Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

ANTH Cultures

Anthropology Cultures' Locations

QuestionAnswer
Gitanos Madrid, Spain
Aborigines Australia
Turks Turkey
Trobriands Kiriwina Islands, off eastern coast of New Guinea
Maasai Loita Hills, Kenya
Turkanoans Vaupes region of Columbia, central NW Amazon
Marina Madagascar
Aztec Ancient Mexico
Qiqitkamiut Eskimos Arctic Canada?
Somalia NE horn of Africa
Kono Sierra Leone
Sambia Eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea
Anatolia Turkey
Zafimaniry Madagascar
Basques Spain, though perhaps France
Pocobaya New Zealand
Metonym denotes one things that's intimately associated with another; ex. Gitanos "honra" part of actual social institution
Patrilineal tracing descent through male line; ex. Maasai culture
Matrilineal tracing descent through female line; ex. "baloma" female ancestry with Trobriands
Matriarchy gynocentric form of society governed by women; ex. Mosuo of SE China
Compradazgo link between parents and godparents; ex. catholic society
Exogamy marriage to someone outside of tribe due to law or customs; ex. Maasai culture
Teknonymy practice of referring to parents by names of their children; ex. Zafimaniry of Madagascar
Polygyny practice of having more than one wife simultaneously; ex. Maasai culture
Moran the life stage of the Maasai men post circumcision indicating move to adulthood and ability of ownership
Kaulos hollowish tubular structure
Consanguinity the process through which the blood of the father is transferred, by semen, to become the blood of the son during conception
One-sex body there is only one kind of body, with multiple cultural (and therefore sexual) constructs upon it
Mocedad Gitanos age between childhood and adulthood to find sexual and social identity
Honra yellow fluid encased in 'uva' released during first sexual penetration; also non-pysical description of purity, decency, control
Ohha Basque group of shepherds with ownership rights and can make "mountain cheese"
Partibility a person can detach from/to themselves others/their own body parts
Yurupari initiation of death and rebirth, imitating menstruation and childbirth in Tukanoans
Created by: BohemianSM
Popular Geography sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards