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Anthropology
Anthropology: Social Sciences
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is anthropology? | the study of many cultures that exist on our planet |
| What are the two branches of anthropology? | physical and cultural |
| What is the difference between physical and cultural anthropology? | Physical: the study of heredity and the biological evolution of the human being Cultural: the study of how people in different societies live and the effects their environment have on their lifestyles |
| How do anthropologists obtain information? | field experience- living among the society being studied, allows for observation and analysis reading the accounts of other anthropologists excavations |
| What is the main thing anthropologists must avoid? | Ethnocentrism: judging a culture |
| What is culture? | the entire way a society lives and is organized, such as, ideas, customs, art, music, language, attitude, values/norms, and traditions |
| What are cultural traits? | each aspect of societies' culture is referred as this Ex: music, art, language, ideas |
| How is culture learned? | through the social institutions and interactions with other members of society, which is enculturization |
| What causes cultures to be dynamic? | Changes can come from inside the culture or outside the culture. Changes can come from inventions, innovation, or cultural diffusion |
| What is an invention? | A new idea about how something can be made or done |
| What is an innovation? | An improvement in a culture's technology |
| What is cultural diffusion? | When ideas from one culture are spread to another culture |
| What is subculture? | a smaller culture within a larger culture, has many traits that are similar to main culture |
| What is archaeology? | Branch of anthropology in which the remains, or artifacts of past cultures are studied |
| What is artifact? | Object made by human in the past |
| What is excavation? | The orderly and careful removal of artifacts from the ground by archaeologist |
| What is stratum? | A layer of earth in an archaeological dig that reveals a past culture |
| What is a grid system? | The order of an excavation site into square-shaped areas |
| What is a stereotype? | A broad generalization to a group of people |
| What is a material culture? | things you can touch within a culture Ex: watching TV, cellphone |
| What is non-material culture? | things within a culture you can not touch Ex; values and norms, respect |
| What is dialect? | form of language specific to a region or group Ex: y'all |
| What is a site? | The place where archaeologists choose to dig in search of human remains and artifacts |
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