1. Anthropology Came About in Western Civilization When? (Page 6)

Study guide 1

1. Anthropology came about in Western civilization when? (page 6)

2. What are the 4 branches of anthropology? (page 9)

3. Define ethnology. (page 18)

4. What is a culture-bound theory? (page 20)

5. What is the research interest of an applied anthropologist? (page 9)

6. An ethnologist focuses on the study of… (page 14)

7. An interest in particular cultures and cross-cultural comparisons describes what

branch of anthropology? (page 18)

8. What are the goals of science? (page 19)

9. Give examples of a humanistic view of anthropology. (page 23)

10. How does anthropology provide basic skills for survival in the modern world?

(page 25)

11. Who founded the Women’s Anthropological Society? In what year? (page 8)

12. How many varieties of mammals exist? (page 4)

13. Which two countries were identified, by Haviland, as making moves toward same

sex unions? (page 26)

14. What does linguistic anthropology refer to? (page 11)

15. Why would an anthropologist construct the evolution of the big toe? What branch

of anthropology might do this? (page 9)

16. Define subcultural variation. (page 33)

17. Consider how culture is transmitted. (page 38)

18. Superstructure is about what? (page 39)

19. What are ways to know if a culture is integrated? (page 39) Study guide 1

20. What does adaptation mean? (page 45)

21. How does adaptation and culture relate to humans? (page 46)

22. Why can humans can live in the desert, mountains, and the artic successfully?

(page 45)

23. What are the functions of culture? (page 46)

24. What basic needs must a culture satisfy? (page 46)

25. Define ethnocentrism. (page 48)

26. “Successful cultures that satisfy the physical and cultural needs of the people,” is

suggested by ______. (page 49)

27. What is evidence of cultural behavior among “non human” animals? (page 36)

28. David Maybury-Lewis emphasized what? (page 49)

29. Why was Eleanor Burke Leacock, considered a pioneer in anthropology.

(page 41)

30. Define social structure.(page 39)

31. Consider gender issues and egalitarian. (page33)

32. Consider the conflictive nature of ethnicity regarding the Soviet Union and Russia

(page 34)

33. Consider the brain body ratio of Australopithecus (page 68)

34. How long ago did the brain reach its current size? (page 72)

35. What is the connection between early bipeds and animal protein consumption?

(page 70)

36. Define “Oldowan.” (page 70)

37. What does adaptation have to do with evolution? (page 56) Study guide 1

38. Jane Goodall (page 61)

39. Compare and contrast symbols and signals. (page61)

40. How are all languages organized? (page 90)

41. Define phoneme. (page 93)

42. Define allophones. (page 95)

43. Describe the method of “frame substitution.” (page 96)

44. Define kinesics (page 100)

45. Understand the field of historical linguistics. (page 102)

46. Define a language family (page 102)

47. What did Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf do? (page 107)

48. The increased risk of choking to death for humans is due to… (page 94)

49. Define linguistic nationalism…..consider examples (page 104)

50. Written language…oldest system ….how long ago? (page 114)