ANTHROPOLOGY 101 2002 CSN ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST 2026

ANTHROPOLOGY 101 2002 CSN ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST 2026 Anthropology is global in scope and covers a wide range of topics. Using ethnographic fieldwork strategies, anthropologists seek to understand human diversity. Identify whether or not these topics are studied in depth by cultural anthropologists in order to better understand human society and culture. - Answers Studied by Cultural Anthropologists global interconnectedness human agency structures of power Not Studied by Cultural Anthropologists tribal isolation Match the four fields of anthropology to the correct definitions. - Answers study of human language, past and present linguistic anthropology study of people's everyday lives and their communities, rituals, and institutions cultural anthropology study of humans from a biological perspective physical anthropology analysis of the human past through the excavation and study of artifacts archaeology Human activity is affecting the planet in enormous ways. For example, the burning of fossil fuels increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which sets off a chain reaction of events. Fill in the following flowchart starting with the direct effect of the increase of greenhouse gases and ending with the impact on people around the world. - Answers increasing temperatures melting glaciers rising sea levels more environmental refugees Identify whether or not the following statements describe anthropology. - Answers Describes Anthropology Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonialism gave rise to the discipline. Anthropology is the study of past and present human diversity and the application of that knowledge. Does Not Describe Anthropology Anthropology reinforces ethnocentrism. All anthropologists work in academic institutions. Globalization is characterized by several important key dynamics. Match the key dynamic to the correct definition. - Answers the effects that communication and transportation technologies have on the way we think about time and space time-space compression strategies that corporations use to accrue profit flexible accumulation the unequal distribution of the benefits of globalization uneven development accelerated movement of people within and between countries increasing migration Globalization affects even small communities around the world and sparks a number of different responses from local residents. Identify whether or not these statements describe how local communities are dealing with globalization. - Answers Describes Local Community Responses negotiating better terms of engagement embracing new opportunities fighting detrimental change Does Not Describe Local Community Responses ignoring the effects of globalization Participant observation is an essential anthropological research strategy. Identify whether or not these are examples of participant observation. - Answers Participant Observation an anthropologist living with the Bemba people of Zambia an anthropologist working in and studying corporate offices Not Participant Observation an anthropologist working in an NGO an anthropologist studying the human effect on the environment Identify whether or not these are ways anthropologists are adapting to the current era of intensified globalization. - Answers Way Anthropologists Are Adapting by changing research strategies by paying attention to how communities are connected through migration and communication practices Not a Way Anthropologists Are Adapting by ignoring time-space compression by studying isolated people who aren't affected by globalization Through ethnographic fieldwork, anthropologists change not only the lives of those they are studying, but their own lives as well. Identify whether or not these are ways that fieldwork can affect anthropologists. - Answers Way Fieldwork Affects Anthropologists makes the familiar seem unfamiliar makes the unfamiliar seem familiar Not a Way Fieldwork Affects Anthropologists reinforces preconceived ideas about culture creates ethnology Applied anthropology is an approach within the discipline that more and more anthropologists are taking. Identify the correct definition of applied anthropology. - Answers Applied anthropology refers to when anthropologists work outside of academia to address current world problems. Match each anthropologist with the topic he or she studies. - Answers reconstruction of the human fossil record Ketut Wiradyana U.S. immigration policies Franz Boas nutritional and women's issues of the Bemba people Audrey Richards Identify whether or not these are examples of local communities actively working to reshape encounters with globalization to their own benefit. - Answers Local Community Action Chinese villagers have created adaptations in the ways they communicate, travel, and form relationships to benefit from time-space compression. Activists in Plachimada drew attention to Coca-Cola's damage to local water sources Not a Local Community Action The ethnography Chisungu drawing attention to the challenges of the Bemba people The women of Plachimada walk three miles in search of water each day What is the correct term for anthropology's commitment to studying the entire picture of human life, including culture, biology, history, and language? - Answers holism Identify whether or not the following descriptions were part of the Anthropocene. - Answers Describes the Anthropocene