Chapter 1_ Anthropology - Asking Questions About Humanity exam with complete solutions.
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Course
Anthropology
Institution
Anthropology
Human beings are one of the world's most _____ _____.
Adaptable Animals
Effectively establishing strong social and political bonds in spite of human differences requires having a _____ _____ _____ _____ _____.
Practical understanding of human variation
Who is Confucius?
A great Chi...
Chapter 1: Anthropology - Asking
Questions About Humanity exam with
complete solutions
Human beings are one of the world's most _____ _____. - ANSWER-Adaptable
Animals
Effectively establishing strong social and political bonds in spite of human differences
requires having a _____ _____ _____ _____ _____. - ANSWER-Practical
understanding of human variation
Who is Confucius? - ANSWER-A great Chinese Philosopher who lived from 551-479
BCE. He wrote "Analects" and spoke on principles in how to establish relationships with
yi.
Define "yi". - ANSWER-meaning cultural and ethnic outsiders in Chinese.
Who is Herodotus? - ANSWER-A Greek historian who lived from 484-425 BCE. He
wrote the multi-volume piece "Histories".
What did Herodotus' multi-volume piece "Histories" discuss? - ANSWER-It described
the diverse peoples and societies he encountered during his travels in Africa,
Southwestern Asia, and India. Which offered a number of possible explanations for the
variations he observed across groups.
"But if we Americans want to be successful in dealing with people international in
politics, trade, treaties, and global environmental or health policies, we need to
understand the _____ _____ people from other countries and the cultures _____ _____
_____ _____ _____. - ANSWER-Systemic ways; that guide and motivate them.
Anthropology is... - ANSWER-the study of human beings, their biology, their prehistory,
and histories, and their dynamic languages, cultures and social institutions.
, Anthropology provides a framework for... - ANSWER-Asking questions about and
grasping the complexity of human experience, both past and present.
Anthropology is about... - ANSWER-where humans have been
Anthropology also provides knowledge that helps to _____ _____ _____ _____. -
ANSWER-solve human problems today
During the 19th century anthropology emerged in... - ANSWER-Europe and North
America
What did anthropology 1st emerge as in the 19th century? - ANSWER-An academic
discipline devoted to the systematic observation and analysis of human variation.
Anthropology was made possible once intellectuals and scholars had developed... -
ANSWER-rigorous ways of comparing different species and people with different
cultures.
What are the 3 key concerns that began to emerge by the 1850's that eventually shaped
professional anthropology? - ANSWER-1) the disruptions of industrialization in Europe
and America
2) the rise of evolutionary theories
3) the growing importance of Europe's far-flung colonies with large indigenous
populations who land, mineral wealth, and labor Europeans and Americans wanted to
control
Define Industrialization - ANSWER-the economic process of shifting from an agricultural
economy to a factory-based economy
Industrialization disrupted American and European societies by... - ANSWER-bringing
large numbers of rural people into towns and cities to work in factories
The rise of industrial towns and cities raised questions about... - ANSWER-how society
was changing and how a factory-based economy and the attendant growth of cities
shaped society, government, residential patterns, and culture.
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