ANTH 2351
First exam review sheet
Important Terms for
Identifications:
Fall 2012
Conventionality
Phones
Phonemes
Morphemes
Isolating Language
Agglutinating language
Sociolinguistics
Diglossia
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Intro to Anthropology
anthropology
holistic
comparative method
fieldwork
culture
archaeology
physical anthropology
linguistics
cultural anthropology
ethnography
ethnology
ethnocentrism
Culture and Economics
Modes of livelihood
Tribes
Bands
Chiefdoms
Bigman
hunting and gathering
San Kalahari Bushmen
Horticulture
Navajo
slash and burn cultivation
agriculture
pastoralism
nomadism
transhumance
redistribution
achieved status
ascribed status
Culture and Methods
Enculturation
Symbolic culture
Material culture
Regulative culture
Evaluative culture
Etic
Emic
Verandah Approach
Participant Observation
Subculture
adaptation
Communication
Call systems
Productivity
Displacement
Time Depth
Other Cultures
Ainu
Nuer
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ANTH 2351
First exam review sheet
Fall 2012
Possible Essay Question Examples:
1. What are the four main subfields of anthropology? What does each study? How
does each collect information? What are the primary differences and similarities
between the four subfields?
3. How have smaller (bands and tribes) societies traditionally made a living?
Discuss several ways of making a living (hunting and gathering, horticulture, etc.)
and their relationships to such variables as group size, population density, sociocultural integration, etc.
Example of a Short Answer (Term) Response:
Hunting and gathering, or foraging, is a strategy that relies on naturally available
food resources. Foragers hunt and gather, but do not produce food or store it. As a
result, their population numbers tend to be low and their social organization tends to
be egalitarian – because all group members must hunt and gather.
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