Cultural Anthropology - Miterm

Choose all that apply. Boas was:

An empiricist He collected facts Was not inclined to theoretical speculation Thought that the basic fact about human beings is that the affects about them change because circumstances change

Human beings use culture to adapt to and _____ the world in which they live.

transform

Archaeology, physical (or biological) anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology are all subfields of anthropology.

true

Cultural anthropology is one of the four subfields of anthropology.

true

Cultural anthropology, also known as sociocultural anthropology, is the study of cultures around the world.

true

Franz Boas is widely hailed as the 'father of anthropology' in the United States.

true

Choose all that apply. Franz Boas was the first scholar to explore in a truly open and neutral manner how human social perceptions are formed, and how members of distinct societies became conditioned to see and interpret the world by asking which of the following questions:

What is the nature of knowing? Who decides what is to be known? How do seemingly random beliefs and convictions converge into this thing called culture?

Anthropology ____ cultures within a ____ and theorizes about how those cultures affect society.

examines, society

Cultural anthropology's roots date back to the early 1200's, when early scholars like Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tyler became interested in the comparative study of cultural systems.

false

An expert in cultural anthropology and intellectual history, Dr. David Price has written numerous books about the interactions between ____/____/____ agencies and anthropologists.

government, military, intelligence

Boas and his students believe that there is no _____ of progress in the history of culture and no evolutionary ladder to success.

hierarchy

Anthropology is the study of what makes us _____.

human

Anthropology provides the possibility to study every aspect of _____ existence.

human

Boas believed that every culture was a unique expression of the human _____ and heart.

imagination

Dorsa Amir is quoted as saying "I'm an anthropologist and rarely have I seen such a harmful mix of ____ and ____ about Indigenous people."

inaccuracies, stereotypes

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, when petitioning for renaming 'Kroeber' Hall stated that some of Kroeber's views and writings "clearly stand in opposition to our university's values of ____ and our belief in promoting ____ and ____."

inclusion, diversity, excellence

As a scholar, Boas ranks with Einstein, Darwin, and Freud as one of the four _____ pillars of modernity.

intellectual

Dr. William Peace said of disability rights "We have the right to ____! Not a right to ____."

live, die

Choose all that apply. Some of Franz Boas' more famous students were:

Margaret Mead Zora Neale Hurston Alfred Kroeber Ruth Benedict

Choose all that apply. Margaret Mead had a monthly column for sixteen years in what mainstream magazine?

Redbook