Textbook Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the anthropology?

Answer 1

the study of human nature, human society, and the human past

Question 2

Anthropology is _______, comparative, field-based, and evolutionary.

Answer 2

holistic

Question 3

Anthropology is holistic, __________, field-based, and evolutionary.

Answer 3

comparative

Question 4

Anthropology is holistic, comparative, ____-_____, and evolutionary.

Answer 4

field-based

Question 5

Anthropology is holistic, comparative, field-based, and __________.

Answer 5

evolutionary

Question 6

_______-a characteristic of the anthropological perspective that describes how anthropology tries to integrate all that’s known about human beings and their activities

Answer 6

holism

Question 7

Holism is states that the ______ is understood to be greater than the ____ of its _____.

Answer 7

whole
sum
parts

Question 8

______ has long been central to the anthropological perspective and remains in the feature that draws together anthropologists whose specialization might otherwise divided them

Answer 8

holism

Question 9

_________- a characteristic of the anthropological perspective that requires anthropologists to consider similarities and differences in as wide a range of human societies as possible before generalizing about human nature, human society, or the human past

Answer 9

comparison

Question 10

Anthropology is field-based meaning its about ____ _________.

Answer 10

data collection

Question 11

What is fieldwork?

Answer 11

Having direct contact with the people, the sites, or the animals that are of interest

Question 12

_________-a characteristic of the anthropological perspective that requires anthropologists to place their observations about human nature, human society, or the human past in a temporal framework that takes into consideration change over time

Answer 12

evolution

Question 13

_______ ________, concerns change over time in beliefs, behaviors, and material objects that shape human development and social life

Answer 13

cultural evolution

Question 14

Evolution has been rejected by contemporary anthropologists, like _______ _______ (1991) and _______ _____ (e.g. Richardson and Boyd 2006).

Answer 14

William Durham

Robert Boyd

Question 15

What is the Concept of Culture?

Answer 15

Culture is a set of learned behavior and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society.

Question 16

Culture is used by humans to ______ to and _______ the world in which they live.

Answer 16

adopt

transform

Question 17

_______ is used by humans to adopt to and transform the world in which they live.

Answer 17

Culture

Question 18

cultural heritage can be both _________ and ________

Answer 18

meaningful

material

Question 19

_______ _______- objects created or shaped by human beings and given meaning by cultural practices.

Answer 19

material culture

Question 20

Humans are more reliant on _______ as opposed to other species, because we lack strong automatic _______ ________

Answer 20

learning

survival instincts

Question 21

People of a particular social group do not act a certain way because of the way our genes are __________, rather our behavior is learned

Answer 21

programmed

Question 22

People of a particular social group do not act a certain way because of the way our genes are programmed, rather our behavior is _______

Answer 22

learned

Question 23

Culture is _________ and _______.

Answer 23

biological

cultural

Question 24

_________ _________- organisms (in this case, human beings) whose defining features are codetermined by biological and cultural factors

Answer 24

biocultural organism