RXRS 201- Questions 1 Exam
Study Guide
Ethnocentrism - Answer The result of thinking your culture is better than another
Paleolithic - Answer Old Stone age
simple stone tools
First appearance of hominids
Limited by their hunting and gathering
Religion was apotropaic (focused on environment, animals, not necessarily indicative of
a higher power but more towards spirits), may have involved sympathetic magic
Sexual Dimorphism - Answer The difference in morphology between male and female
members of the same species. Paleolithic age started to see less sexual dimorphism.
Harder to pick up a skeleton and tell it was definitely male or definitely female.
Antibacterial - Answer Acting against bacteria.
have to wait until it is a seed, grind the seeds and make it into a paste
Requires planning because you have to carry the seeds with you at all time
Antitussive - Answer Used to prevent or relieve a cough
Ex: Lavender
Demulcent - Answer relieving inflammation or irritation.
Flower that soothes and relieves
Root acts as mild sedative and can knock you out
Cultural Relativism - Answer 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
Paleoethnobotany - Answer study of relationships between people and plants, using the
archaeological record. We discover how people used plants for food, clothing,
medicine, houses, boats, and many kinds of tools.
Sympathetic Magic - Answer The transference from one item to another
, Ex: taking a drink of water to quench your thirst
Very harmonious
Anthelminthic - Answer Killing and expelling intestinal worms
Astringent - Answer Causing contraction of tissues and
prevention of bleeding / secretion
often used to heal wound
Diuretic - Answer Increasing the amount of urine
If you're retaining too much water or moisture in your body
Seed dispersal - Answer Gravity, Mechanical (human movement), Water, Air, Animals
Shamanism - Answer Healers and shamans viewed to have access to the spiritual world
Analgesic - Answer Relieving pain - stronger than anodyne
Euphoric effects at the cost of near suffocation
Can lead to heart attack or over stimulation
Antimicrobial - Answer Killing microbes and bacteria
Carminative - Answer Facilitating eructation of gas from
stomach
Expectorant - Answer Increasing fluidity of bronchial
secretions and thereby facilitating
their expulsion
Liquorice flower causes you to hack and cough and helps you get rid of phlegm if you
have a cold
Homeopathy - Answer the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances
that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease.
Druids - Answer Priest, magician, had legal authority, etc.
Anodyne - Answer Relieving pain
Antipyretic - Answer Reducing fever
Cathartic - Answer Powerful purgative- makes you throw up
Hypotensive - Answer Reducing blood pressure
Study Guide
Ethnocentrism - Answer The result of thinking your culture is better than another
Paleolithic - Answer Old Stone age
simple stone tools
First appearance of hominids
Limited by their hunting and gathering
Religion was apotropaic (focused on environment, animals, not necessarily indicative of
a higher power but more towards spirits), may have involved sympathetic magic
Sexual Dimorphism - Answer The difference in morphology between male and female
members of the same species. Paleolithic age started to see less sexual dimorphism.
Harder to pick up a skeleton and tell it was definitely male or definitely female.
Antibacterial - Answer Acting against bacteria.
have to wait until it is a seed, grind the seeds and make it into a paste
Requires planning because you have to carry the seeds with you at all time
Antitussive - Answer Used to prevent or relieve a cough
Ex: Lavender
Demulcent - Answer relieving inflammation or irritation.
Flower that soothes and relieves
Root acts as mild sedative and can knock you out
Cultural Relativism - Answer 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
Paleoethnobotany - Answer study of relationships between people and plants, using the
archaeological record. We discover how people used plants for food, clothing,
medicine, houses, boats, and many kinds of tools.
Sympathetic Magic - Answer The transference from one item to another
, Ex: taking a drink of water to quench your thirst
Very harmonious
Anthelminthic - Answer Killing and expelling intestinal worms
Astringent - Answer Causing contraction of tissues and
prevention of bleeding / secretion
often used to heal wound
Diuretic - Answer Increasing the amount of urine
If you're retaining too much water or moisture in your body
Seed dispersal - Answer Gravity, Mechanical (human movement), Water, Air, Animals
Shamanism - Answer Healers and shamans viewed to have access to the spiritual world
Analgesic - Answer Relieving pain - stronger than anodyne
Euphoric effects at the cost of near suffocation
Can lead to heart attack or over stimulation
Antimicrobial - Answer Killing microbes and bacteria
Carminative - Answer Facilitating eructation of gas from
stomach
Expectorant - Answer Increasing fluidity of bronchial
secretions and thereby facilitating
their expulsion
Liquorice flower causes you to hack and cough and helps you get rid of phlegm if you
have a cold
Homeopathy - Answer the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances
that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease.
Druids - Answer Priest, magician, had legal authority, etc.
Anodyne - Answer Relieving pain
Antipyretic - Answer Reducing fever
Cathartic - Answer Powerful purgative- makes you throw up
Hypotensive - Answer Reducing blood pressure
