ANTHROPOLOGY APPRECIATING HUMAN
DIVERSITY CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
GLOBAL CULTURES AND SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
◉ What does the Greek root 'anthropos' mean?
Answer: Human
◉ What does the Greek root 'logy' refer to?
Answer: The study of
◉ What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology in the U.S.?
Answer: Cultural anthropology, biological anthropology,
archaeology, and linguistic anthropology.
◉ What is sometimes referred to as the fifth subdiscipline of
anthropology?
Answer: Applied anthropology
◉ What do cultural anthropologists study?
Answer: Similarities and differences among living persons and
societies, often through participant-observation fieldwork.
,◉ What is cultural relativism?
Answer: The practice of suspending one's own cultural judgments to
understand other perspectives.
◉ Who was Margaret Mead?
Answer: A cultural anthropologist known for her studies on gender
and socialization, particularly in her book 'Coming of Age in Samoa.'
◉ What was the main finding of Margaret Mead's research in
Samoa?
Answer: Samoan adolescence was relatively tranquil and happy,
contrasting with American adolescent experiences.
◉ What did Philippe Bourgois study?
Answer: The persistence of extreme poverty in the U.S. by living with
Puerto Rican drug dealers in East Harlem.
◉ What is the focus of linguistic anthropology?
Answer: The study of language as a defining trait of humans and its
role in socialization and culture.
◉ How many distinct languages do humans speak?
, Answer: More than 6,000
◉ What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis propose?
Answer: Language shapes thought and influences how individuals
perceive the world.
◉ What is one key difference between English and Hopi languages
regarding time?
Answer: English has grammatical tenses for past, present, and
future, while Hopi indicates whether something has 'manifested.'
◉ What is the significance of language in human culture?
Answer: It allows for teaching, learning, planning, abstract thinking,
and social coordination.
◉ What is participant-observation fieldwork?
Answer: A research method where anthropologists immerse
themselves in the community they are studying.
◉ What is the role of biological anthropology?
Answer: To develop theories about human origins, evolution, and
biological diversity using scientific methods.
DIVERSITY CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
GLOBAL CULTURES AND SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
◉ What does the Greek root 'anthropos' mean?
Answer: Human
◉ What does the Greek root 'logy' refer to?
Answer: The study of
◉ What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology in the U.S.?
Answer: Cultural anthropology, biological anthropology,
archaeology, and linguistic anthropology.
◉ What is sometimes referred to as the fifth subdiscipline of
anthropology?
Answer: Applied anthropology
◉ What do cultural anthropologists study?
Answer: Similarities and differences among living persons and
societies, often through participant-observation fieldwork.
,◉ What is cultural relativism?
Answer: The practice of suspending one's own cultural judgments to
understand other perspectives.
◉ Who was Margaret Mead?
Answer: A cultural anthropologist known for her studies on gender
and socialization, particularly in her book 'Coming of Age in Samoa.'
◉ What was the main finding of Margaret Mead's research in
Samoa?
Answer: Samoan adolescence was relatively tranquil and happy,
contrasting with American adolescent experiences.
◉ What did Philippe Bourgois study?
Answer: The persistence of extreme poverty in the U.S. by living with
Puerto Rican drug dealers in East Harlem.
◉ What is the focus of linguistic anthropology?
Answer: The study of language as a defining trait of humans and its
role in socialization and culture.
◉ How many distinct languages do humans speak?
, Answer: More than 6,000
◉ What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis propose?
Answer: Language shapes thought and influences how individuals
perceive the world.
◉ What is one key difference between English and Hopi languages
regarding time?
Answer: English has grammatical tenses for past, present, and
future, while Hopi indicates whether something has 'manifested.'
◉ What is the significance of language in human culture?
Answer: It allows for teaching, learning, planning, abstract thinking,
and social coordination.
◉ What is participant-observation fieldwork?
Answer: A research method where anthropologists immerse
themselves in the community they are studying.
◉ What is the role of biological anthropology?
Answer: To develop theories about human origins, evolution, and
biological diversity using scientific methods.
