ANTH 105 World Cultures
Exam 1 Review
Updated 6/4/06
Anthropology
Cultural/Linguistics
Biological/Physical
Archaeology
Important Concepts
Ethnography vs. Ethnology
Holism
Ethnicity
Definition of Culture
Etic, Emic
Assumptions of Culture
Symbolic
Learned
Shared
Integrated
Adaptive
Dynamic
Cultural Relativism
Cultural Universals
Ethics in Anthropology
Evolution of Humans
Australopithecines
Homo habilis
Pebble Choppers
Homo erectus
Hand Axes, Out of Africa, Fire
Archaic Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens neandertalensis
Mousterian Tools
Homo sapiens sapiens
Cave Art-Lascaux
Habitat
Dunes
Flats
Melapo
Hardpan
Waterholes
Climate-seasons
Language
Kinship
Consanguineal
Affinal
Kinship Diagrams
Hunting Activities
Gathering Activities
Villages & Camps
Kinship, Descent and Social Organization
Kinship Functions
Descent-Unilineal & Cognatic
!Kung-Cognatic (Bilateral)
Literal and Metaphorical Kin
Naming
Egalitarian Social Organization
Marriage
!Kung Religion
Creation Myths
Beliefs (High god, low god)
Trancing
Healing
//gangwasi
Art & Religion
Movies“Mysteries of Mankind”
“First Signs of Washoe”
“Bushmen of the Kalahari”
“N!ai-Story of a !Kung Woman”
“The Gods Must Be Crazy”
Example multiple choice question:
Language and Communication
Open vs. Closed Systems
Displacement
Structure of Language
Grammar & Syntax
Sociolinguistics
Nonverbal Communication
Richard Lee Ethnograpy
The Dobe Ju/’hoansi
Introduction to the !Kung
People of Dobe
refers to the aspect of grammar that governs the
arrangement of words and phrases into sentences.
A) Phoneme
C) Diglossia
B) Morpheme
D) Syntax
Example short answer (Define in one or two sentences):
Cultural Relativism