Module 1 Review Questions

Gender, Age, and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective

NOTE: These review questions are not graded but rather are designed to help you pull
out the pertinent information in each reading and to reinforce your learning.

Review Questions: Video – The Essence of Anthropology

Please watch the assigned video and complete the review questions.

Hughes, H. T. (2008). Essence of anthropology. In Cultural anthropology: Our diverse world.

[Videorecording]. Distribution Access. Retrieved from
http://ualweb.library.ualberta.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5?
&searchdata1=5276358{001}&user_id=WGR_MACEWAN

This video has been assigned to help you think about the anthropological perspective, and
to explore the four-field approach.

1. Define anthropology. Briefly describe how anthropology applies a holistic

perspective. What is meant by the “four-field approach”?

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2. What is the focus of physical anthropology? Identify two subfields of physical

anthropology.

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3. Briefly describe the biocultural approach. How is food an example of the

biocultural approach?

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4. Define archaeology.

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5. Define linguistic anthropology. What is the focus of linguistic anthropology?

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6. Define cultural anthropology. What is the focus of cultural anthropology? What is

ethnography?

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7. What is meant by fieldwork? How does participant observation play into fieldwork?

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8. Define culture bound.

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9. What is meant by globalization?

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10. Define applied anthropology.

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