SOCA 105 EXAM BUNDLE|QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS!!

Prehistoric Anthropology - ANSWERno written records, relies completely on shovels in ground Archaeologists 3 Main Goals - ANSWER1. Reconstruct Culture History (looking at what people left behind, able to infer their way of life) 2. Reconstruct Past Lifeways (human behavior)3 3. Explain the Proc...

what is anthropology? - ANSWERsystematic study of human kind physical anthropology - ANSWERstudy of humans as a biological species cultural anthropology - ANSWERhuman cultural behaviors and cultural systems linguistic anthropology - ANSWERhuman language, relationship between languages, and ...

race - ANSWERa social construct not a biological fact, a concept that organizes people into groups based on specific traits that are thought to reflect fundamental and innate differences (socially constructed idea) hypodescent - ANSWERthe assignment of a person into very stagnant racial categorie...

Kula - ANSWERA ritualized pattern of delayed gift-giving involving the exchange of many items including necklaces (clockwise) and armbands (counterclockwise); Trobriand Islanders define and maintain their social identities by participating in this. potlatch - ANSWERceremonies occur in the Pacific...

A way of life shared by a group of human beings - including their language, beliefs, and things they make and use - is referred to by anthropologists as their: a. religion b. environment c. culture d. heritage - ANSWERC A society: a. generally refers to a particular group of people livin...

Biological anthropology - ANSWER> AKA physical anthropology > The study of evolution, variation, the adaptation of humans- their past and present relatives. Cultural Anthropology - ANSWER> the study of modern human societies through the analysis of the origins, evolution and variation o...

Hominin - ANSWERdesignates human life after split from ancestral chimps. Bipedalism - ANSWERUsing two feet to walk around. Hominid - ANSWERtaxonomic family that includes human and the African apes and their ancestors Genus - ANSWERrank in taxonomy. Above Species and below families. Habit...

Forensic - ANSWERForum: place of debate Court of law Science - ANSWERMethod of study used to empirically understand and describe the physical universe Fallibilism - ANSWERAwareness that there could be alternative explanations 17th & 18th Century - ANSWERMedicine 19th Century - ANSWERMed...

Paleoanthropology - ANSWERstudy of hominid and human life through the fossil record Biological/Physical Anthropology - ANSWERstudy of human biological variation in time and space Primatology - ANSWERstudy of biology, evolution, behavior, and social life of primates Anthropometry - ANSWERmea...

Lemurs are found in what part of the world? - ANSWERMadagascar The measure of success under natural selection is - ANSWERhow many offspring are produced The founder effect - ANSWERis a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a larger population starts a ...

Anthropology - ANSWERScience methodical process of inquiry. Also is holistic Physical Anthropology - ANSWERHumans as a biological species: fossils are fragmentory remains of bones and or livin materials Cultural Anthropology - ANSWERHuman cultural behavior and cultural system. Culture is a non...

Archaeology - ANSWERthe study of human/cultural behavior through material remains Examples of Material Culture - ANSWERartifacts, ecofacts, and features Ecofacts - ANSWERAny type of evidence related to the physical environment in which archaeological deposits are situated Artifacts - ANSWER...

What monkeys are meat eaters and true hunters? - ANSWERChimpanzees Characteristics of chimpanzees when hunting? - ANSWER-They hunt in groups -High level of cooperation among hunters -Do not use tools to kill or to butcher prey -Meat is a richer package of protein and animal fat than most anyth...

Which NOT reason that archaeology, of all the subfields of anthropology, Is the most distinct? - ANSWERit is essentially the popular activity of art collecting Historical archaeology refers to the study of: - ANSWERbegins with the beginning recent societies history in the region under investigati...