ANTHRCUL 101 UMICH EXAM 1
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
four fields of anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -sociocultural
-archaeology
-biological
-linguistic
sociocultural anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -study of human society and culture
-cultural similarities and differences
-based on ethnography (long term field work in one community, participant observation)
archaeological anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -reconstructs, describes, interprets
human behavior, history, patterns through material remains
-excavation is a key method
-inference; human behavior reflected in material culture
biological anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -examines human diversity over time and
space
-human evolution through fossil record, human genetics, human growth and development,
biological plasticity (how our body changes in response to environmental stresses), non-human
primates evolution and behavior
linguistic anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -language in social and cultural contexts
across time and space (history, use, evolution)
-sociolinguistics- social and linguistics variation (gender, SES), etc.
, origins of north american anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -attempts to understand
native north americans
-19th century
ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - -long term field work in one community
-participant observation
-immersion into local culture
rapport - CORRECT ANSWER - -friendly working relationship with people
-good ethnography requires this
-time, sensitivity, self-awareness
-long term investment
-get "close"
malinowski - CORRECT ANSWER - -functionalism
-emphasized importance in ethnographic fieldwork
oldowan tools - CORRECT ANSWER - -world's oldest formally recognized stone tools
-flakes and cores (rocks from where flakes are struck)
-chopper is tool made from core
-simple reduction technology, but key innovation
-flakes most common tool, choppers by-products
-breaking, bashing, dismembering
-A. garhi 2.6a mya Ethiopia, think they were tool-making ancestor, pre-homo, signals dietary
shift
-major cultural innovation that homo erectus expand upon
-by 1 mya all others extinct, homo erectus with tools and culture takes over
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
four fields of anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -sociocultural
-archaeology
-biological
-linguistic
sociocultural anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -study of human society and culture
-cultural similarities and differences
-based on ethnography (long term field work in one community, participant observation)
archaeological anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -reconstructs, describes, interprets
human behavior, history, patterns through material remains
-excavation is a key method
-inference; human behavior reflected in material culture
biological anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -examines human diversity over time and
space
-human evolution through fossil record, human genetics, human growth and development,
biological plasticity (how our body changes in response to environmental stresses), non-human
primates evolution and behavior
linguistic anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -language in social and cultural contexts
across time and space (history, use, evolution)
-sociolinguistics- social and linguistics variation (gender, SES), etc.
, origins of north american anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - -attempts to understand
native north americans
-19th century
ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - -long term field work in one community
-participant observation
-immersion into local culture
rapport - CORRECT ANSWER - -friendly working relationship with people
-good ethnography requires this
-time, sensitivity, self-awareness
-long term investment
-get "close"
malinowski - CORRECT ANSWER - -functionalism
-emphasized importance in ethnographic fieldwork
oldowan tools - CORRECT ANSWER - -world's oldest formally recognized stone tools
-flakes and cores (rocks from where flakes are struck)
-chopper is tool made from core
-simple reduction technology, but key innovation
-flakes most common tool, choppers by-products
-breaking, bashing, dismembering
-A. garhi 2.6a mya Ethiopia, think they were tool-making ancestor, pre-homo, signals dietary
shift
-major cultural innovation that homo erectus expand upon
-by 1 mya all others extinct, homo erectus with tools and culture takes over
