Anthropology Terms Quiz

Which of the following is the correct term for the "study of cultural variation and similarities, and includes ethnology and anthropological linguistics"?

Which of the following professions is most directly involved in archaeology (study of material culture) in the field?

Values are well-substantiated explanations of some aspect of the natural world.

A holistic medical approach approach might involve well-being in the following areas:

Globalization is the process by which individuals and groups in geographically separate societies are becoming increasingly interconnected.

Modernization in anthropology is the process by which cultures are forced to accept traits from outside.

Which of the following might be believed to have a spirit in animism?

A lineage is a set of opinions or beliefs of a group or an individual.

Innovation refers to the introduction of something new.

Hegemony most closely means:

Acculturation is describing the condition of viewing and judging (often in pejorative terms) other cultures and societies according to the (usually taken-for-granted) assumptions of one's own society.

A pastoral society is one that practices subsistence gained by tending and breeding animals.

Which of the following might be part of a physical anthropology class?

Evolution means the process of developing by gradual changes.

Secular is when all members of a particular group die.

Acculturation means:

A Theory is a set of beliefs or principles that might not be proven yet.

Deviance from a recipe would mean:

Lineage is a descent group whose members can trace their genealogical links to a known common ancestor.

Extinction is when all members of a particular group die.