Anthro Midterm Answers – Flashcards
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paleoecology
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the study of interactions among past living things in a past environment is.
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adaptation
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how organisms cope with environmental forces and stresses (climate and terrain)
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anthropology
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study of humans and immediate ancestors
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applied anthropology
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using data to solve social problems
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archaeological anthropology
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material remains to interpret human behaviour and culture patterns
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biocultural/ physical anthropology
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biological and cultural perspectives for a problem
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cultural anthropology
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study of human society and culture
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cultural resource management
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decide what from a site needs to be saved and preserved
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cultures
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traditions and customs transmitted though learning that create the beliefs of people
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ethnography
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the firsthand, personal study of local settings.
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ethnology
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the comparative, generalizing aspect of cultural anthropology; comparing data from ethnography
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food production
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cultivation of plants and domestication of animals (10-12,000 years ago in first civilisations of 5-6,000 BP)
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general anthropology
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four fields; biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.
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holistic
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past, present and future
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linguistic anthropology
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language in society and culture across space and time
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society
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organised life in groups
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sociolinguistics
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relationships between social and linguistic variation
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cultural adaptation
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technology; pressurised airplane cabin
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biological genetic adaptation
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over generations; large chests of native highlanders
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biological long-term physiological adaptation
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during development of individual; better respiratory system from 'thin air'
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biological short-term physiological adaptation
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spontaneous occurrence for individual; hyperventilating
