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Chapter 2 Test review Flashcards

1
Q

Fill in the blank:

______ is a idea (concept) created (by then people group) to describe their experiences (realities)

A

Culture

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2
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_________ AND _________ help anthroplogists explain the idea of culture

A

Differences and Similarties

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3
Q

What are the 3 things that most cultures have in common…..?

A

Customs (traditions), language, and religion

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4
Q

What is another word for “ethnic fairs”?

A

Gathering

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5
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Definition of Culture Concept

A

To grow

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6
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When did anthropologists began classifying culture as a way of life?

A

Mid 19th century

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7
Q

What were early anthropologists called?

A

Armchair anthropologists

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8
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What theory was based on early studies?:

A

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

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9
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What is polygenesis?

A

Different people groups created seperately (ex. Evolution)

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10
Q

What is monogenesis?

A

Mankind was created by a single creation

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11
Q

How many years before anthropologists began to rethink unilinear cultural evoloution?

A

75 years

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12
Q

What is historical particularism?

A

Each culture is unique

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13
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What are power dynamics?

A

How wealth and power influences people’s culture

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14
Q

Cultures can be only understood in relation to _________,_____________,__________

A

History, ecology, and sociology

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15
Q

What happens if society decides that God is not important?

A

God’s blessing is removed and that culture suffers

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16
Q

What is cultural relativism?

A

Practices and beliefs are best understood elated to the entire context

17
Q

What are stipulations?

A

Situational ethics

18
Q

What is another word for empirical?

A

Observation (observating)

19
Q

_______ __________ deals with scope of distinguishing belief (truth) form opinion

A

Epistemological relativism

20
Q

What is revealed knowledge??

A

What God has disclosed to us

21
Q

What is natural (universal) truth?

A

Things that are 100% quantitative and accepted by all

22
Q

What is enthrocentrism?

A

The ability of someone to interpret another culture by theirs

23
Q

What is the assumption that ones culture is normal not b/c of culture?

A

Tacit

24
Q

What are the 4 elements of culture concept???

A

Learned, adaptive, shared, and integrated

25
Q

_________ and ________ present the best example of change

A

Problems and opportunities

26
Q

What 2 things anthropologists use to explain people in culture???

A

Fish and water

27
Q

How can culture be compared to language??

A

It’s fluid and always changing

28
Q

What is the prominent factor in all metaphors???

A

Culture is diverse (always changing and affected by power)

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