Anthropology Test Review
HSP3M
Test Format:
Part
Part
Part
Part
A: Definition Match Up
B: Multiple Choice
C: Short Answer & fill in the blank
D: Long answer (paragraph form)
You should be VERY familiar with the following terms & concepts:
What are the Social Sciences?
- Define Psychology, Sociology, & Anthropology
- Be able to identify the various branches of each
- Be able to develop questions that a
psychologist, sociologist and anthropologist
might pose.
Beauty:
compare Western ideals of beauty
- Explain how beauty is a relative concept &
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Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism
What are rites of passage(s); give example
Compare Psychological, Sociological, &
Anthropological concept of beauty
- Be able to define & provide examples of it
Key Pioneers of Anthropology
- key people in Primatology, in fossil discovery, in
ethnology, etc
What makes us Human?
- Species Classification & Darwin’s contribution:
evidence collected to support his theory
- Divine Creation & Natural Selection
- Theory of Evolution: origins, evidence of fossils,
scientific advancements (DNA)
- Key hominids and some physical characteristics
of each main grouping and timeline
Physical Anthropology:
- Primatology & Human Variation, specifically:
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How humans differ/similar to
primates
Key contributors
Language acquisition
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Why variation is important for a
species to survive
Race and culture
Anthropology Test Review
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Definitions:
Psychology:
Sociology:
Anthropology:
Paleoanthropology:
Linguistic anthropology:
Cultural anthropology:
Natural selection:
Social science:
Ethnocentrism:
Cultural Relativism:
Primatology:
Human variation:
Archaeology:
Bipedalism:
Ethnic group:
Anthropology Test Review
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Answer the questions in the space provided.
1. The question, ‘How does fatigue affect student performance?’ is an example of an
anthropological, psychological or sociological question? _____________________
2. Develop a hypothesis for the above question.
_____________________
3. List the 5 research methods used in social science inquiry process
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4. If a psychologist studies one individual to help them with their research the psychologist
would be using what research method? ___________________________
5. If a social scientist pays particular attention to slang used by teens in a social setting
this social scientist is using what type of observation?
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Physical anthropology strives to
____________________________________________________________
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7. Cultural anthropology is the study of
___________________________________________________
8. What does bipedal mean? ____________________________________
9. What was Charles Darwin’s theory?
_______________________
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10. What is the significance of the Lucy discovery?
_ _________________________________
11. What are three characteristics that humans share with other primates?
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12. How do ethnocentrism & cultural relativism relate to the study of anthropology? Give
specific examples.
13. Archaeology is the study of:
a) Languages (changes over time)
b) Monkeys
c) The past, especially prehistoric times
d) And comparison of past and contemporary cultures
Anthropology Test Review
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Explain beauty from the psychological perspective.
What could Darwin NOT explain in his theory of evolution?
What are some of the similarities & differences between chimpanzees and humans? Draw from
specific examples from your field trip & videos viewed in class.
14. What are the six big events in Hominid evolution:
15. An order of mammals, best defined by their evolutionary trends:
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Using your notes, the Hominids ppt & your textbook (p. 38-43) answer the following
questions
16. What is paleoanthropology?
17. What are some of the things that anthropologists can learn from ancient bones? How
can Lucy help paleoanthropologists understand our past?
18. Why is finding fossil evidence important in paleoanthropology? What do you think are
some of the challenges that they face?
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19. What are some of the things that make humans different from other primates?
20. How do anthropologists determine whether a fossil is a hominin?
21. Why is the discovery of Ardipithicus ramidus important to anthropologists?
22. How are Neanderthal’s different from modern humans? How are they the same?
23. How do findings made by scientists about Neanderthal’s relate to various theories of
human evolution?
24. What can anthropologists learn from ancient stone tools? Name three things?
25. What is bipedalism and why is it important to studying human origins?