Anthropology 1100
Midterm Exam Study Guide
Test Date: February 6, 2008
(In our regular room at our regular time)
You are responsible for all material taught so far in the course. This includes material from the text book. Questions on the films and
slide presentations will be included on the test. This sheet lists many of the terms and concepts we discussed so far during the term.
The exam will include multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, short answer questions, and longer answer questions. You will
have some choice. You will have one hour and fifty minutes to write the exam.
Exam Format:
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Section A: 20 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions
Section B: 5 definitions (2 sentences long)
Section C: 3 short answers (half page)
Section D: 1 longer answers (1 page)
Exam is worth 60 points, or, 15% of your grade.
(1 point each for 20 points total)
(3 points each for 15 points total)
(5 points each for 15 points total)
(10 points)
Week 3: Economic Anthropology
Films and Slide Presentations:
Cannibal Tours
A Man Called ‘Bee’
Hunting in a Modern World (Tahltans)
Ongka’s Big Moka
Tahltans
subsistence strategies
sustainability
use rights
Week 4: Consumption and Exchange
Week 1: Introduction
archaeology
biological/physical anthropology
linguistic anthropology
cultural anthropology
applied anthropology
ethnography
ethnographer
ethnocentrism
cultural relativity
culture
Week 2: Culture and Methods
field
fieldwork
participant observation
interviewing
etic
emic
theory
consumption
exchange
reciprocity
redistribution
market exchange
potlatch
Week 5&6: Kinship
kinship system
kinship diagram
genealogy
descent system
descent group
patrilineal descent
matrilineal descent
double descent
bilateral descent
ambilineal descent