Anthropology and just other stuff man

Question 1

The _________ family helped prove humanity’s _______ origin.

Answer 1

Leakey

African

Question 2

Who named an Australopithecus aferensis skeleton from Ethiopia Lucy?

Answer 2

Donald Johanson

Question 3

List the order of Homo _________ in order.

Answer 3

Australopithecus Aferensis
Homo Habilis
Homo Naledi
Homo Erectus
Homo Sapiens

Question 4

When might you use the three different language studies?

• Sociolinguistics
• Historical Linguistics
• Structural Linguistics

Answer 4

• Learning about how a culture uses language to address people
• Leaning about cave art and how language has evolved
• Studying how words are said and structured

Question 5

Physical Anthropologists study what?

Answer 5

Theories from fragments of physical evidence

• Bones, tools, charcoal
• Evolution and biology

BONES AND STONES

Question 6

What do social anthropologists study?

Answer 6

Past and present cultures
Language
Things you learn about

Question 7

Define Ethnocentricity

Answer 7

Tendency to look at the world from the perspective of one’s own culture

EX. Looking at African culture as weird

Question 8

Difference between sex and gender

Answer 8

Sex is biological (Genitals)

Gender is determined by culture

Question 9

Participant observation is when…

Answer 9

You participate in and observe behaviour lol

Question 10

The science. Concerned with human beings as a species, both physically and culturally is what

Answer 10

Anthropology

Question 11

Watching people on a street is structured or unstructured observation and why

Answer 11

Unstructured because you are not interfering with the street

Question 12

Which of these is the independent variable and why

Exercise helps motivation

A) exercise
B) motivation

Answer 12

A

Exercise affects something so it is independent. Motivation is DEPENDANT on exercise

Question 13

Inquiry method!!!!

Answer 13

Research question
Hypothesis
Collect data
Analyze data
Present results
or RHiCAP

Question 14

Confounding variables are

Answer 14

Variables that can affect the outcome of a study

Question 15

What is a rite of passage

Give an example

Answer 15

Culturally defined ceremonies and rituals

Wedding, getting a car, finishing school, drivers licence…

Question 16

Define religion

Answer 16

Cultural beliefs of the supernatural that people use to cope with the problems of existence

Question 17

What are some functions of religion in human societies

Answer 17

Help people understand Why are we here? What is death? Etc.

Satisfies psychological needs common to ppl in uncertainty

Gives people confidence in a society

Question 18

Paleoanthropoligy studies

Answer 18

Bones and stones and human ancestors

Question 19

Difference between hominiN and hominiD

Answer 19

HOMININ - Humans and their close ancestors
HOMINID - Great apes

Think hominiN = NEW

Question 20

Darwins proposal?

Answer 20

1. Species were forced to evolve or become extinct
2. Species that were able to do this survived
3. Species passed on several traits to the next gen

Question 21

Raymond Dart?

Answer 21

Proof of African origin (First) in 1924

Question 22

Bipedalism?

Answer 22

Trait of normally walking on 2 legs

Question 23

Jane Goodall?

Answer 23

First anthropologist to study chimps in close range

Question 24

Human variation?

Answer 24

Genetic difference between people and populations

Question 25

What is the most important social institution

Answer 25

Familyyyy

Question 26

Humans and primates share _______% of their DNA

Answer 26

98.5%

Question 27

Jane Goodall discovered what about _____?

Answer 27

Chimpanzees | She discovered that they use and will make tools, hunt, eat, and are much more like humans than we originally thought

Question 28

Name 3 traits that humans and apes share that is proof of evolution?

Answer 28

``` Opposable thumbs Larger brain 3D vision Reliable joints Reliable 'opposable' big toes ```

Question 29

Which of these is most likely to use simple tools? Australopithecus Africanus Homo Habilis Neanderthal

Answer 29

Homo Habilis

Question 30

What acronym can you use to remember the order of Homo _______s?

Answer 30

HNES Habilis Naledi Erectus Sapiens

Question 31

Why are humans different?

Answer 31

Because of natural selection Variation - We all have hair, but it's different hair Heritability - Pass on traits to offspring

Question 32

What is the conflict theory

Answer 32

People in power exploit others to keep their power

Question 33

Who is the main feminist in Canada from early in the 70s

Answer 33

Dorothy Smith