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1
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Anthropology is the study of _______

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humankind from social and biological perspectives

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Describe the Geographical scope

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they study anywhere human behaviour is occurring: Farms, city, mountains

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Temporal scope

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Covers a lot of time; goes back to our biological ancestors all the way to the present time

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Archaeology is a subfield in Anthropology and can be described as

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The study of the physical remains of past human activities or behaviours

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Biological Anthropology consists of

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evolution and how we adapted to the world today

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Linguistic Anthropology:

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Study of how human beings use language.

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Cultural Anthropology:

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study of culture and takes into consideration beliefs, behaviours, social norms, inward looking, outward looking

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ethnologists

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interested in comparison, how are two cultures similar or different,

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writings about a particular culture, rich description of how a group of particular people live

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Ethnography

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Helicon’s book is based on _______

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enthology

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Barker’s book is based on ______

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ethnography

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Wade Davis described culture as something

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that holds us together but also separates us

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a Judgement of others & other cultures based on your experiences, your standards & values
is called _______

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Ethnocentrism

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cultural relativism

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is the principle that an individual human’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture.

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15
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E.B Tyler says culture is a

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complex whole

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Culture is ________ through experience

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learned

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Hedicon believes that culture is

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is a set of learned values, characteristic of a group or society.

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Culture is based on a set of _______

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symbols

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Critical Cultural Relativism can be described as

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Trying to understand why the practices that we may not agree with happen and who benefits from them

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Culture is
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2.
3.

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  1. Interacting & changing
  2. Adaptive
  3. Integrated
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21
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What is the Maisin’s village called

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Uiaku

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The Maisin are ______

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Horticulturalists

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Cannibal Tours took place on the ____ river

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sepik

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Name the three interpretations the tourists had of the local people’s way of life

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  1. Duty
  2. Desire
  3. Desperation
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A field can be described as
where people and culture are found as well as where anthropologists work
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____ the place where the observations and data are collected
Field Work
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Participant Observation is
a dual method where anthropologists participate and observe the lives of the people being studied
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Three pros of Participant Observation
1. Rich detailed info 2. observes obvious and visible behaviours 3. long term studies wean out the cons
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Three cons of participant Observation
1. too personal can cause a bias is introduced 2. come in with preconceived ideas or assumptions 3. Tons of rich data is hard to filter through
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A perspective on the rules and concepts that are meaningful to the members of a particular society
Emic
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Etic
Pertaining to the concepts and rules meaningful to an outsider's point of view
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Is emic or etic subjective?
Emic
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Emic describes an _____ view
insider's
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Etic describes an ______ view
outsider's
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Barker's book is an _____ perspective
Emic
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Hedicon's book is an _______ perspective
Etic
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Phonemics is the study of
the sounds of a particular language from an insider's view (emic)
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Phonetics is the study of
Study of the sound in all human language (etic)
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Positivism is an ____ perspective
etic
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Phenomenology is an _____ perspective
emic
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_____ states the social world is orderly and governed by social laws
Positivism
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Phenomenology describes _____
the different interactions with the social world that are on our own terms
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Cultural Evolution states
all cultures pass through stages as they progress to civilization
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______ stresses the uniqueness of each individual culture and the historical developments that have led to particular cultural characteristics
historical particularism
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Herbert Spencer believed in
cultural evolution
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____ was a historical particularism
Franz Boas
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Name the three stages of cultural evolution
1. Savagery 2. Barbarism 3. Civilization
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Regarding historical particularism, cultural relatively states
we shouldn't judge but we should pay attention to the history and the uniqueness of a culture
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Franz Boas discovered
each group has a particular history that influenced how they came to be today
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A theory is _____
a form of explanations
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An economic system can be described as
a way for providing material needs
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Economic systems _____ between cultures
vary
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Foraging are____
hunter gathers
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Hunter Gathering foragers are considered _____
Nomadic
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Why are foragers nomadic
they move around local lands during animal and plant seasons
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What kind of tools do Foragers use?
Traps, digging sticks and other stuff
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Foraging is sustainable if you can
move around the land
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______ consists of domesticated crops in gardens
horticulture
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Horticulturists use ____ tools
simple hand
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In order for horticulture to be sustainable, you must
be able to move your gardens
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Pastoralism is an economic system based
domesticated herd animals that provide meat and dairy
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____ moves with animals when grasslands need to be regenerated
pastoralists
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Agriculture is
higher scale farming
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farmers generally ____
own private property
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Why is agriculture becoming not sustainable
less land due to industrialization
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Capitalism can be described as
production of goods and through more employment in commercial
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The Tahltan lived in
BC in Iskut Village
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Consumption is
the using up of a resource
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Name the three types of exchanges:
1. Reciprocity 2. Redistribution 3. Market Exchange
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The mutual, equal exchange of goods, services and gifts is called
Reciprocity exchange
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general Reciprocity can be described as
Transaction with little attention paid to material gain
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Balanced Exchange/reciprocity can be described as
a less personal, equal exchange with concern for equal value
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Theft or exploitation usually between families is called
Negative/Unbalanced Reciprocity
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Redistribution Exchange can be described as
one person or family gathers up stuff and then redistributes it to other people
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Redistribution Exchange is a ____ exchanged. An example of this would be
Delayed, | Potlatch
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_____ is large social gatherings hosted by a family or a community where other families come as guests that involve feasting or a major life/political event being marked
Potlatch
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_________ exchange is currency exchanged for goods and services
Market
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How is market exchange considered Balance if _______
you believe what you are spending equals what you are receiving
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Kinship can be described as a relationship between people on the basis of two things _____ and _____
Marriage, Blood
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Kinship contains knowledge about how to recognize and interact with relatives that only insiders have and this is an ______ perspective
emic
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Kinships are an ______ relationship
egocentric
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Kinship has an ___ knowledge and an _____ framework
emic, etic
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The symbol for females is _____
Circles
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The symbol for males is _____
Triangles
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A square represents ______
Ego
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Genealogies work through time from a
common ancestor
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Descent groups provide _____ for inheritance and marriage
rules
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______ means membership in the group is determined exclusively through your mother's or father's blood line
Unilineal Descent
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Patrilineal Descent can be described as
membership in group is traced through your father's side
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Patrilocal Residence means
After marriage, the couple moves to the husband's village
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Pastoral, agriculture and horticulture societies participate in
Patrilineal Descent
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Matrilineal Descent means
membership is defined through the mother's line
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_____ means after marriage the couple moves to the wives' residence
Matrilocal Residence
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Avunculocal Residence means
means living with the wife’s brother’s family
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Nonunilineral Descent is
descent traced through a combo of mother's and father's descent
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Two sided descent is called
bilateral descent
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Double descent traces
something through mother's family and father's family
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At marriage, a decision is made to either join the wife's or husband's family is called
Ambilineal Descent
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In the Eskimo System, aunt's and uncle's kids are considered
normal cousins
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In the iroquois system, children from your parent's sibling of the opposite sex are called
cross cousins who you marry

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