Exam 1: What Is Anthropology?

Consider the following subfields of anthropology: archaeology,primatology,paleoanthropology,ethnology,and linguistic anthropology. Group these subfields into either biological anthropology or cultural anthropology,and explain your answer.

Some specialties cross anthropological subfields. What subfields contribute to medical anthropology?

Although archaeologists and historians are both interested in the past,how does archaeology differ from history in its approach?

What is the relevance of anthropology? Give at least three examples of anthropological knowledge being applied to real-world problems.

Anthropology is literally the study of __________.

What two distinct sets of questions are sought by biological anthropologists?

Which type of anthropological knowledge is often applied to forensic investigations?

How does anthropology differ from other disciplines concerned with humans?

Unlike ethnologists,ethnographers __________.

What is the holistic approach? Demonstrate how the holistic approach is a vital component of the anthropological perspective.

How might anthropologists employ the holistic approach in the study of a particular religious custom?

In contrast to research anthropologists,who are almost always employed in universities,__________ anthropologists are commonly employed in government agencies,development agencies,consulting firms,charitable foundations,and other settings outside academia.

Which of the following disciplines would have the greatest overlap with biological anthropology?

What are the two broad classifications of subject matter within anthropology?

What is the focus of cross-cultural researchers?

Ethnology overlaps with more specific disciplines,such as literature,economics,or religious studies. What,then,is the distinctive feature of ethnology?

Why do most disciplines become more specialized as they grow?

An ethnohistorian would __________.

Which type of anthropologist would be best suited to investigating the daily life of an Asian civilization dating to 15,000 years ago?

A distinguishing feature of anthropology is the goal of understanding how aspects of human experience such as local history,physical environment,family life,language,settlement patterns,and religion are interrelated. This approach to culture is referred to as __________.