Unit 1 Definitions

Question 1

Anthropology

Answer 1

The study of humanity, including prehistoric origins and contemporary diversity.

Question 2

Anthropology

Answer 2

The study of humanity, including prehistoric origins and contemporary human diversity.

Question 3

Biological Anthropology

Answer 3

The study of humans as biological organisms, including evolution and contemporary variations.

Question 4

Archaeology

Answer 4

The study of past human cultures through material remains.

Question 5

Linguistic Anthropology

Answer 5

The study of human communication, including its origins, history and contemporary variation and change.

Question 6

Cultural Anthropology

Answer 6

The study of living peoples and their culture, including variation and change

Question 7

Culture

Answer 7

People learned and shared behaviours and beliefs

Question 8

Applied Anthropology

Answer 8

The use of anthropological knowledge to prevent or solve problems or to shape and achieve policy goals.

Question 9

Functionalism

Answer 9

The theory that a culture is similar to a biological organism, in which parts work to support the operation and maintenance of the whole

Question 10

Cultural Relativism

Answer 10

The perspective that each culture must be understood in terms of the values and ideas of that culture and not judged by the standards of another culture.

Question 11

Cultural Materialism

Answer 11

an approach to studying culture by emphasizing the material aspects of life, including people’s environment, how people make a living, and differences in wealth and power