Midterm Fun

Concepts

100

Core concept in Anthropology 

Culture

200

Argues that the moral rules of all cultures deserve equal respect

Cultural Relativism 

300

Viewing another culture in terms of your own culture and values 

Ethnocentrism 

400

View that cultural diversity in a country is something good and desirable 

Multiculturalism 

500

Describes the process of change that members of an ethnic group may experience when they move to a country where another culture dominates

Assimilation 

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

100

When an ethnic group is assumed to have a biological bases (shared blood or genes). This is now considered a discredited concept. 

Race

200

Refers to an organism's evident traits, or physical appearance

Phenotype

300

Originally formulated by Charles Darwin - the process by which nature selects the forms most fit to survive and reproduce in a given environment, such as the tropics. 

Natural Selection 

400

Change in the DNA molecules from which genes and chromosomes are built

Mutations

500

The exchange of genetic material between populations of the same species through direct or indirect interbreeding

Gene Flow

Early Ancestors

100

Characteristic which separates our early human ancestors (Australopithecus) from apes

Bipedalism 

200

Lucy's Baby, also called "Selam" is the actual baby of Lucy. True or False?

False

300

Early ancestor found in Northern Chad, approximately 6 million year old Skull, by French paleontologist Michel Brunet. 

Toumai or (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)

400

Most of our early ancestors have been found in this location in Africa

The Great Rift Valley or East Africa

500

Current evidence suggest that the last common ancestor of hominins and African apes existed how long ago? 

5 to 7 mya or 6 mya.

Mali

100

Lived in extended families, polygynous marriages, large compounds, patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence.

Bambara in Mali

200

Thighs 

Sexiest part of woman's anatomy in Mali, according to Katherine Detwyller.

300

Mother or Evil spirits

Who is usually blamed if a child is born with something the matter. 

400

Metaphor used to discuss relationship between population and resources. Detwyller uses to metaphor to help us understand differences between wealth in U.S. vs. Mali. 

Pizza metaphor

500

Ignorance, Inappropriate cultural beliefs and practices, as well as lack of knowledge about the relationship between food and health. 

Katherine Detwyller's conclusions about the causes of child malnutrition and mortality in Mali.