Anthropology mid-term quiz

Anthropology has how many sub-fields?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Linguistic anthropology is a sub-field of archaeology.

• True

• False

An economy where things are done in the same was as they have been done for a long time is

• Command

• Market

• Traditional

How many different areas do we look at when we study culture?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Biological anthropologists study

• Animal remains

• Human remains

• Building remains

• Everyday item remains

Skin colour is very important when althropologists are studying culture.

• True

• False

Archaeology is interested in looking at living cultures.

• True

• False

Applied anthropology studies dead cultures in order to understand why they disappeared.

• True

• False

Enculturation means

• Acquiring the characteristics of another culture.

• Leaving a culture.

• Learning about another culture.

• Not understanding another culture.

Material culture relates to what?

• Tangible things

• Intangible things