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Review Anthropology
Finals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Humans in their biological, cultural, and social complexity. | What does anthropology study? |
| Greek. | The term anthropology comes from which language? |
| 19th century. | In which century did anthropology become systematized as a science? |
| Progress through stages from savagery to civilization. | Evolutionism proposed that cultures: |
| Contact and exchange between societies. | Diffusionism explains cultural similarities as the result of: |
| Studying each culture in its own historical context. | Historical particularism emphasized: |
| A human body with interdependent parts. | Functionalism compares society to: |
| Underlying universal patterns and oppositions in culture. | Structuralism focuses on: |
| Environment, technology, and society. | Cultural ecology studies the relationship between: |
| Humanity. | Anthropology literally means the study of: |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss. | The anthropologist associated with structuralism is: |
| Human biological evolution. | Physical anthropology focuses primarily on the study of: |
| Bipedal locomotion. | A defining characteristic of early hominins was: |
| 2.5 million years ago. | The genus Homo first appeared around: |
| Expanding outside Africa. | Homo erectus is notable for: |
| 300,000 years ago. | Anatomically modern Homo sapiens appeared around: |
| Legal investigations. | Forensic anthropology applies biological knowledge to: |
| Relative dating based on soil stratigraphy. | What is the Law of Superposition used for? |
| Understanding cultures within their own context. | Cultural relativism: |
| Cultural relativism: |