anthro

FAcial expressions and bodily postures and emotions that convey intended as well as subconscious messages are considered to be

Kinesics

In the Andes, Apus are important supernatural entities associated with which form of religious beliefs?

Sacred places

Religions or worldviews are closely connected to what part of culture?

Superstructure

Acculturation

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another dominant group.

What is Culture?

The systems of knowledge shared by a group of people The symbols and rules of a society How norms and morals are passed on within a group of people What kinds of belief systems a society has

All cultures are by nature ethnocentric

True

An ethnographer must keep all information from interviews confidential

True

Ethnography is a detailed description of a particular culture based on fieldwork

True

Priests work on behalf of people and the gods

True

Urgent anthropology documents disappearing cultures

True

Witch hunts can be considered as a form of social cleansing

True

The establishment of places like roadside, war memorials, or the 911 memorial center allows people to come together to mourn the dead. This is an example of which type of concept we talked about in class?

A rite of intensification

The belief that nature is enlivened by an impersonal spiritual power or supernatural potency is referred to as

Animatism

Contagious magic a) Funeral Rites of intensification b) Baptism Witchcraft c) Relic Rite of passage d) Social control

Contagious magic: relic Rites of intensification: funeral Witchcraft: social control Rite of passage: baptism

Syntax

patterns or rules by which morphemes are arranged into phrases/sentences

As an anthropologist in the field, what challenges might you face? Political mistrust Mistrust among people youre working with Problems based on your age or gender All of the above

all of the above

Religious practitioners are important to the functioning of religions in various societies in that they... a) Are able to establish a connection between humans and the divine b) At times enter an altered state of conscciousness to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power, and to help others. c) Are formally recognized for their role in guiding the religious practices of other and for contacting and influencing supernatural powers d) Are a go-between who act on behalf of human clients to bring healing or foretell the future in some communities, and in other groups act on behalf of the gods and tell people what to do. e) All of the above

all of the above

Religion and spirituality differ in that... a) Followers of one believe in gods and goddesses and the other in nature spirits only. b) One is more public and the other more private c) One is organized while the other is mostly unorganized d) One includes large communal gatherings while the other is practiced often in solitude

b, c, and d only

Morpheme

in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning

Phoneme

smallest unit of sound, bit/pit

What is NOT a sub-discipline in linguistic anthropology?

spatial anthropology

Morphology

study of word formation in languagesyntax

Historical linguistics

stufy of how language changes over time

Animism

the attribution of a SPECIFIC DIVINE soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

Enculturation

the process of learning culture

Archaeology refers to

the study of man and his culture through material remains

Phonology

the study of speech sounds in language

Proxemics

the study of the use of space

The Melanesian Cargo Cult is an example of religious persecution

False

Using a horse shoe for good luck on this exam is an application of animism

False

Which of the following is not part of linguistic research? Forensics Signals Body language Morphemes Syntax

Forensics

Lakota speaking peoples have what type of language pattern?

Gendered speech

Sign language uses which two components?

Gestures and symbols

A researcher who is trying to determine when English and German split within the Indo-European Language family is using..

Glottochronology

Discussed in class as supernatural entities:

Gods, Sacred Places, Ancestors, Rivers

Classical Greece a) Elves China b) Sacred mountains Iceland c) Ancestor worship Andes d) Pantheon

Greece: pantheon China: ancestors Iceland: elves Andes: sacred mountains

How we perceive personal space is the subject of kinesics

False

Morphemes c and g make the difference between the words class and glass.

False

Biological anthropology includes many methds from other scientif fields except Forensic anthropology Ethnocentrism Primatology Osteolgy Nutritional anthropology

Ethnocentrism

A researcher who is trying to determine how many words for snow exist among the Eskimo is practicing

Ethnolinguistics

Which of the following is not part of the four field approach to anthropology? Linguistic anthropology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Evolutionary anthropology Archaeological anthropology

Evolutionary anthropology

Ancestor worship is common in the US

False