In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute
In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute
In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute
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10 Marriage, Family and Household<br />
11 Politics and Culture<br />
12 The Economic System<br />
13 Environment, Adaption, and Subsistence<br />
14 <strong>Cultural</strong> Evolution<br />
Reading Assignment: Chapter 1: <strong>Anthropology</strong> - A Definition<br />
When you have finished this lesson you will be able to define anthropology as a discipline and<br />
describe the diversity and interrelatedness of anthropological research, and enumerate the history<br />
of anthropology, discuss the methods of anthropological research, and enumerate the<br />
subdivisions of anthropology.<br />
You will also be able to analyze fieldwork in the context of the subdivisions of anthropology,<br />
discuss the benefits and limitations of participant observation, explain the basic ethics of<br />
anthropological reseacrh, and identify the uses of cross-cultural comparison.<br />
Assignment Overview<br />
MCQ :: Matching :: True/False :: Short Essay<br />
MCQ - Chapter 1: <strong>Anthropology</strong> - A Definition<br />
1. Which of the following correctly describes how anthropology compares <strong>with</strong> other fields that<br />
study human beings?<br />
a. <strong>Anthropology</strong> is more diverse in the topics it undertakes to study.<br />
b. <strong>Anthropology</strong> is highly specialized in its focus.<br />
c. Anthropologists study each aspect of the human condition in isolation from other aspects.<br />
d. Anthropologists study each aspect of the human condition only in its historical context.<br />
2. Ethnographers differ from ethnologists in which of the following ways?<br />
a. Ethnologists work in the field gathering data; ethnographers write books analyzing it.<br />
b. Ethnographers gather data; ethnologists do comparative analyzes of that data.<br />
c. Ethnologists study animal behavior; ethnographers describe human customs.<br />
d. Ethnographers describe human behavior; ethnologists interpret human communication.<br />
3. Which of the following is the strongest factor in keeping the different subdivisions of<br />
anthropology united in one discipline?<br />
a. They are all found in universities.<br />
b. They are all interested in human beings.<br />
c. They all relate their research to the broader picture of the human condition.<br />
d. They all use fieldwork.
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