Cultural Anthropology
Folklore
Archaeology
Linguistic Anthropology
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What is the study of living human culture?
Example: Music, family, tradition, clothing, games
Cultural Anthropology
100
A simple folktale with a moral lesson embedded, often told to children with anthropomorphic animals. Ex. The Tortoise and the Hare.
What is a Fable
100
A portable object used, modified or made by humans
What is an artifact
100
A system of communication consisting of grammar, words, and sounds/units of meaning
What is language
100
A type of burial that is not typical of that specific culture or group.
What is a deviant burial
200
The assumption that one's own way of doing things is "correct", dismissing the practices of others as "wrong"
What is Ethnocentrism
200
Places like Atlantis, The Lost City of Gold El Dorado, or the Fountain of Youth are examples of this type of folklore
What is a legend
200
Non-artifactual organic and environmental remains which have cultural relevance or can provide information about how people lived in the past. Examples > skeletons, plant life, fossils
What are ecofacts
200
Patterned forms of communication that use sounds and movements to convey meaning: Used by animals
What are call systems
200
A social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association of a particular person, place, or thing
What is a Taboo.
300
A research strategy producing an in depth description of culture; social activities, beliefs, customs, material culture, etc.
What is ethnography
300
Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty come from this type of fictional folklore that's purpose is to entertain.
What are Fairytales
300
Non-portable artifacts; Examples > buildings, soil stains, architectural remains
What are features
300
Mutually intelligible varieties of a language. Example > English spoken in Texas vs English spoken in London
What is dialect
300
In medical anthropology, the psychological experience of a patient while they are sick; Different from the physiological experience.
What is Illness
400
An object, idea, image, character, or figure that represents something else. In this case, some aspect of culture.
What is a symbol
400
A popular type of monster motif across many cultures, often used to keep children from wandering or staying up too late.
What is the "Child Devourer" or "Child Taker"
400
A detailed description recording the location where material remains are found; Tells the story of a site.
What is context
400
The study of how sociocultural context and norms shape language use and the effects of language on a society
What are sociolinguistics
400
A type of protective magic that uses objects or rituals ward off evil. Ex.) The evil eye or knocking on wood
What is Apotropaic magic
500
The effort to synthesize different approaches and investigations of culture into a single comprehensive interpretation: Ex.) The whole picture
What is Holism.
500
The term used in myths to describe the explanation of how the world came to be
What is Cosmogeny
500
Archaeologically, the Great Pyramid of Giza falls into the category of what?
What is a feature
500
In language structure, what is the term used to describe the patterns of word order used to form sentences and longer utterances in a language?
What is syntax
500
Which individual is your father's sister in this kinship diagram?
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