Week 1 Anthro

Which anthropologist was largely responsible for changing many of the misrepresentations of Indigenous people common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Franz Boas

As they begin to survey the land, they notice pottery shards, spear points, and other artifacts scattered on the ground. What type of anthropologist would be notified?

archaeologist

Anthropologists are interested in learning about the different types of relationships between groups, which are BEST described as which of the following?

cooperative, competitive, or combative

What would NOT be considered a research area of anthropology?

determining the relatedness of two different dinosaur species

How can anthropology be best defined?

As the scientific study of human beings

Which action would BEST help address the challenges of cultural bias as anthropologists strive for the "insider's point of view"?

engaging in collaborative ethnography that engages members of the community in the research

Which subfield of anthropology examines how people in different cultures categorize and use plants for food, shelter, tools, transportation, art, and religion?

ethnobotany

The difficulty or inability to accept the practices or beliefs of another would be described as what?

ethnocentrism

Cultural anthropologists seek to

interpret and explain larger patterns of culture

Archaeology is the study of humans through what means?

material remains

Using a holistic approach to anthropology means that

one understands all aspects of human biology and culture as interrelated

Which description would be an example of cultural bias?

refusing to taste the food served to you because the food is unfamiliar

Biological anthropologists seek to

study past and present human biology and variability

Linguistic anthropologists seek to

study various aspects of human languages

Culture can be defined as

the learned and shared things that people have, think, and do as members of a society