Final Exam Review
The final exam will include: 1) short answer; 2) critical responses; 3) essay questions.
Answers to questions will draw on lectures, films, readings, discussions, and handouts.
The midterm review sheet, midterm exam, lecture slides, and reading assignments are useful study materials.
Short answer questions will focus on key terms from the second part of the class.
The exam will also include a section in which you comment on selected texts, images and other materials not drawn from the class syllabus.
Essay questions will require you to synthesize ideas and ethnographic examples we have considered throughout the term.
Topics and Terms
Political Economy
Social Stratification
Social Hierarchy
Prestige
Cultural Ecology
Adaptation
Subsistence Strategies
Delayed Reciprocity
Culture Core / Culture Area
Adaptive Strategies (e.g. Mobility)
Reciprocity / Delayed Reciprocity
Redistribution
Market
Capitalism
Kinship (see Kinship Terms)
Household
Residence Rules/Preferences
Family of Orientation
Family of Procreation
Latereral / Lineal Kinship
Endogamy / Exogamy
Magic / Religion / Science
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Homeopathic Magic
Contagious Magic
Sacred/Profane
Beliefs/Rites/Church
Social Solidarity
Linguistic Anthropology
Dialect
Referential Meaning
Indexical Meaning
Performative / Speech Act