Anthropology 130
Cultural Anthropology: Test #2 Prep (Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8)
This Study Guide is for your information only. It is not a homework assignment and it does not have to be turned in. Test #2 questions will cover vocabulary and concepts from the textbook, videos and extra articles. All questions on this test are multiple choice (four answer choices) or True/False.
Read the chapter notes and pay special attention to the ethnic examples and special studies sections in your textbook. Original Studies sections, handouts and videos are particularly important. These are Case Studies: observations of behaviors that are analyzed to understand motivations and underlying cultural values in a particular community.
Online classes will take this test online. The test is timed (60 minutes) and you have only one attempt.
Face-to-face classes will take this test in class. Bring a 50-answer scantron (number 2052 or 882) and a pencil to class on test day.
1) What is language? Why is it so important to culture? What does language “do” for us? Understand linguistic nationalism, language revitalization, and the examples given.
2) Differentiate between symbols and signals.
3) Who or what is Chantek and why is this important?
4) What are the component pieces of language (sounds, rules)?
5) How do anthropologists study languages? Contrast descriptive linguistics with historical linguistics.
6) Understand Language Determinism (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) and Linguistic Relativity (language reflects, rather that determines, cultural reality).
7) Explain how language use is linked to gender. Be ready to give specific examples.
8) Compare kinesics with paralanguage. What is proxemics? What is the difference between “dialect” and “code-switching”? What are tonal languages? Are there other forms of linguistic communication?
9) How did language start? Why can’t other great apes speak?
10) Explain the pros and cons of written language, as
This Study Guide is for your information only. It is not a homework assignment and it does not have to be turned in. Test #2 questions will cover vocabulary and concepts from the textbook, videos and extra articles. All questions on this test are multiple choice (four answer choices) or True/False.
Read the chapter notes and pay special attention to the ethnic examples and special studies sections in your textbook. Original Studies sections, handouts and videos are particularly important. These are Case Studies: observations of behaviors that are analyzed to understand motivations and underlying cultural values in a particular community.
Online classes will take this test online. The test is timed (60 minutes) and you have only one attempt.
Face-to-face classes will take this test in class. Bring a 50-answer scantron (number 2052 or 882) and a pencil to class on test day.
1) What is language? Why is it so important to culture? What does language “do” for us? Understand linguistic nationalism, language revitalization, and the examples given.
2) Differentiate between symbols and signals.
3) Who or what is Chantek and why is this important?
4) What are the component pieces of language (sounds, rules)?
5) How do anthropologists study languages? Contrast descriptive linguistics with historical linguistics.
6) Understand Language Determinism (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) and Linguistic Relativity (language reflects, rather that determines, cultural reality).
7) Explain how language use is linked to gender. Be ready to give specific examples.
8) Compare kinesics with paralanguage. What is proxemics? What is the difference between “dialect” and “code-switching”? What are tonal languages? Are there other forms of linguistic communication?
9) How did language start? Why can’t other great apes speak?
10) Explain the pros and cons of written language, as