Anthropology Terms Practice

Study of humanity from a broad and biological perspective...

• Archeology

• Anthropology

• Ethnography

• Primatology

Investigation of past cultures through the excavation of materials remains

• Archeology

• Physical Anthropology

• Linguistics

• Social/Cultural Anthropology

Studies the biological dimensions of humans and other primates

• Archeology

• Physical Anthropology

• Linguistics

• Social/Cultural Anthropology

Studies the way of life of contemporary and historically recent human societies

• Archeology

• Physical Anthropology

• Linguistics

• Cultural Anthropology

Studies the interrelationships between language and other aspects of a people's culture

• Applied Anthropology

• Physical Anthropology

• Linguistics

• Cultural Anthropology

Uses anthropological perspectives, theory and knowledge to solve real world problems...

• Applied Anthropology

• Physical Anthropology

• Linguistics

• Cultural Anthropology

An ethnography is...

• One's ancestral, genetic, and cultural heritage

• A written description of a linguistic system

• A written description of the way of life of a human population

• A written description of specie's genetic lineage

Globalization is...

• The increasing decentralization of the world

• The increasing rates of industrialization across the world

• The fragmentation international relations across the world

• The increasing interconnectedness across the world

The idea that one shouldn't judge another culture based on one's own cultural standards

• Cultural relativism

• Moral relativism

• Comparative perspective

• Ethnocentrism

Attitude that the morals/values/opinions of one's own culture are superior to another's

• Nihilism

• Moral relativism

• Racism

• Ethnocentrism