Anthropology correct answers The study of the full scope of human diversity, past and present, and the application of that knowledge to help people of different background better understand one another.
Franz Boaz correct answers -One of the founders of anthropology
-Deeply involved in debates ...
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Anthropology correct answers The study of the full scope of human diversity, past and present,
and the application of that knowledge to help people of different background better understand
one another.
Franz Boaz correct answers -One of the founders of anthropology
-Deeply involved in debates on immigration
-Served for a term on a presidential commission examining U.S. immigration policies
-Conducted studies in order to undermine radicalized views of immigrants
Audrey Richards correct answers -Studied the Bemba people in 1930's
-Focused on issues of health and nutrition among women and children
-Brought concerns of nutrition to the forefront of anthropology
Applied Anthropology correct answers They work outside of academic settings to apply the
strategies of anthropology directly to current world problems.
Ethnocentrism * correct answers The belief that one's own culture or way of life is normal and
natural; using one's own culture to evaluate and judge the practices and ideals of others.
Ethnographic Fieldwork correct answers A primary research strategy in cultural anthropology
involving living with a community of people over an extended period in order to better
understand their lives.
Four-Field Approach correct answers The use of four interrelated disciplines to study humanity
1. Physical Anthropology
2. Archaeology
3. Linguistic Anthropology
4. Cultural Anthropology
Holism correct answers The anthropological commitment to consider the full scope of human
life, including culture, biology, history, and language across space and time.
Physical Anthropology correct answers The study of humans from a biological perspective;
particularly focused on human evolution.
ex) Why do people have different skin color?
Paleoanthropology correct answers The study of the history of human evolution through the
fossil record.
Primatology correct answers The study of living nonhuman primates as well as primate fossils to
better understand human evolution and early human behavior.
, Biologically Distinct Race correct answers Includes people in a group who share greater
statistical frequency of genes and physical traits than do people outside the group. No evidence
of this.
Archaeology correct answers The investigation of the human past by means of excavating and
analyzing artifacts. Goal is to understand past human life by studying the cultural patterns
through the material record (tools, homes, seeds)
Prehistoric Archaeology correct answers The reconstruction of human behavior in the distant
past (before human records) through examination of artifacts.
Historic Archaeology correct answers The exploration of the more recent past through the
examination of physical remains and artifacts as well as written or oral records.
Linguistic Anthropology correct answers The study of the human language in the past and
present.
Three Sets of Linguistic Anthropology correct answers 1. Descriptive Linguistics
2. Historic Linguistics
3. Sociolinguistics
Descriptive Linguistics correct answers Those who analyze languages and their component parts.
ex) Someone who spends years in rural areas helping local people construct a written language
from their spoken one.
Historic Linguistics correct answers Study how language changes over time within a culture and
how languages travel across cultures.
Sociolinguistics correct answers Study language in its social and cultural contexts. They examine
how different speakers use language in different situations or with different people and explore
how language is affected by factors like race, gender, age, and class.
Cultural Anthropology correct answers The study of people's communities, behaviors, beliefs,
and institutions, including how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together
through field work.
Participant Observation correct answers A key anthropological research strategy involving both
participation in and observation of the daily life of the people being studied.
Ethnology correct answers The analysis and comparison of ethnographic data across cultures
Globalization correct answers The worldwide intensification of interactions and increased
movement of money, people, goods, and ideas within and across national boarders.
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