ANTHROPOLOGY APPRECIATING HUMAN
DIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND
HUMAN DIVERSITY PRINCIPLES
◉ Anthropology.
Answer: The study of the human species and its immediate
ancestors.
◉ Applied Anthropology.
Answer: The application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary
social problems.
◉ Association.
Answer: An observed relationship between two or more variables.
◉ Biocultural.
Answer: Referring to the inclusion and combination (to solve a
common problem) of both biological and cultural approaches.
◉ Biological Anthropology.
,Answer: The study of human biological variation in time and space;
includes evolution, genetics,growth and development, and
primatology.
◉ Cultural Anthropology.
Answer: The study of human society and culture; describes,
analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and
differences.
◉ Cultural Resource Management.
Answer: The branch of applied archaeology aimed at preserving
sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects.
◉ Culture.
Answer: Distinctly human; transmitted through learning; traditions
and customs that govern behavior and beliefs.
◉ Ethnography.
Answer: Description of a society
◉ Emic Perspective.
Answer: Research strategy that focuses on local explanation and
criteria of significance
, ◉ Etic Perspective.
Answer: Research strategy that emphasizes the ethnographer rather
than the locals
◉ Ethnology.
Answer: An attempt to find principals and laws that govern cultural
groups
◉ Ethnocentrism.
Answer: Belief that ones own culture is superior than any other
◉ Food Production.
Answer: An Economy based on cultivation of plants and
domestication (stockbreeding) of animals; first developed 10,000 to
12,000 years ago.
◉ General Anthropology.
Answer: The field of Anthropology as a whole, consisting of cultural,
archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology.
◉ Holistic.
Answer: Interested in the whole of the human condition: past,
present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture.
DIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND
HUMAN DIVERSITY PRINCIPLES
◉ Anthropology.
Answer: The study of the human species and its immediate
ancestors.
◉ Applied Anthropology.
Answer: The application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary
social problems.
◉ Association.
Answer: An observed relationship between two or more variables.
◉ Biocultural.
Answer: Referring to the inclusion and combination (to solve a
common problem) of both biological and cultural approaches.
◉ Biological Anthropology.
,Answer: The study of human biological variation in time and space;
includes evolution, genetics,growth and development, and
primatology.
◉ Cultural Anthropology.
Answer: The study of human society and culture; describes,
analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and
differences.
◉ Cultural Resource Management.
Answer: The branch of applied archaeology aimed at preserving
sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects.
◉ Culture.
Answer: Distinctly human; transmitted through learning; traditions
and customs that govern behavior and beliefs.
◉ Ethnography.
Answer: Description of a society
◉ Emic Perspective.
Answer: Research strategy that focuses on local explanation and
criteria of significance
, ◉ Etic Perspective.
Answer: Research strategy that emphasizes the ethnographer rather
than the locals
◉ Ethnology.
Answer: An attempt to find principals and laws that govern cultural
groups
◉ Ethnocentrism.
Answer: Belief that ones own culture is superior than any other
◉ Food Production.
Answer: An Economy based on cultivation of plants and
domestication (stockbreeding) of animals; first developed 10,000 to
12,000 years ago.
◉ General Anthropology.
Answer: The field of Anthropology as a whole, consisting of cultural,
archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology.
◉ Holistic.
Answer: Interested in the whole of the human condition: past,
present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture.
