real or presumed physical, biological characteristic, as well as a shared lineage; more about what people define it to be than it is about any basic physical differences ethnicity/ ethnic group - ANSWER-socially defined; on the basis of some real or presumed cultural characteristic such as language, religion, traditions, and cultural practices; shared origins; relatively clear boundaries; tend to endure over time; recognized as distinct hypod...

Anthropology final exam (Answers)# DEFINE: 1. cultural relativism 2. ethnocentrism 3. globalization 4. four field approach 5. participant observation 6. ethnocide 7. cultural materialism 8. emic perspective 9. etic perspective 10. chiefdom 11. ecological niche 12. demographic transition 13. basic color terms 14. ascribed status 15. achieved status 16. creole language 17. pidgin language 18. ethnography 19. enculturation 20. descent systems 21. material culture 22. norms 23. unilineal evolution...