vocab unit 1

Question 1

anthropology

Answer 1

studies behaviour of human culture from past to present

Question 2

applied anthropology

Answer 2

using anthropology to solve contemporary problems

Question 3

biological anthropology

Answer 3

study of human biological variation in time and space

Question 4

birute galdikas

Answer 4

lithuanian canadian primatologist

studied orangutans in the wild

Question 5

bronlslaw malinowski

Answer 5

british social anthropologist

introduced the technique of the participant observer

Question 6

culture

Answer 6

beliefs customs and traditions of a specific group of people

Question 7

psychology

Answer 7

studies how the mind influences behaviour thoughts and feelings

Question 8

marco perspective

Answer 8

large scale veiw

Question 9

micro perspective

Answer 9

small scale view

Question 10

participant observation

Answer 10

a key anthropological research strategy involving both participation in and observation of the daily life of the people being studied

Question 11

cultural anthropology

Answer 11

studies human society and culture, similarities and differences

Question 12

archaeology

Answer 12

study of the past based on what people left behind

Question 13

linguistics

Answer 13

study of human language in the past and present

Question 14

ethnology

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study of how and why recent cultures differ and are similar

Question 15

physical anthropology

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study of human from biological perspective, human evolution

Question 16

darwin’s theory

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organisms born with the best adaptations survive and pass on their traits to offspring

Question 17

primatologist

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living and fossil primates

Question 18

forensic anthro

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study of human remains applied to megan context

Question 19

margaret mead

Answer 19

american cultural anthropologist, study gender roles and sexuality in polynesian culture

Question 20

ruth benedict

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american cultural anthropologist, argued that each culture produced its own type of personality

Question 21

raymond dart

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australian physical anthropologist found first hominid skull in africa

Question 22

the leakeys

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husband and wife team of physical anthropologists, found evidence of early humans in northern kenya

Question 23

jane goodall

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english primatologist studied chimpanzees in the wild

Question 24

dian fossey

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american primatologist studied gorillas in the wild

Question 25

social science

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is the study of people as individuals and as members of groups such as families, tribes and communities

Question 26

rite of passage

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ceremony, ritual, or event that marks an individuals passage from one stage of life to another

Question 27

kinship

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relationship between 2 or more people that is based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption

Question 28

ethnography

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detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on the fieldwork

Question 29

sociology

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studies humans and how the act and change their behaviour according to the groups that they belong to