Study Guide for Cultural
Anthropology, Exam #2
I. Multiple
Choice Some of these are
similar to those that have appeared on your quizzes, but questions will also
cover readings assigned that I did not quiz you over, as well as material from
class presentations. Most, if not
all, of your exam will be multiple choice and perhaps True/False.
II. Matching
and Identifications. There may
be some terms that you will match to their definitions, perhaps a few you will
identify, while others will appear in multiple choice, True/False
questions. The terms will come
from this list:
Black English Vernacular historical
linguistics International
Phonetic Alphabet
blending kinesics lexicon morpheme
bound morpheme morphology atlatl call
systems
phoneme phonology code
switching lingua
franca
pidgin communication prelanguage dialect
proxemics productivity core
vocabulary Sapir-Whorf
Hypothesis
semantics sociolinguistics displacement duality of patterning
syntax synthetic Ebonics universal grammar
free morpheme glottochronology word haptics
enculturation incest
taboos matrilineal menarche
rite of passage psychological
anthropology social
birth Oedipus
complex
agriculture bureaucracy efficiency foraging
horticulture industrialism nomadism patrilineal
peasants population
density productivity rain
forest
sedentary subsistence
strategies swidden
(slash and burn) transhumance
types of reciprocity capital
resources capitalism economic
system
economics economizing
behavior firm household
Kula ring leveling
mechanism market
exchange potlatch
prestige productive
resources redistribution uniformitarianism
III. Short
Answers. There may be a few
questions which can be answered by a phrase or word. These will come from the text, from classroom presentations,
and videos. The following outline
may possibly help you organize your notes:
II. The Origins
and Development of Human Language, Characteristics of Language, Acquiring
Language
A. The Structure of Language: 1.
Phonology 2. Morphology 3. Syntax 4. Semantics
B. Language and Culture: 1.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 2. Ethnography of Communication 3. Dialects
C. Nonverbal Communication D.
Language Change
II. Learning Culture
A. Becoming a
Social Person, Cross-Cultural Variation in Child Rearing
B. Coming of Age in Cross Cultural Perspective: 1. Male initiation ritual 2. Female initiation 3. College and Coming of Age in the U.S.
C. Learning Culture in Adulthood D. Old Age E. Death and Dying
III.
Subsistence Patterns
A. Mode of Food-Getting Strategy
1. Technology among hunters and gatherers, pastoralists,
horticulturalists, and agriculturalists
2. Demographic and settlement characteristics/other
characteristics specific to the above groups
B. Environmental Restraints on
Food-Getting C. The Spread and Intensification of Food Production
D. Allocation of natural resources among
hunters and gatherers, pastoralists, horticulturalists, and agriculturalists
E.
Organization of Labor
IV. Economic Systems
A.
Economic
Behavior
B.
Production:
1. Allocating resources 2.
Organizing labor
C.
Firms
and households
D.
Distribution:
Systems of Exchange: 1. Reciprocity
2. Rredistribution 3.
Market Exchange