Lecture Notes - Exam 1

Question 1

He taught as UCLA, studied the eskimos, adn built an igloo at the University of Alaska.

Answer 1

Oswald

Question 2

What are the four main fields of anthro?

Answer 2

1. Physical
2. Linguistic
3. Archaeological
4. Cultural

Question 3

Forensic, Molecular Anthro, and Primatology are subfields of which main field of study?

Answer 3

Physical Anthro.

Question 4

anthropos means…

Answer 4

…“man”

Question 5

according to lecture there are approx how many languages and dialects?

Answer 5

3000 languages

12000 dialects

Question 6

Where did the Garbage Project take place?

Answer 6

University of Arizona 1968

Question 7

What was teh Garbage project looking for and what did they find?

Answer 7

They were emptying the trash of Tucson residents to find alcohol containers. They found that 80% of the sample contained beer cans in the trash. 50% of the 80% had discarded more than 8 containers per week

Question 8

Who is credited with developing HRAF

Answer 8

G.P. Murdock - Yale 1949

Question 9

What is Holism?

Answer 9

The holistic perspective - recognition of the interplay and system of certain interests

Question 10

When did the term culture first appear - culture with a big C

Answer 10

Italian language 1534

Question 11

E.B. Tyler introduced a new definition in _____

Answer 11

1871 - culture with a little c

Question 12

List some traits that are considered ideational

Answer 12

Knowledge, Belief, Morals

Question 13

List some traits that are behavioral

Answer 13

Art, Customs

Question 14

What is considered, according to lecture, to be the beginning of culture?

Answer 14

195mya - culture is tied to warm-bloodedness

Question 15

What is cultural adaptation or Bio-cultural adaptaion

Answer 15

instantaneous change and mitigating mechanism