World Cultures - IMPORTANT TERMS - 1st Semester

 

“Understanding Humans” – Chapter 1

Ch. 1 – Import. Concept

Pg.

Definition

Nacirema Example

Tiv Example

!Kung Example

 

Cultural Patterns

9

 

 

 

 

 

artifacts

5

 

 

 

 

 

symbol

6

 

 

 

 

 

enculturation

9

 

 

 

 

 

subcultures

9

 

 

 

 

 

Cultural Determinism

9

 

 

 

 

Patterns of Behavior:

  1. Compulsory
  2. Preferred
  3. Typical
  4. Alternative
  5. Restricted

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

conspicuous consumption

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

status

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

“The World of Anthropology” – Chapter 2

 

Ch. 2 - Imp. Concept

Pg.

Definition

Example

 

non-literate

 

20

 

 

 

Anthropology

 

20

 

 

 

Theory

 

21

 

 

 

Fossil

 

22

 

 

 

Artifact

 

22

 

 

 

scientific approach

 

21

 

 

 

physical anthropology

 

24

 

 

 

cultural anthropology

 

24

 

 

 

ethology

 

25

 

 

 

archaeology

 

26

 

 

 

prehistoric archaeologists

 

26

 

 

 

excavations

 

26

 

 

 

Historical archeologists

 

26

 

 

 

Biblical archaeology

 

27

 

 

 

Classical archaeology

 

27

 

 

 

Egyptology

 

27

 

 

 

Ocean archaeology

 

27

 

 

 

ethnology

 

27

 

 

 

ethnography

 

27

 

 

 

ethnographic present

 

27

 

 

 

linguistics

 

28

 

 

 

“Family & Kinship” – Chapter 14

 

Term or Person

Page

Definition & Example

 

family

 

179

 

 

enculturation

 

180

 

 

kibbutz

 

180

 

 

nuclear family

 

182

 

 

two-generation family

 

182

 

 

conjugal

 

182

 

 

parental

 

182

 

 

sibling

 

182

 

 

extended family

 

183

 

 

joint family

 

183

 

 

monogamy

 

183

 

 

polygyny

 

184

 

 

polyandry

 

184

 

 

polygamy

 

183

 

 

fetishes

 

185

 

 

neolocal

 

185

 

 

patrilocal & matrilocal

 

185

 

 

matriarchy & patriarchy

 

186

 

 

kinship system

 

188

 

 

affinal relationships

 

188

 

 

patri, matri & bilineal descent

 

189

 

 

terms of address

 

194

 

 

“Courtship & Marriage” – Chapter 15

 

Term or Person

Page

Definition & Example

 

incest taboo

 

199

 

 

endogamy & exogamy

 

199

 

 

caste system