Quarter 2 Exam Vocab Anthro

Question 1

animism

Answer 1

all beings have a soul, and are interconnected

Question 2

cargo cults

Answer 2

locals contact outsiders, but lack their advancements

Question 3

communitas

Answer 3

a strong community spirit, feeling of togetherness

Question 4

liminality

Answer 4

being in between the departure and reentering of a rite of passage

Question 5

magic

Answer 5

supernatural methods with specifically aimed intentions

Question 6

mana

Answer 6

spiritual force in the universe, in a living thing or objects

Question 7

monotheism

Answer 7

belief in one, all powerful god

Question 8

polytheism

Answer 8

belief in multiple gods

Question 9

religion

Answer 9

worship of supernatural powers believed to have otherworldly control over humans

Question 10

revitalization movements

Answer 10

where religious leaders aim to change a society in a social movement

Question 11

rites of passage

Answer 11

an event that marks a change in someone’s life

Question 12

rituals

Answer 12

a religious ceremony where actions and objects are performed in a fixed order

Question 13

shaman

Answer 13

people specializing in religion and spirits

Question 14

taboo

Answer 14

off limits and forbidden, sacred action

Question 15

totem

Answer 15

an animal/plant/geographical feature as a special symbol that is respected in a particular culture

Question 16

Black English Vernacular (BEV)

Answer 16

relative dialect spoken by most black youth in America, casual speech

Question 17

call systems

Answer 17

communication systems of primates

Question 18

cultural transmission

Answer 18

how someone learns about a culture by immersing and engaging with the culture and its people

Question 19

daughter language

Answer 19

languages coming from the same parent language

Question 20

descriptive linguistics

Answer 20

scientific study of a spoken language

Question 21

diglossia

Answer 21

regular switching of dialects

Question 22

displacement (linguistics)

Answer 22

talking about things that aren’t present

Question 23

focal vocabulary

Answer 23

terms that are significant to specific groups

Question 24

historical linguistics

Answer 24

how language changes over time

Question 25

kinesics

Answer 25

study of communication through expressions and body movement

Question 26

lexicon

Answer 26

a language's dictionary

Question 27

morphology

Answer 27

study of how morphemes form through sound combinations

Question 28

phoneme

Answer 28

a unit of sound that carries and differentiates meaning

Question 29

phonemics

Answer 29

studies significant sound contrasts of a language

Question 30

phonetics

Answer 30

production and indentification of speech sounds

Question 31

phonology

Answer 31

which sounds are meaningful in a language

Question 32

productivity (linguistic)

Answer 32

creating new, comprehensible, but efficient, terms

Question 33

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Answer 33

different languages result in different ways of thinking

Question 34

semantics

Answer 34

the meaning system of a language

Question 35

sociolinguistics

Answer 35

the relationship between social and linguistic variation

Question 36

style shifts

Answer 36

variation of speech in different contexts

Question 37

subgroups (linguistic)

Answer 37

a subset of languages related to others

Question 38

syntax

Answer 38

the arrangement of words and phrases in sentences

Question 39

caste system

Answer 39

a system in India that seperates society based on wealth, jobs, family background, and lineage

Question 40

clan

Answer 40

a group of people with perceived decent from a common ancestor

Question 41

decent group

Answer 41

a permanent unit based on claims of common ancestry

Question 42

dowry

Answer 42

when the brides family/kin group gives a lot of gifts when their daughter marries

Question 43

endogamy

Answer 43

restricts marriage to a group where one belongs

Question 44

exogamy

Answer 44

looking for a mate outside ones own group

Question 45

extended family household

Answer 45

when a household includes three generations of nuclear and nonnuclear relatives

Question 46

family

Answer 46

a group of people considered to be related somehow

Question 47

family of orientation

Answer 47

family where someone is born and grows up

Question 48

family of procreation

Answer 48

family where someone marries and has kids

Question 49

incest

Answer 49

sexual contact with a relative

Question 50

levivate

Answer 50

when a widow marries her deceased husband's brother

Question 51

lobola

Answer 51

a customary gift given to the wife and her kin by the husband and his kin before, after, or at marriage

Question 52

matrilineal decent

Answer 52

decent is based on/traced through the female line

Question 53

matrilocality

Answer 53

a couple lives in the wives community

Question 54

neolocality

Answer 54

when a couple creates their own homes and chooses not to live with/near their families

Question 55

plural marriages/polygamy

Answer 55

being married to more than one spouse at the same time

Question 56

polyandry

Answer 56

where a woman has more than one husband

Question 57

polygyny

Answer 57

when a man has more than one wife

Question 58

sororate

Answer 58

when a widower marries his deceased wife's sister

Question 59

unilineal decent

Answer 59

decent rule uses one live (male/female)

Question 60

patrilineal decent

Answer 60

decent is based on/traced through the male line

Question 61

patrilocality

Answer 61

a couples lives in the husband's community