Anthropology Flashcards
Anthropology is the study of …
Human behavior in all places and at all times.
What are the two subfields of anthropology?
- Physical Anthropology
2. Cultural Anthropology
__________________ the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
A. Ethnography
B. Ethnology
Ethnography
_________________ is the study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
A. Ethnography
B. Ethnology
Ethnology
_____________ is the belief that experiences of a human group are unified and patterned. No one aspect of human behavior can be understood in isolation from the rest.
Holism
_______________ is the belief that we can’t make value judgments about a culture base d on standards appropriate to another culture; that would be making ethnocentric judgments.
Relativism
_____________ is when a man marries 2+ women.
A. Polyandry
B. Polygamy
Polygamy
_____________ is when a man marries 2+ women who happen to be sisters.
Sororal polygamy
____________is when a woman marries 2+ men.
A. Polyandry
B. Polygamy
Polyandry
_________ residence is when a married couple resides with or near the husband’s parents.
A. Virilocal
B. Uxorilocal
C. Patrilocal
D. Matrilocal
Virilocal
_________ residence is when a married couple resides with or near the wife’s parents.
A. Virilocal
B. Uxorilocal
C. Patrilocal
D. Matrilocal
Uxorilocal
_________ residence is when couple settles in the actual household of the husband’s father.
A. Virilocal
B. Uxorilocal
C. Patrilocal
D. Matrilocal
Patrilocal
_________ residence is when couple settles in the actual household of the wife’s mother.
A. Virilocal
B. Uxorilocal
C. Patrilocal
D. Matrilocal
Matrilocal
__________ residence is when couple settles in house either the husband’s or bride’s kin.
Ambilocal
______ is the the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
A. Ethnology
B. Ethnography
Ethnography
