Anthropology culture test #2

Question 1

Archaeology

Answer 1

The study of human history through the excavation of historic sites and the analysis of artifacts, physical remains, and collaboration with communities to incorporate written,
oral knowledge of the past

Question 2

Prehistoric

Answer 2

Anything before formal writing systems

Question 3

Which terms do archeologists prefer to pre-historic

Answer 3

Pre-contact or pre-colonials

Question 4

Before museum artifacts are ready to be displayed they are:

Answer 4

Repaired, rebuilt and replicas and built.

Question 5

Steps in archeological dig

Answer 5

Research, Grid, Dig, Record, Analyze

Question 6

Main branches of anthropology

Answer 6

Archeological, Linguistic, Ethnology

Question 6

Anthropology

Answer 6

The study of human societies, cultures, and their development through space and time

Question 7

Ethnology

Answer 7

The study of the origins and cultures of different people

Question 8

Linguistic Anthro

Answer 8

The study of the history and structure of language

Question 9

Paleoanthropology

Answer 9

The study of stones and bone remains from ancient

Question 10

Primates

Answer 10

Any member of the group of animals that includes humans, apes, and monkeys

Question 11

Human Variation

Answer 11

They study of physical differences and similarities between human populations

Question 12

Types of burials

Answer 12

Ship burial, sky burial, Funerary cannibalism

Question 13

What percentage of genetic makeup do humans share with chimps

Answer 13

99%

Question 14

Steps to build a human

Answer 14

We stand up (Evolution), we smash rocks (Tools) , our heads swell (Intelligence), we go hiking (explore), we invent barbeques (fire/cooking), we tell stories, we dominate

Question 15

3 physical anthro fields

Answer 15

Paleoanthropology, primatology, human variation

Question 16

Primatology

Answer 16

Studying primate behavior, biology, evolution

Question 16

Hominids

Answer 16

Modern humans, extinct humans, apes chimps

Question 17

Earliest stone tools appeared

Answer 17

3.3 mil years ago

Question 18

Stone technology

Answer 18

Hammerstones, choppers, axes, awls, harpoons.

Question 19

Knapping

Answer 19

Process of shaping a stone by striking it

Question 20

Flakes

Answer 20

Sharp stone chips produced from striking the core

Question 21

Cores

Answer 21

Piece of stone where flakes are rmoved

Question 21

Radiometric dating

Answer 21

Method of determining approximate age of object based on measuring radioactive material

Question 22

Stratigraphy

Answer 22

Study of rock layers that allows paleoanthropologists date ancient tools and remains

Question 23

Bipedal

Answer 23

Living being with 2 legs

Question 24

Modern skull features

Answer 24

Large cranial capacity, smaller teeth, smaller brow ridges, small arches, small jaws, no sagittal crest

Question 25

Great age indicators:

Answer 25

Skeletons, teeth at younger ages, pelvis for adults

Question 26

Main difference between monkeys and apes

Answer 26

monkeys have tails

Question 27

Differentiate male and female skeletons

Answer 27

Males have larger more robust bones, Pelvis is a good idnacator,

Question 28

Chimp social behaviors

Answer 28

Communication, play, grooming, cooperation, grieving, mourning

Question 28

Research methods

Answer 28

Field studies, lab studies, Semi free ranging

Question 29

3 key threats of primates

Answer 29

Habitat loss, hunting, disease

Question 30

Historical marker

Answer 30

Onset of puberty or reproductive capacity

Question 30

Ash remember to memorize two rites of passage

Answer 30

yes king

Question 31

Social markers (big 5)

Answer 31

1. Higher education 2. finding a job 3. leaving home 4. Getting married 5. Having children

Question 32

Legal markers

Answer 32

Reaching the age of majority

Question 33

Psychological markers

Answer 33

Any feelings or thoughts of independence or gratitude for ones personal acheivemets

Question 33

Egocentric

Answer 33

Thinking only in the respect of oneself