Culture
Fieldwork
Language
Subsistence
100

Anything that serves to refer to something else

What is a symbol?

100

A method of data collection in which the anthropologist observes while participating in the same activities in which her informants are engaged

What is participant observation?

100

Switching between language or dialects depending on the context

What is code switching?

100

A subsistence strategy involving the domestication of animals.

What is pastoralism?

200

To make the world safe for human difference

What is the purpose of anthropology?

200

The in-depth study of the everyday practices and lives of a people

What is ethnography?

200

Those characteristics of speech beyond the actual words spoken, such as pitch, loudness, tempo

What is paralanguage?

200

A form of small-scale agriculture using hand tools

What is horticulture?

300

The tendency to view one's own culture as the most important and correct

What is ethnocentrism?

300

A detailed description of the studied group that explains human behavior and the context in which it occurs

What is thick description?

300

The study of body movements and gestures as communication.

What is kinesics?

300

A diet that includes a wide variety of plant and animal foods

What is a broad-spetrum diet?

400

The process of learning the characteristics and expectations of a culture or group

What is enculturation?

400

Do no harm

What is one of the AAA code of ethics?

400

A particular language variation or way of speaking that is associated with wealth, success, education, and power

What is a prestige language?

400

Foods that form the backbone of the subsistence system by providing the majority of the
calories a society consumes

What are staple crops?

500

Taking a broad view of the historical, environmental, and cultural foundations of behavior

What is holism?

500

A description of the studied culture from the perspective of a member of the culture

What is the emic perspective?

500

The theory that all humans share an innate capacity for language

What is Universal Grammar?

500
The study of cultural practices related to food

What are foodways?