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Intro to Cultural Anthropology Exam
Questions with Latest Update
anthropology - Answer-the study of mankind from a broad perspective, focusing
especially on the biological and cultural differences and similarities among populations
and societies both the past and present.

holistic perspective - Answer-the assumption that any aspect of culture is integrated
with other aspects so that every aspect of culture must be understood in its total context

comparative perspective - Answer-the insistence by anthropologists that hypotheses
and theories about humanity be tested with data from many cultures

physical (biological) anthropology - Answer-studies biological dimensions (primatology,
paleoarcheology, etc)

paleoanthropology - Answer-part of physical anthropology that specializes in
investigating the biological evolution of the human species

primatology - Answer-the study of primates (monkeys, apes, etc)

forensic anthropologists - Answer-biological anthropologists who identify and analyze
human skeletal remains (usually in relation to crime)

human variation - Answer-anatomical and physiological differences among human
populations, researched primarily by biological anthropologists

archeology - Answer-a major subfield that studies past cultures through the excavation
and analysis of artifacts and other remains

prehistoric archeology - Answer-the study of peoples who lived before the development
of writing by excavating sites and analyzing material remains

historic archeology - Answer-the part of archeology that supplements historical research
through excavating sites and studying material remains

Contract archaeology - Answer-the business in which private companies bid for
contracts to survey or excavate archaeological sites on public or private lands

cultural anthropology - Answer-a mojor subfield that studies the way of life of
contemporary and historically recent human populatios

fieldwork - Answer-research that involves observing and interviewing the members of
society, region or community to describe their contemporary way of life

, Ethnography - Answer-a written description of the way of life of a group of people

Anthropological linguistics - Answer-a major subfield that focuses on the
interrelationships among language and other aspects of a peoples culture

Applied anthropology - Answer-the use of anthropological methods and theories to
solve practical problems; practicioners often are employed by the government or private
organizations

Globalization - Answer-worldwide process through which diverse peoples and nations
are integrated into a single system involving flows of tech, transport, communication,
travel, and market

Enculturation (socialization) - Answer-the transmission of culture to succeeding
generation by means of social learning

Patterns of behavior - Answer-behaviors that most people perform when they are in
certain culturally defined situations

Role - Answer-a social position with its associated and reciprocal rights and duties

Norms - Answer-shared ideas and expectations about how certain people out to act in
given situations

Values - Answer-shared ideas or standards about the worthiness of goals and lifestyles

Symbols - Answer-objects behaviors and so forth whose culturally defined meaning
have no necessary relationships to their inherent physical qualities

Maya huipil (blouse) - Answer-differen blouse patterns represent different tribes in maya
culture ; worn and handmade by women by women

Cultural constructions - Answer-the culturally variable ways people perceive social and
natural really and divide those realities into categories (race)

World view - Answer-the way people interpret reality and events including how they see
themselves in relation to the world

Society - Answer-the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered
community

Subcultures/ethnic groups - Answer-a cultural identity within the legal boundaries of a
nation-state based upon various recognizable criteria

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