Study Guide Midterm I

Cultural Anthropology

Three main goals of Anthropology

Theme of Anthropology

Method in Anthropology

Four subdisciplines and examples from each

Anthropology and Science

Anthropology and the Humanities

Questions of Ethics

Culture and Adaptation

Evaluation of Culture

Definition of culture

Components of culture

Microcultures/subcultures

6 characteristics of culture

Ethnocentrism

Naïve realism

Cultural Relativism (Franz Boas and Bronislaw Malinowski)

Participant observation

-advantages and disadvantages

Jane Goodall

Tools, meat and brains

Classification of humans (Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)

Arboreal adaptations

-Anatomical/Physical adaptations

-Behavioral adaptations

Primate teeth and eye handout

Know age, physical adaptation, and material culture examples for the following:

-Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erecuts, Neandertals, Homo sapiens

The Gesture-Call System

Language in its Cultural Setting

Vervet monkey communication

Koko

Sherman and Austin/Kanzi

Human language

Physiology of Human Language

Beginning of human language and the hypoglossal canal

Structure of language

Nonverbal communication

Two hypotheses about language and thought

Evolutionary Adaptation (Chp. 6)

Culture Areas

Aztec City Life

Environment and subsistence

Food collection (!Kung are example of)

Horticulture (Bemba)

Pastoralism (Somali)

Agriculture (U.S. prior to Industrial Revolution and Aztec)

Industrialization

Patterns of Labor

Control of Land and Water

The Kula Ring

Substantivist Approach

Formalist Approach

Allocation of resources

Production

Division of labor

Distribution of goods and services

3 types

Redistribution

Market Exchange

The test will cover lecture material and chapters 1-4, 6, 7 in your Haviland text.

There will be 50 multiple-choice questions worth two points each.

Please bring a scantron and a number two pencil to class on test day.