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Cultural Anthropology Exam 1 Questions and Answers What is anthropology? - ANSWER-The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors anthropos means - ANSWER-human logos means - ANSWER-study the art of map making -The skill began in the 13th century in Europe with its development bein...

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Cultural Anthropology Exam 1 Questions

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What is anthropology? - ANSWER✔✔-The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors


anthropos means - ANSWER✔✔-human


logos means - ANSWER✔✔-study


the art of map making


-The skill began in the 13th century in Europe with its development being related to expansion of

Europeans. - ANSWER✔✔-Cartography


Is cartography eurocentric? - ANSWER✔✔-Yes


The two major problems in early cartography: - ANSWER✔✔-1. Technical one of how to depict three-

dimensional sphere onto a two dimensional, flat surface


2. Cultural one of whose worldview the maps reflect




These problems are inseparable.


What is reality determined by? or What is anthropology about? - ANSWER✔✔-Perception


How we view the world, be it on a map or in our minds is shaped by our - ANSWER✔✔-Subjective

thought processes


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What is reality for one culture may not be... - ANSWER✔✔-reality for other cultures


Myths (mythology) and folklore were once used to try to understand our - ANSWER✔✔-surroundings


Myths are often defined in popular culture as merely a ___. But they are actually stories that: -

ANSWER✔✔-lie; explain things in our world.


Myths (mythology) was, therefore, a way of trying to: - ANSWER✔✔-understand culture


Mythologies are very - ANSWER✔✔-subjective


One of the most popular type is the ____ _______ - ANSWER✔✔-origin myth


is the hallmark of any science - ANSWER✔✔-objectivity


Anthropology is relatively new. Why? - ANSWER✔✔--Major reason: technology and travel.


-human history of transportation to other parts of the world is expensive, laborious, and time consuming


The second reason for why Anthropology is relatively new. - ANSWER✔✔-Cultural bias


-Early civilized Europeans had a problem with recognizing that "primitive" or "barbarian" people could

be of the same, common human stock.


Even educated, scientific people often used negative value laden words in describing any group of people

that were not European, especially Indigenous peoples.


the study of the full scope of human diversity and the application of that knowledge to help people of

different backgrounds better understand one another. - ANSWER✔✔-anthropology




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is the idea of judging other groups of people based upon how you live, in other words, making value

judgments that are based on your own culture when describing aspects of another culture. -

ANSWER✔✔-ethnocentrism


looking at a culture and not using any value judgments that stem from your own culture-bound

background. - ANSWER✔✔-cultural relativism


what does the comparative method do? - ANSWER✔✔-simply compare data


-its used in all fields of anthropology


-don't rely on one study


Cultural anthropologists make _____ between peoples and cultures of the past and present but not

judgments on the quality between them. - ANSWER✔✔-comparisons


Difficulties of anthropological studies: - ANSWER✔✔-1. Objectivity: It is difficult for someone who grew

up in one culture to frame objective hypotheses about other cultures.


2. Validity and Reliability: The reliability of the ethnographer's account is not easily validated.


A study can be reliable but not valid, i.e., always obtain the same data although it may be bad or skewed

data.


What happened in the 1700s? 3 things - ANSWER✔✔-1. A significant number of Europeans finally realize

that studying other people in the world was important.


2. A time of scientific activity in many fields of endeavor, such as biology, chemistry, astronomy, and

many others.




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