final week 9 and 10
Who taught Washoe (an ape) American Sign Language?
Allen and Beatrix Gardener
Koko and Washo were two primates who had learned
American sign language
the rule that says within a group of endotherms, individuals living near the equator tend to have darker pigment
Glogers rule
A language of mixed origin that developed from a complex blending of two parent languages is called
a creole
According to anthropologist Sherry Ortner's analysis, the American flag is an example of
a summarizing symbol
ways humans vary biologically
blood type immune system ability to resist diseases
The communication systems of nonhuman species consist of a finite (limited) number of signals for finite specific meanings. Such systems are said to be:
closed
Which of the following is a contributing factor to the development of creoles, pidgins, and other hybrid forms of language?
colonialism globalization commerce migration
ethnicity differs from race in that
ethnicity is a group that believes they share a common culture and ancestory
Languages always change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries.
false
forensic scientists can identify the race of an individuals skill with 100% accuracy
false
Antropology understanding of skin pigmentation emphasizes that
it is an adaptive response to ultraviolet light
When anthropologists study the way people use language in real settings rather than as a set of grammatical rules, they are focusing on
parole
"Why Isn't the Sky Blue": According to the studies of Lazarus Geiger, what color term (after black and white) appears first and most often in ancient literature?
red
censuses interest anthropologist because they
reveal the governments role in classifying and categorizing, change over time and indicate shifts in social categories
who developed groups for categorizing humans into distinct races
scientists
According to "RACE: Are We So Different", many of our current concepts of race originated during
the European Age of Exploration
social processes that make race part of the natural order of things
the way race is naturalized
concordant traits are
traits what always occur together
In "Radio Lab: Why Isn't the Sky Blue", how did Guy Deutsher's daughter Alma initially describe the sky?
white
