Anthropology

Question 0

Cultural Relativism

Answer 0

A culture must be understood on its own terms and by its own internal rules, cannot make snap judgments

Question 1

How are humans unique from other species?

Answer 1

Bipedalism - Ability to walk upright on two legs over long distances
The opposable thumb - rotate thumb 360°, gives the human hand a greater range of motion as it is easier to manipulate objects
Binocular Vision - binocular means to see with both eyes simultaneously , 3D vision allows humans to better judge distances

Question 2

Functionalism

Answer 2

The belief that all aspects in a culture function to meet the needs of individuals and the whole society

Question 3

Cultural Materialism

Answer 3

Resources or conditions within the environment influence how a culture develops

Question 4

Feminist Anthropology

Answer 4

• belief that it is cultures that determine gender roles,not biology
• debunks gender myths that marginalize the role of females in a culture

Question 5

Cultural Anthropology

Answer 5

The investigation of the origin, development and functioning of human cultures

Question 6

Physical Anthropology

Answer 6

The study of human evolution, human biology and other primates

Question 7

Ethocentrism

Answer 7

The feeling that a lifestyle, values and patterns of adaptation of one’s own group are superior to those of other groups

Question 8

Evolution

Answer 8

The slow continual process of change over time

Question 9

Natural Selection

Answer 9

Charles Darwin’s theory used to describe the process by which animals and plants best adapt to their environment to survive and produce similar offspring (survival of the fittest)

Question 10

Primatology

Answer 10

• The study of primates, their biology, thinking and communication patterns
• includes human and nonhuman primates as well as primates from our distant and evolutionary past